yet another innocent victim...

...of zero-tolerance policies. This time, it wasn't even suspicion of drugs that gets an 8 year old in "jail" for a whole week...

Slashdot Idle Story | 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession:

"A third-grader in a small Texas school district received a week's detention for merely possessing a Jolly Rancher. Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. Her parents said she was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice. But school officials are defending the sentence, saying the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned 'minimal nutrition' foods. 'Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules,' said school superintendent Jack Ellis."

No, Mr. Ellis, you can and do have the absolute right to actually cast real judgement.

You spent how many fucking years and how many fucking dollars in fucking school to get a fucking education and prove that you have the ability to make a fucking judgement call, so don't fucking throw it all away by blaming the fucking system for your lack of a fucking spine.

Did I make that clear enough? Just checking...