Comments on: 8 y/o suspended for smelling a marker

By: bile

bile — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:43:41 +0000

I think it’s more likely you were in fact a plant from the pencil companies. Making it harder to fix mistakes with pens incentives people to use pencils.

By: KungFuJoe

KungFuJoe — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:56:47 +0000

This same sort of thing happened to me when I was in third or fourth grade. I went to the Nurse’s office with a migraine (though it was before I’d been diagnosed, so I didn’t realize it was a migraine). When the Nurse asked me if I’d been doing anything strange beforehand, I mentioned that I’d been sniffing White Out.

Now, I meant "smelling." I didn’t know that "sniffing" had a drug connotation, nor did I understand that this was bad. All I knew was that suddenly, the Nurse was flipping out. She kept asking me why I’d do that, and I kept responding, "I like the smell."

The next day, the principal banned all White Out from the school.

By: laur

laur — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:30:17 +0000

hmm.

im reminded of a time when huffing magic markers in art class was permissible, hell–even encouraged. a rite of passage if you will: mr. sketch

"What’s really going on here?"
its simple.
Principal Chris Benisch hates children and magic markers.

he had a rough childhood.

By: bile

bile — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:26:25 +0000

I received this today from Cheri Fayle:

If this district truly felt that smelling a magic marker was dangerous & considered huffing, than they should be charged with contributing to a minor. Magic markers & sharpies are notorious for having a distinct odor.
Anyone that comes in contact with this aroma, automatically has their smell sense curiosity kick in…
"What’s really going on here??
I think the principle is just looking for attention. If he thinks he’s
being a hero here he’s clearly mistaking. He’s A Jack Ass and should be removed for parents having a zero tolerance to asinine school officials.