Re: A Teacher Tried to Ban Student-Brought Pencils and Pens in School

Wendy Scott, a teacher at an elementary school in Massachusetts tried to ban pencils and pens that were brought from home in her classroom. She sent out a letter to all parents saying that students would no longer be allowed the bring writing implements to school. Pencils would be provided for students in class and any students caught with pencils or pens after November 15th would face punishment for having materials that could potentially be weapons.The first word that popped into my head when I read this article was...

Really?

A pencil or a pen is considered a potential dangerous weapon? How? If an elementary school kid were to stab someone it would go like, a milimetre into the skin. Sure it would hurt, but it wouldn't be lethal. And what's the difference between a pencil/pen from home and one from the teacher? The only way a kid would turn a pencil/pen into a weapon would be if they had an angry fit, and I'm sure they would probably find something else in the classroom that would do better damage, like a stapler or something. Next thing you know clothes will be banned because they could be used to "strangle someone". I think the only thing I learned from this article is that some people make no sense.