School thinks deaf 3 year-old’s sign for his name violates weapons policy
Not The Onion, and a warning … your head may explode. School administrators in Grand Island, Neb. want the parents of a 3 year-old deaf child to change the sign for his name because signing his name violates the weapons policy of the school.
The most ridiculous thing I’ve read all week.
Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.
“He’s deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy,” explained Hunter’s father, Brian Spanjer.
Grand Island’s “Weapons in Schools” Board Policy 8470 forbids “any instrument…that looks like a weapon,” But a three year-old’s hands?
“Anybody that I have talked to thinks this is absolutely ridiculous. This is not threatening in any way,” said Hunter’s grandmother Janet Logue.
“It’s a symbol. It’s an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E.,” Brian Spanjer said.
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter’s sign language. Hunter’s name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.
“We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child,” said Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson.
I can think of one hand gesture that the parents could use, but watch the video. These over-regulating bullies in the school administration are fruitcakes. They don’t seem to have any common sense what-so-ever.
I’m wondering if Windex® bottles are banned in these schools since they have “triggers.” (I’m serious … you think some school fruitcake would not try to ban them?)
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Oy vey! They CAN’T be serious! Schnooks! Do I smell a lawsuit?????
Children named Uzi, Gunnar, Lance, Colt,? won’t be able to go to school? When’s it going to end? Egads! These people are Boggarts! How do you deal with a Bogart? Yell, “RIDICULOUS!”
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Nope, there is now a three week waiting period in Grande Island, Nebraska, for a hot glue gun, a rubber band gun, a caulking gun, a blow dryer, or any combination of keystrokes resembling a gun:
`I//:_)““`
or (I hope this translates from ASCII) Here goes:
…..____________________ , ,__
……/ `—___________—-_____] – – – – – – – – ? ????D
…../_==o;;;;;;;;_______.:/
…..), —.(_(__) /
….// (..) ), —-”
…//___//
..//___//
.//___//
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middle finger salute would be appropriate
I keep reading it and shaking my head this is nuts
It just gets worse. Common sense has lost a place in this country. It’s pathetic. The longer Obama is in office the more common sense goes done the drain in favor of absolute?PC BS.
This kind of crap has been happening long before President Obama got into office.
These are some really stupid people… absolutely clueless! ?These losers are supposed to be an example for our kids? ?I don’t think so. ?People like this aren’t interested in education… they’re real interest is in flexing their overpaid egos and behaving badly. ?This is the real face of public education in America. ?What a sad state of affairs they have in Grand Island, Nebraska. ?If the local school board had any spine they’d get rid of of the dead wood that’s holding their schools back and instead start taking a real interest in the kids. ?
Zero tolerance is now synonymous with zero intelligence.
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They are doing to helpless kids what they would like to do to legal gun owners: make them completely disarmed as a result of their irrational, gun phobic regulations.
Let me guess – These administrators are Harvard schooled and?interned as?community organizers?in Chicago.
Can these”educators”really believe they are doing something worthwhile? People this stupid & without the ability to hide it should be put away for their own safety. Do they think this makes them look smart or righteous?
Sounds like you are describing Congresscritters!? 😉
Thank God for the Secret Service! ?Any Tea Party affiliation with the perp or his parents??? I’m sure there’s some sour grapes as these kids realize that they’ll be strapped with our debts…
This malignant stupidity can only come from the indoctrination system known as public school.? The diseased thinking responsible for such nonsense is also charged with the national task of brainwashing entire generations and this story is a glimpse into the type of values being impressed on young people-.. placing premiums on aggressive self-victimization because of nothing more than words- whether spoken or signed.
Considering that the values will be the basis of future social and political trends with majorities determining the role of future governments for example, the trillions in debt we’re leaving them may be the least of their worries.
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I’ve got a new name for that smarmy baldheaded buffoon from the school.
Does it involve his ability to use a condom as a hat??? 😉
I can’t believe this is the heart of the Midwest, Nebraska! I could see the two big C’s, California or Connecticut, but Nebraska. Common sense is really dead now in public schools.
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This is the result of decades of Democrat control and union cronyism.
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Does that mean that a teacher who points and says “get to your seat” will be disciplined for brandishing a weapon??
As ye sow so shall we reap.?
Have you had enough yet?? All of you feel-gooders out there?? You know the ones, always outspoken with a sign and a thought on how everyone else should live thier lives?
Dems are like a gift that just keeps on giving (Joe Biden nothwithstanding).
. . . being a Democrat is a social disease.
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Being a Liberal/Progressive is a mental disorder.
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Cure? Sudden withdrawal of all money from the government. LOL
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What about those who sign the alphabet?? Don’t the letters? “H”, “L” and even “Z” look like a weapon?? Those signs probably need to be changed too.? I’m sure that doing so will protect everyone from the dangers of sign language.?
Schools do crap like this as our ranking in education plummets…