6-Year-Old Suspended for Kissing a Girl

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19393 Posts

December 10 2013 20:07 GMT

Colorado 6-Year-Old Suspended for Kissing a Girl

A 6-year-old boy has been suspended from a Colorado school for kissing a girl on the cheek.

School officials in Canon City are accusing the boy of sexual harassment and they want it on his school record.

The boy's mother tells KRDO-TV ( http://tinyurl.com/lyhxh7l ) her son was suspended once before for kissing the girl and had disciplinary problems, but the girl did not object to being kissed.

A School District RE-1 official says the repeat offenses meet the school policy definition of sexual harassment and they hope the tough standards will force the boy to change his behavior.

source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colorado-year-suspended-kissing-girl-21161245

There's a lot of things in the news that can anger you. But like me, most you just read the news and move on. However, I ran into this news story today and it made me furious. I remember stories of how my sister always got caught kissing a boy in kindergarten and the teachers always told my mom and laughed about it. I remember being 5-6 myself and running through the playground and girls would chase me and kiss me to give me cooties. Well apparently this is an act of harassment and needs to be disciplined. Since it's a "policy" of the school could I even do anything to revert the charges given to this kid? It's times like these where I feel helpless.

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The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

December 10 2013 20:11 GMT

Oh, come on. That is probably just a silly school-specific policy or an "unwritten" rule

Yuljan

2196 Posts

December 10 2013 20:12 GMT

Im glad I didnt go to that school. We did a lot more than kissing in kindergarden.

The_Masked_Shrimp

425 Posts

December 10 2013 20:13 GMT

How is it possible that adults be as stupid as this to take such silly decisions? As long as it's not against the will of the girl there is nothing to punish here, it's not even sexual it's a cheek kiss, kids do that all the time, there are also many places where young kids kiss people on lips to say hello ...

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

December 10 2013 20:14 GMT

On December 11 2013 05:12 Yuljan wrote:
Im glad I didnt go to that school. We did a lot more than kissing in kindergarden.

did you go to the school of Liberace?

Pibacc

Canada545 Posts

December 10 2013 20:14 GMT

Schools in general are becoming like prisons. A kid in Canada died recently because the school had his inhaler locked in the principals office and he wasn't allowed to have one on him. No charges will be laid on the principal or administrative staff of course, no one will even be fired for letting a kid die while at school in a completely preventative way. Source

Yuljan

2196 Posts

December 10 2013 20:15 GMT

Not really. Its called doctor games here and everyone I know did it as a child.

HystericaLaughter

Australia720 Posts

December 10 2013 20:18 GMT

'School officials in Canon City are accusing the boy of sexual harassment and they want it on his school record'

He's fucking 6, jesus (yeah stuff like this burns me up too). I remember towards the end of my high school years physical contact between boys and girls was banned as well. Officially it was anyway, not like it was enforced of course.

What's next though, suing toddlers for assault when one kid bullies another out of his toy? Worlds crazy.

Shiragaku

Hong Kong4308 Posts

December 10 2013 20:18 GMT

On December 11 2013 05:14 Pibacc wrote:
Schools in general are becoming like prisons. A kid in Canada died recently because the school had his inhaler locked in the principals office and he wasn't allowed to have one on him. No charges will be laid on the principal or administrative staff of course, no one will even be fired for letting a kid die while at school in a completely preventative way. Source

Schools have always been like prisons :/ Just as Foucault.

But concerning this anecdote, please do not hype it up to be a story of reactionary values taking over society, this is just a single incident in a country of 300 million.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46516 Posts

December 10 2013 20:21 GMT

#10

As an educator, I'd like to say that this school's disciplinary action- including the suspension, let alone the accusation of sexual harassment- is absolutely absurd, angering, and detracts from any sort of education that the school should be focusing on.

Three words: He's fucking six.

DannyJ

United States5110 Posts

December 10 2013 20:22 GMT

#11

I was wondering why anyone would possibly be "furious" about some dumb little isolated incident 1st grade Colorado, but then I saw the "vote for me" part at the bottom. Thread makes sense now...

micronesia

United States24805 Posts

December 10 2013 20:24 GMT

#12

I don't see this as new-thread-worthy, although I agree it's pretty ridiculous.

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