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Mz Pip

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:31 PM
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Good news for Skittles kid

Edited on Thu Mar-13-08 02:34 PM by Mz Pip

Yesterday he got busted for buying candy, losing his position on student council in the process:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3223261

Looks like the school came to its senses:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/skittles.suspension.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

I'm glad to see the school backed off from this. So often they just dig their heels in with the 'zero tolerance' crap.

Mz Pip

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Ilsa

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:33 PM
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1. Zero tolerance is a way out of having to use your brain on your job.

IF we don't teach youth how judgment is is used and exercised, how are they going to learn?

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Clear Blue Sky

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:42 PM
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2. What a joke!

Glad to see that common sense, though perhaps in short supply, is not totally extinct.

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uppityperson

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:43 PM
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3. good. k&r for some sanity

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GodlessBiker

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:44 PM
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4. I can see a brisk black market Skittle trade on school campuses. Skittles as currency.

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lame54

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:44 PM
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5. What's the street value of those skittles? Were they pure...

Edited on Thu Mar-13-08 02:46 PM by lame54

or cut with Mike and Ike's?

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Bluebear

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:46 PM
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6. SHE'LL KICK THEIR ASS!

Oh, sorry, wrong Skittles.

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gatorboy

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:49 PM
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7. Only because of the exposure.

Edited on Thu Mar-13-08 02:50 PM by gatorboy

I wonder how many other kids suffer from crap like this who didn't get their story picked up by CNN.

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FSogol

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Thu Mar-13-08 02:55 PM
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8. Did the Skittles cost $5000?

:shrug: just asking.

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