Kindergarten student suspended for making gun with fingers

Posted by Chris Spags on March 5th, 2010 at 10:14 am

Schools have to do their best to weed out “problem children” ever since heightened fears took hold stemming from all of the school shootings. Whether it’s a suspension for a Lego toy gun or a stick figure drawing of Christ kids are getting in trouble at an earlier age than usual. But how far is too far? Maybe this: A kindergarten kid getting suspended for making his fingers into a gun and pointing them at a classmate.

Mason Jammer, a kindergarten student at Jefferson Elementary in Ionia, curled his fist into the shape of a gun Wednesday and pointed it at another student, school officials said it was no laughing matter.

They suspended Mason until Friday, saying the behavior made other students uncomfortable, said Erin Jammer, Mason’s mother.

School officials allege Mason had displayed this kind of behavior for several months, despite numerous warnings.

“I do think it’s too harsh for a six-year-old,” said Jammer, who was previously warned that if Mason continued the practice he would be suspended. “He’s six and he just likes to play.”

[The mother said,] “He’s only six and he doesn’t understand any of this.”

Sure, he doesn’t understand this now. But it starts with the finger gun. Then he’s firing off finger shots with the sounds of the finger bullets ringing out, “Pew pew”s throughout the halls. Then he moves to the harder stuff, maybe even shooting a finger bazooka or stealing finger tanks and destroying a town. Then he gets finger Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and ends up shooting himself up with finger heroin needles just to escape reality until he ends up hanging himself with a finger noose. It’s a slippery slope. I’m just glad this tiny menace has been stopped from doing more damage to us all.

Ionia kindergartner suspended for making gun with hand [Mlive]

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