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I heard about this on the news and it's really getting out of hand. A young child pretends a pencil is a gun and gets suspended for it. Absolutely ridiculous. I get the zero tolerance policy, and it makes more sense to suspend a teenager or something (someone who is aware of what they're doing and what it means) as opposed to a 2nd grade kid who has no idea what he's doing. The amount of censoring and hurt feelings going on in America right now is kind of nuts.

I got it.

Create an alternate world scenario, where a gun is something else, like a puppy perhaps. Then make a video of people walking around, and come up on a puppy, and they do everything to avoid it, while saying things like "Oh no a gun, watch out", "stay away from that gun" all the while it is really a cute little puppy.

I once got into a choking match with a kid in preschool and my teacher just told us to stop. In 3rd grade, I was stabbed on top of my head with a pin on a badge and laughed it off. I had numerous girls kick me in the fellas downstairs throughout my elementary years. In 5th grade, I created a bow and arrow out of a ruler, rubberband, pencil, and thumbtack.

None of these actions led to any kind of discipline other than being told to stop. I wouldn't have lasted long in school these days and am scared of how wussified kids now will end up being in 15-20 years.