This is west Texas

[Sangersteve]

The left has invaded Kermit.


Tolkien lore led a Texas boy to suspension after he brought his “one ring” to school.

Kermit Elementary School officials called it a threat when the 9-year-old boy, Aiden Steward, in a playful act of make-believe, told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom.

“It sounded unbelievable,” the boy’s father, Jason Steward, told the Daily News. He insists his son “didn’t mean anything by it.”

The Stewards had just watched “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” days earlier, inspiring Aiden’s imagination and leading him to proclaim that he had in his possession the one ring to rule them all.

“Kids act out movies that they see. When I watched Superman as a kid, I went outside and tried to fly,” Steward said.

Aiden claimed Thursday he could put a ring on his friend’s head and make him invisible like Bilbo Baggins, who stole Gollum’s “precious” in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series “The Lord of the Rings.”


Kermit Elementary Principal Roxanne Greer told the Odessa American that she could not comment on the suspension, because “all student stuff is confidential,” but Steward said that she told him that any and all threats to a child’s safety — including magical ones — would be taken seriously by the school.

He also said that he requested, in writing, a detailed explanation as to how his son’s statements constituted a “terroristic threat,” and that he was told by a representative of the Kermit Independent School District that the school would mail him a letter.

[crackertoes]

He said he could make the kid disappear - and presumably reappear. I doubt the kid meant it Godfatheresque.

Good grief... have those people no common sense - or imagination - whatsoever?

[Red Oak]

I'll bet the Farm that Roxanne Greer, ain't from WSTX !

[John in Plano]

I found this interesting;


The family moved to the Kermit Independent School District only six months ago, but it’s been nothing but headaches for Aiden. He’s already been suspended three times this school year.

Two of the disciplinary actions this year were in-school suspensions for referring to a classmate as black and bringing his favorite book to school: "The Big Book of Knowledge."

“He loves that book. They were studying the solar system and he took it to school. He thought his teacher would be impressed,” Steward said.

But the teacher learned the popular children’s encyclopedia had a section on pregnancy, depicting a pregnant woman in an illustration, he explained.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.2099103

[Kiamichi]

Am I the only person that suspects there is more to this story than we are hearing from the New York Daily News?

[GFB]

Am I the only person that suspects there is more to this story than we are hearing from the New York Daily News?

No, this is in perfect synch with the kinds of things happening all over the country.

[grouchy]

When I was a kid my school was a small country school grades 1 - 8. Everyone rode a bus. If we were going home with a friend we could carry firearms and ammunition on the bus. Showed the driver that it was unloaded. Left it in the
office during the day.
If 2 guys got in a fight they went to the office and got seats and were given the opportunity to go to the gym and put on boxing gloves. You were expected to shake hands when it was over. You also had the option of avoiding the seats by going to the principal and requesting putting on the gloves.
Much better times back then.

[ralph]

right on Grouchy !!

[grouchy]

When I was a kid my school was a small country school grades 1 - 8. Everyone rode a bus. If we were going home with a friend we could carry firearms and ammunition on the bus. Showed the driver that it was unloaded. Left it in the
office during the day.
If 2 guys got in a fight they went to the office and got seats and were given the opportunity to go to the gym and put on boxing gloves. You were expected to shake hands when it was over. You also had the option of avoiding the seats by going to the principal and requesting putting on the gloves.
Much better times back then.

Where it says "seats" it was supposed to say "swats". Yep, corporal punishment. Amazing that we did not all end up in prison.