>kids were given a
>chance to turn around when they made a mistake.
But, too often, they are allowed to make the same 'mistake' again and again. Or the 'mistake' is overlooked in the first place. Or the 'mistake' is called a mistake.
I graduated from high school in '69. One 'mistake' was all anyone ever
got. But then, there were no guns, no gangs, no great violence, no
knives, although it was said that Jimmy Carson had a switchblade he got
from a magazine. And I skipped gym a lot.
Now, I did not say that possession was intent, nor that any possible
weapon _is_ one without intent.
And each case is unique. Yours sounds benign.
I am not an administrator, and I do have kids, two, and both
But I am not the typical granola Cantabridgian you may have
>to get old stickers off his car
Now, in this here region, the tool for that is called a scraper, and
usually has a retractable blade. A 'box-cutter' here is also called a
utility knife, and while it _may_ have a retractable blade, it don't
necessarily, and this is the weapon of choice in the slashings
In this here region, having a 'box-cutter' is very easily taken as
'possessing a weapon', and yes, in this day and age, it is facile,
"Being an atheist is a matter not of moral choice,
but of human obligation." - John Fowles
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