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6. Well, a rule's a rule

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 03:29 PM

Sep 2014

If you disagree with a rule, organize with other students and/or parents and work to get it changed. But if you break it, you'll get detention ... which I'm guessing means something as onerous as staying an hour after school or losing some privilege for a short time. It's hardly something to make a federal case out of.

Problems with allergies and hygiene are real, actually. Public health is real. This may or may not be a justified rule, but it's the school's rule nonetheless--and a rule presumably that has been communicated to students. Acts of civil disobedience--breaking the rules to make a point--are still punishable.

What would happen if all the rules a school made were ignored? It would, of course, be chaos. Protest the rules, fine; break the rules, deal with the consequences. In my day, you could get detention for chewing gum.

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Student put in detention for sharing school lunch [View all] KamaAina Sep 2014 OP

What kind of people B2G Sep 2014 #1

Stop I want to get off yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #3

This is the far north KamaAina Sep 2014 #9

That is the most excellent question of the day. Brigid Sep 2014 #13

"Liability," my ass... derby378 Sep 2014 #2

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No.offense.at.all,Journeyman! elleng Sep 2014 #19

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Oh,you're.so.(.)y,Glassunion! elleng Sep 2014 #29

The prose style does add a certain Kirk-esque flair to the reading. Orrex Sep 2014 #48

I also have been wondering Generic Other Sep 2014 #20

:-) elleng Sep 2014 #21

I think it was elleng who said . . . Brigid Sep 2014 #14

like the girl who died in Charlotte, NC a few years back ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #5

But did someone share it with her? KamaAina Sep 2014 #10

what would have been the difference? ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #22

Well, a rule's a rule frazzled Sep 2014 #6

Hardly something to make a federal case out of? kcr Sep 2014 #18

Right on! Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #31

Flag thrown for bullshit sharp_stick Sep 2014 #7

Now you've done it. A cheese sandwich thread. KamaAina Sep 2014 #11

This so calls for a Brony/Weird Al reference hifiguy Sep 2014 #12

I think the hand signal for the 15-yard BS penalty would be a shoveling motion KamaAina Sep 2014 #24

Nah.. his "friend" wanted the better lunch whistler162 Sep 2014 #25

And if kid had an allergic reaction, everyone on DU would be crying to sue the school. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #23

this ^^^ ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #30

Exactly. femmocrat Sep 2014 #32

Very True eom treestar Sep 2014 #39

^^That Orrex Sep 2014 #49

times have changed. i think a lot of people who object are thinking of a different era unblock Sep 2014 #33

But the burrito was (presumably) made in the school cafeteria KamaAina Sep 2014 #34

what they're trying to teach is that sharing food is dangerous. unblock Sep 2014 #37

The kid is 13 gollygee Sep 2014 #38

yeah, no teen ever fucks up so bad they die... ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #41

There aren't any peanuts in any school lunches gollygee Sep 2014 #51

One hops that even Weaverville has a supply of plastic knives in its school cafeteria KamaAina Sep 2014 #43

problem not solved. peanut protein stays in your saliva up to 12-24 hours even with brushing! unblock Sep 2014 #44

No, no, no. Use the plastic knife to cut the bitten part off. KamaAina Sep 2014 #45

crossed while editing -- hit post too quickly ;) unblock Sep 2014 #46

Sunbutter sounds like a great alternative KamaAina Sep 2014 #47

Thanks for exposing what the meaning of sharing a lunch has become. edgineered Sep 2014 #35

Same parents who pushed this story would have sued school for their getting son sick. LuvLoogie Sep 2014 #36

there is a very real reason for this policy dsc Sep 2014 #40

excellent point unblock Sep 2014 #50

"Liabilities." Starts and ends there Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #42