NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — School officials have decided to go light on an eighth-grader caught with contraband candy in New Haven, Connecticut.
Michael [Sheridan] was disciplined after he was caught buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
Nooooo!! Not Skittles! That’s just SO wrong.
The New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a districtwide school wellness policy, school spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo said.
Oh, ok. That makes perfect sense. Kids and candy are two things that should NEVER be associated with one another.
I guess this school district has finally solved the problem of kids smoking in the bathrooms, and under the bleachers. Do the kiddies get put in the stockade for text messaging?
Michael, an eighth-grade honors student…was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with a bag of Skittles candy in school will get his student council post back, school officials said.
The parents must have mentioned the retainer they paid the lawyer…
Michael had said that he didn’t realize his candy purchase was against the rules, but he did notice that the student selling the Skittles on February 26 was being secretive.
Michael, if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Stay away from the Skittles pusher. Skittles are a gateway candy, and you know it! Soon you’ll be longing for the luscious peanuts and nougat of a Snickers bar, and if you’re not careful, the next thing you know you’re selling your soul for a box of Junior Mints. The shame….
61 Comments
March 13, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Well, that’s all well and good, but what if one of the kids needs to chew nicotine gum so he can quit smoking and stop getting suspended for that? Then what’s he gonna do?
March 13, 2008 at 5:57 pm
As long as he doesn’t sell it, and doesn’t blab to his friends about it… he’d be fine.
(…not going to happen in 8th grade.)
March 13, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Wayne, I’m guessing he’s just going to have to smoke.
These policies drive me to distraction. I remember a case from a few years ago, where a little girl brought a plastic knife in her lunch to cut her chicken. She was hauled off by the cops, for god’s sake.
March 13, 2008 at 6:12 pm
The kids here bring tarantulas to class.
March 13, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I just think kids should be allowed to be kids, and we shouldn’t be scaring the crap out of them every time something bad happens.
If I were a teacher, I’d have the tarantula spend the day in the office (or biology class), and it could go home with the student later — with a reminder that pets are happier at home.
March 13, 2008 at 6:25 pm
They find them in the playground, not this time of year, mostly in the fall when the spiders are migrating. They bring them in for an impromptu show and tell, then the lucky catcher gets to take the critter out into the desert away from school.
My comrades tell me of the days in the (Navajo) boarding school here, rattlesnakes were the varmint of choice back in that day.
March 13, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Zooey, I’d borrow the tarantula for a day first, to show it to my sister. She has a Ron Weasleyish relationship to spiders.
I’d give it back to the kid the next day.
March 13, 2008 at 6:29 pm
If somebody brought any kind of spider into my office I’d just go home, thank you very much. Same goes for any kind of snake, rattle or harmless. Bye, bye.
March 13, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I’m with Shayne…buh bye. Not for me. (shudder)
March 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Heh. I raised the men. If I’d ever shown fear or revulsion at their “treasures,” I’d have been finding them in my bed until the day they left home.
I don’t love them, but I understand the fascination they hold for kids.
March 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Ok, how about bringing a puppy dog to school?
March 13, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Gross! No puppies!
March 13, 2008 at 6:42 pm
awww but they’re so cute, and they smell so nice….
….at first………
March 13, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Puppie’s good, with a roll of paper towel’s please…Snake’s, spider’s, bat’s and scorpion’s were our favorite in 29 Palm’s when I was a teen…Now not so much….Yike’s…Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Yeah, puppies and baby pigs.
Hello, Great Lady. I hope you’re feeling well today.
March 13, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I greatly enjoyed, witch1, and was suitably impressed, with the story of your experiences with wild dogs and water rights.
Both of those issues I have here, but with all the guns around the dogs aren’t so much of a problem.
Today I heard of a contractor who threatened the building inspector, causing the inspector to go berserk through town, red tagging all the houses and construction projects with no permits. The town is still reeling from that event, myself included.
The house I bought is one of those “tagged” houses…….
