Sixth-grader Justin Reyes is on a three-day suspension for bringing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition to school. The alternative punishment was two days at an "alternative school" full of miscreants; Justin's mother rejected that punishment.
Any administrator with any sense would have just confiscated the silly magazine, which is inappropriate for a sixth-grader but hardly worthy of punishment. (Except for, maybe, being locked in a classroom for an hour with a teacher who minored in Women's Studies in college; the resulting lecture on objectification would be punishment enough.)
Then again, any administrator with any sense would not, as Superintendent Tim Swarr did, admit to not ever having seen the swimsuit issue that SI publishes each year. That makes him sound awfully naive.
(Found via Sharkblog).
Posted by kswygert at February 24, 2004 04:12 PM