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Originally Posted by GermanStar
The point is that IMHO even if the kid did shoot a rubber band at a teacher, that isn't worthy of expulsion from school. It's a silly (OK -- even stupid) prank. He may have been facing jail time had it been (gasp!) a spitball or heaven forbid a paper airplane. These are kids. If they had nothing to learn they wouldn't need to be in school. I certainly did worse than shoot rubber bands in class, and I never even received a suspension, let alone a permanent expulsion. I don't know -- maybe this kid had a long record of being a problem and this was the last straw -- I hope that's the case...
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If it hit your wife or daughter in the eye and did some damage, would you be as forgiving or would you demand a blood sacrifice be made of the kid?
Another issue is that if you allow this level of disrespect to go on, will you be able to maintain discipline in future? Would you allow one of your subordinates to do that to you and keep his job? I wouldn't take it. Even if I did, the question would be "Where will it end". Maybe next time it will be a hot cup of coffee?