This Little Monster Got Suspended From School For 3 Days For Firing Off An Imaginary Bow And Arrow On School Grounds

Daily Mail- A Catholic school in Ohio has suspended a six-year-old boy for three days for pretending to shoot an imaginary bow and arrow during recess. The first-grader was sent home from Our Lady of Lourdes School in Westwood this week because the school has a zero-tolerance policy on threatening gestures – whether real or pretend. But the child’s furious parents say the punishment is excessive and want the school to change its policy. Matthew Miele said his son Malachi has never had a disciplinary issue before. In a post on Facebook, he wrote: ‘My six-year-old son took a completely imaginary bow and arrow to school inside of his imagination. This resulted in him being suspended. ‘Meetings with the principal and pastor fell on deaf ears. We were told ‘that this cannot be tolerated in the world we live today’.’ He added: ‘What I find unacceptable is that this school is so scared that they are unable to distinguish between a credible threat and a six-year-old boy pretending to be a Power Ranger, playing with an imaginary bow and arrow.’

Yep the school is making a whole lot of sense here per usual.  I actually mean that. I think the school did the right thing here for once given the situation. The part you have to remember is that an invisible weapon is much more dangerous than a visible one. That’s really what it boils down to.  I don’t think the kid gets suspended if the bow and arrow is an actual bow and arrow.  The teachers can see a real one and know what the kid is doing with it at all times.  But an invisible one?  That’s a whole different and incredibly dangerous cup of tea.  The teachers simply don’t know when he has it and when he doesn’t it. Because it’s imaginary.  At any second he could pull out the imaginary bow and shoot an imaginary arrow into someone’s heart and imaginary kill them right there on the spot. That’s a risk they weren’t willing to take and I applaud them for it. We simply can’t have kids walking around with invisible weapons. The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The only thing that can stop a six-year-old cold-blooded fake killer with an invisible bow and arrow is suspension.