HOUSTON - A New Caney Independent School District second grade student is facing discipline after school officials said the student brought a pocket knife to school.
I know weapons at school should be discourage, but a pocket knife is a tool, not a weapon (unless brandished against another). Sounds a bit harsh to me.
Just tell the kid not to do it again and call it good.
I did a tech day presentation to a junior high class in 2000. I used my pocket knife to run up a loose screw. When I looked up, every kid was staring at me. Teacher said knives weren't allowed. I said, "I've been carrying a pocket knife since second grade." I guess the last line of the national anthem got changed to "better safe than sorry" when I wasn't looking.
I had a Swiss army knife for scouting that my parents gave me when I was 8. Carried it everywhere - school, church, even on planes, since this was well before the madness started. You simply never knew when you were going to need that corkscrew or tiny scissors in your day-to-day life as a kid.
Pocket knife? No big deal back when. Those were the days when you brought your first 22 into Show&Tell. If nothing else, can use it to sharpen pencils. (does anybody use pencils anymore?)
I know weapons at school should be discourage, but a pocket knife is a tool, not a weapon (unless brandished against another). Sounds a bit harsh to me.
ReplyDeleteJust tell the kid not to do it again and call it good.
I've carried a knife since the third grade, about 1950. All the teachers said was, "If I see it, it's mine." The same thing they said about marbles.
ReplyDeleteI did a tech day presentation to a junior high class in 2000. I used my pocket knife to run up a loose screw. When I looked up, every kid was staring at me. Teacher said knives weren't allowed. I said, "I've been carrying a pocket knife since second grade." I guess the last line of the national anthem got changed to "better safe than sorry" when I wasn't looking.
ReplyDeleteI’ve carried a knife (except when prohibited) since I was 5-6 years old when I talked Mom out of an old butcher knife.
ReplyDeleteI had a Swiss army knife for scouting that my parents gave me when I was 8. Carried it everywhere - school, church, even on planes, since this was well before the madness started. You simply never knew when you were going to need that corkscrew or tiny scissors in your day-to-day life as a kid.
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I always had a pocket knife from 1st grade onward. I knew enough to leave it in my pocket during school hours though.
ReplyDeleteApparently, 2nd grade is about the time you get a pocket knife. Add me to the list. Everyday for at least 60 years.
ReplyDeletePocket knife? No big deal back when. Those were the days when you brought your first 22 into Show&Tell. If nothing else, can use it to sharpen pencils. (does anybody use pencils anymore?)
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