March 13, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Back at ya Lady Z, I am…Thank’s….How are you doing now that your on vacation.?…..Wonder how many more poster’s we will get with TP turned off…Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 7:20 pm
It must really suck to be a kid nowadays. I come from a small town but we had candy stores within one block of each and every school. And they all did a brisk business. It’s a sad sate of affairs when a school has to enact rules to keep children away from candy because their parents are too busy to monitor what goes in their own children’s mouths. I suppose next we’ll be having rules on how to make up more rules. I wonder if these people realize that making up lists of rules has the potential to become infinite.
March 13, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I suppose next we’ll be having rules on how to make up more rules. I wonder if these people realize that making up lists of rules has the potential to become infinite.
roket
We’re already there, and the concept of infinite rules and regulations will keep everyone busy, vacant, and unaware of the artificial environment they live in.
I suppose next it will be “the Matrix”
March 13, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Wow! Raven, think the country has gone mad. Will you have to get the lunatic inspecter out to fix his tagging.?
Are ya all ready for another true diddy.? Well here goe’s any way…..A life time ago I raised mink in a then small town in Wash. state..Every year we had to submit an answer sheet to the accessor’s office…How many mink, how many shed’s, equipment and all that reglatory shit…We owned 10 acres of land, had some pig’s, chicken’s, 1 horse, 1 poney and all the little farm stuff….Also had a pair of gorgious german shepherd dog’s and a big sign with one inch lettering that said “Stay in Car untill dog’s are chained”.My insurance co. made me do that little stunt…
I was working for a profesional photo lab in charge of all the senior photo packages and working 12 hour day’s from 4 A.M. to 4 P.M…..
Got home at 5 one day and there is a scrawney little toad of a man sitting on the hood of his car and my beauties are resting in front of his car watching him like he might be dinner and they are waiting for my O.K. din din signal…..LOL…I pull up and he start’s screeching like a spoiled little girl about my vicious dog’s…
I asked toady when he got there and why did he get out of his car…He say’s he had been there since 9 A.M…My response, Can’t you read?…My dog’s weren’t vicious, they just woulden’t let anyone back in their car if I wasen’t home..Didn’t teach them that, they just did it…They would display all the snarling and snapping along with heading off any one trying to exit…Good team player’s and great pet’s…Still miss those two.Had people waiting on a list to get their puppies for a long time…Hope I didn’t bore you all to tear’s….Oh and the dumb ass found out real quick I had the exact number of mink and equipment I had put on their accounting sheet….Never did see another appraiser after that..Guess all the rest either heard his tale of woe or maybe they could read large sign’s….Thank’s Raven……Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 7:37 pm
thanks for another good story, witch1!
There is a different building inspector here now.
The old one had a heart attack and had to retire.
March 13, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Well Raven I’m living proof that a heart attack and retirement are not just for the lunatick’s any more…LOL..Your welcome and thank you for noticing my rambling’s…Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Hey witch1, forgive me for asking but, didn’t you used to be Sharon on TP. The “Blessings” tag gave it away. I always liked that ending to all your posts. It is courteous and always adds a level of civility to a sometimes cantankerous thread. If you aren’t Sharon I still feel the same way. May I try it once, out of respect… Blessings.
March 13, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Raven, I wasn’t telling you to get your hiney over here with my announcement on TP.
It was a general invitation.
Welcome back, Mr Evil.
March 13, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Yep! Mr. Evil, I’m still Sharon……You bet..Use it all you like…..Good to read you here….Blessings..P.S. this is the best site of all and tomorrow the critter’s put up music, my favorite….
March 13, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Heh. I raised the men. If I’d ever shown fear or revulsion at their “treasures,” I’d have been finding them in my bed until the day they left home. Z
Can I say I’m pretty sure this isn’t because they’re men so much as because they’re YOUR children, snort.
March 13, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Ah, our great she wolf has arrived…..Blessings Dear one…
March 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Zooey’s talking about Raven’s hiney!
March 13, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I thought so.
But I don’t ever remember you saying anything so rankorous as to be booted from TP. Not that one can’t be tempted with the comments some of those vile trolls try to get away with.
March 13, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Thanks Zooey. Nice to be here.
March 13, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Shayne sez:
Can I say I’m pretty sure this isn’t because they’re men so much as because they’re YOUR children, snort.
That is a fair statement, my dear. Heh.
