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Enrique

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9. sensationalized story

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2013, 09:36 PM

Oct 2013

there's some kind of campaign to scour the nation for routine disciplinary actions that can be blown into "PC gone amok!" outrages. Yahoo News often helps amplify this stuff.

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Pa. boy dresses as vagrant for class, is suspended [View all] The Straight Story Oct 2013 OP

School administrators have LOST THEIR MINDS! eom elleng Oct 2013 #1

School officiald greatly fear looking embarassed HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #4

Then don't do foolish/stupid/embarassing things!!! elleng Oct 2013 #5

It's almost impossible. HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #7

Hard to believe. elleng Oct 2013 #8

Fucking lunacy. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #2

because zero tolersnce is idiotic in the first place Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #10

That's sorta what i was trying to say in my own bumbling way. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #11

makes sense lol Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #12

It's time to start suspending school administrators unfit for their job. Yet another fine RKP5637 Oct 2013 #3

This sounds like overreaction, but I side with the school on this jmowreader Oct 2013 #6

sensationalized story Enrique Oct 2013 #9

It's not sensationalism when you're the kid who did his assignment perfectly IrishAyes Oct 2013 #14

Hope he gets an 'A'. He should. ..nt TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #13