Sunday, November 3, 2013

Zero Tolerance: It's for the children

The gun grab: How ‘zero tolerance’ school policies ignore common sense

Zero tolerance policies ignore the simple fact that kids often behave childishly. These policies strip away all context and intent, essentially treating the kids involved in the aforementioned incidents as actual criminals. And they’re not.

Zero tolerance policies are about liability and potential law suits and have not one damn thing to do with protecting the children.

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