March 13, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I love that story #1. I’m glad the doofus had to wait a long time for you to get home, teehee. I had one dog that lived outside in my fenced yard and some little kid opened the gate and he “bit” her hand. Not really though because she didn’t even have a scratch. All the warning signs on the fence but apparently the “nanny” let the kid wander blocks from the house without supervision. The county took the poor dog in for several days to check him out and look for rabies. I was ticked more about that than the fact I had to pay for the kid to go to the doctor and get tetanus shots.
March 13, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Now that I think about it that dog looked a lot like I do!
March 13, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Mr. Evil a lot of the old names got lost when they started the new name registration at TP. Really it was because Faiz was saving them so the trolls didn’t hijack them but it got very confusing and lots of people changed their names.
March 13, 2008 at 8:05 pm
It was a general invitation.
Oh.
I thought you came to get me…
March 13, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Mr. Evil, I got booted off the site for week’s because I was screaming about the bombing’s Israel was doing to the people of Lebanon…..That was the second time…The first was when I called a troll a F*** face….LOL….Leave it to an old crone like me to get rude and crazy when it come’s to backing an under dog, country or animal……Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I thought you came to get me…
Heh. Well, you could have said no.
March 13, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Gee, you guys had great critters in school. We had a class gerbil and we all got to take it home on the weekends. Whoopee!
March 13, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Back at ya Shayne,…And a big Wow! Mine never bit any one either but they sure scared the hell out of a few that refused to read the sign…..Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Naw, I’m actually very well trained.
March 13, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Mr. Evil did you see that WalttheMan is a critter here and posts here a lot.
March 13, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I remember that. A lot of the trolls were guilty of stealing nics and posting vile insults and other regurgitations posing as the actual people. No one ever took mine as far as I know. On some threads it seemed half of the posts were people saying “that wasn’t me” or “I’ve been hijacked!” I’m glad they fixed it though. I wonder what the new TP will have in store for us. I like new toys to play with.
March 13, 2008 at 8:13 pm
#1, it’s not rude and crazy when it’s the truth. I don’t think he bit her at all just gave her a “correction” because there wasn’t even a scrape you could see.
March 13, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I think TP is off the air, now.
March 13, 2008 at 8:15 pm
There’s a new thread above, if you’re interested.
Yep, TP is gone for the evening.
March 13, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Shayne, that’s a good thing. Haven’t seen WtM on TP in a while. Very good posts. Glad to know he’s here. I asked about him over on the last TP thread while the last remaining ones over there were reminiscing about old friends and foes.
March 13, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Walt’s in the eastern time zone so he’s not always around very late but he is a smart one.
March 13, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Anybody have the shakes or other symptoms of withdrawal yet?
March 13, 2008 at 8:20 pm
witch1, you didn’t drop the F bomb on a troll did you? Ha ha, great job!!!
March 13, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I dunno, it’s kinda weird, it’s like I can only hear in one ear…..
March 13, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I’ve noticed a lot of the old TP favorites are here. Excellent!
March 13, 2008 at 8:21 pm
TP should have to send out anti-anxiety meds to their regular posters when they shut down. Let’s sue them!
March 13, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I bet Daryll is believing his prayers have been answered.
March 13, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Not me Shayne, I don’t post at TP like I use to….Some time’s don’t post at all when the troll traffic is real heavy…..Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Daryll will have to find some other source of cyber-flagellation.
March 13, 2008 at 8:26 pm
How the hell do you do all those faces?
March 13, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Mr. Evil, last summer I ripped into Roger 2 so bad over his knocking vet’s some of the regular’s chastized me for being so hard on the troll…I spend a lot of time during the summer with lot’s of veteran’s and he rely pissed me off..Still have to avoid his crappy post’s.The little toad …LOL..Blessings
March 13, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Somebody defended Roger? That’s sick. I don’t go over there as much as I used to. But when I’m in a bad mood I don’t mind arguing with trolls.
March 13, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Roger Roger, another P.O.S. troll with absolutely nothing substantive to offer.
BTW, how does one become a ‘critter.’
March 13, 2008 at 8:37 pm
BTW, how does one become a ‘critter.’
Emmm…nobody told you about the rite of passage?
March 13, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Zooey told a really long joke on the top thread. We need to decide if she should be punished for it.