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Has it REALLY come to this?

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Seven students at an elementary school in Prince George’s County cut their wrists at school using blades from pencil sharpeners, according to officials.

Officials with Prince George’s County Public Schools said a concerned parent at William Paca Elementary School in Hyattsville came forward on March 29 and an investigation was launched.

It was revealed that the students used blades out of pencil sharpeners to cut themselves, officials stated.

All seven students were seen by the school nurse and none of the children were taken to the hospital, according to officials. School counselors were brought in to speak with the students.
Is David Hogg on this? Is there a national march against ASSAULT pencil sharpener blades scheduled? Does BIG PENCIL have blood on their hands and control Congress with dirty money?

Seriously, can you guess what happened next?
Officials announced a ban on pencil sharpeners at the school in a message sent to parents on March 29...
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My kids' elementary school banned these pencil sharpeners at least nine years ago. I volunteered to help with the school store. We had a load of different pencil sharpeners. Person in charge told me we were not allowed to sell them because the principal had banned them because kids could take them apart to get to the cutting blade. I was unimpressed since I carried my Cub Scout knife during most of my elementary school days.
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May I say once again that I am happy that my daughter attends a school where pocket knives are actually encouraged? Of course, the middle school and high school are essentially on a farm, so such tools are often of use.

Not that it's perfect. She was considering suggesting starting a rifle club, but decided that would be a bit too much for this audience, especially in what we are all now calling "the current climate".
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Raising them the right way Jonas.....hats off to you and the Misses...
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carmen fovozzo wrote:Raising them the right way Jonas.....hats off to you and the Misses...
I second that!
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I think it is really ironic that in ostensibly trying to keep our kids "safer," we're actually failing miserably at truly making them so - that all of this shielding and insulation is actually making them less aware and less knowledgeable of the real world.

I'd love to take Anna to one of these:

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/a ... ty/495371/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...but luckily (or horrifically? :oops: :lol: ), all I have to do is open my garage doors. Meh, she's had her tetanus and knows how/when to use a tourniquet.... :mrgreen:
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Exactly. Instead of banning anything and everything that might be misused perhaps quit coddling them and teach them to actually think and do and deal with reality and the real world rather than crumbling at the mere sight of an inanimate object.
TSiWRX wrote:I think it is really ironic that in ostensibly trying to keep our kids "safer," we're actually failing miserably at truly making them so - that all of this shielding and insulation is actually making them less aware and less knowledgeable of the real world.

I'd love to take Anna to one of these:

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/a ... ty/495371/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...but luckily (or horrifically? :oops: :lol: ), all I have to do is open my garage doors. Meh, she's had her tetanus and knows how/when to use a tourniquet.... :mrgreen:
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