{"id":47173,"date":"2013-02-06T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T17:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=47173"},"modified":"2013-02-06T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T17:03:58","slug":"best-response-yet-to-the-suspension-of-the-co-boy-who-tossed-an-imaginary-grenade-to-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=47173","title":{"rendered":"Best response yet to the suspension of the CO boy who tossed an imaginary grenade to save the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a commenter on the Denver Post write up<\/a>:\u00a0 “Just as well. He would only get an imaginary education at a place like this…”<\/p>\n

My own thoughts, which I put on Twitter this morning, come down to this:\u00a0 Evidently, to those Loveland apparatchiks with degrees in education, the world isn’t worth saving if, in order to save it, one most resort to something so gauche as tossing imaginary grenades at the problem.<\/p>\n

Let the fucker burn, they seem to say. At least then when the purifying fires come, we’ll be able to look into the loving face of the State Godhead and claim we refused to sin against the progressive agenda.\u00a0 And salvation — and tenure, and a guaranteed heavenly pension — will be ours!<\/p>\n

Adds Squid, in the comments to Darleen’s earlier post,<\/p>\n

The school:<\/p>\n

Mary Blair Elementary School
\n860 E. 29th Street
\nLoveland, CO 80538
\nValerie Lara-Black, Principal
\n970-613-6400
\nValerie.lara-black@thompsonschools.org<\/a>The District:<\/p>\n

Dr. Stan Scheer, Superintendent
\nThompson School District
\n800 South Taft Avenue
\nLoveland, CO 80537
\n970-613-5013
\nstan.scheer@thompsonschools.org<\/a>Interested parties may wish to ask the good Principal and Superintendent if it is reasonable for their absolute prohibition on \u201creal or play\u201d weapons to be extended to an invisible,<\/strong> imaginary<\/strong><\/i> grenade. They may further wish to ask whether it is reasonable for \u201cAbsolutes\u201d crafted to deal with bullying and violence to be used to punish a kid for playing \u201cRescue the World\u201d at recess.<\/p>\n

While they\u2019re at it, they might also ask why it is necessary for taxpayers to pay top dollar for experienced schools officials with solid judgement and professionalism, if this is the outcome they can expect.<\/p>\n

One might bear in mind that Dr. Scheer just started in July, and perhaps remind him that this represents an excellent opportunity to distinguish himself, to reform some of the idiotic policies he inherited, and to influence local taxpayers to take him more seriously in the future. Like, for instance, the next time he floats an operating referendum\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think that’s a smashing idea.\u00a0 And if it doesn’t work — or you begin to get the runaround — try this (h\/t palaeomerus):\u00a0 ask them to see the evidence.\u00a0 Surely due process dictates that the school produce the imaginary incendiary device.\u00a0 And even if they do so, show that it failed to save the world from evil.<\/p>\n

— That last part being easiest, given that policies like these are in place and defended<\/em> by supposedly educated adults in the field.<\/p>\n

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From a commenter on the Denver Post write up:\u00a0 “Just as well. He would only get an imaginary education at a place like this…” My own thoughts, which I put on Twitter this morning, come down to this:\u00a0 Evidently, to those Loveland apparatchiks with degrees in education, the world isn’t worth saving if, in order to save it, one most resort to something so gauche as tossing imaginary grenades at<\/p>\n

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