Let’s shift this story by just a bit: The boy decides to put his invitation on the wall of the school. The school is a closed campus, but he manages to find a way in. As he is putting the sign up, he loses his balance and the ladder collapses, dropping him to the ground, and causing physical injury.
Does anyone doubt that his family would have sued the school and Town of Shelton for damages?
Does this reversal encourage others to act similarly and expose themselves to the risk of injury?
How would we feel if someone used our home to paste up a similar sign?
The school may not have acted wisely in applying the punishment, but one of the things we should be teaching children in school is that there are rules in life, and there are consequences for breaking them.
Excellent Point. A poor young man actually wins the lottery and because he is late by three days…he loses 6 million dollars..No justice..just the same ol lunacy…Give the kid the money…
Let’s shift this story by just a bit: The boy decides to put his invitation on the wall of the school. The school is a closed campus, but he manages to find a way in. As he is putting the sign up, he loses his balance and the ladder collapses, dropping him to the ground, and causing physical injury.
Does anyone doubt that his family would have sued the school and Town of Shelton for damages?
Does this reversal encourage others to act similarly and expose themselves to the risk of injury?
How would we feel if someone used our home to paste up a similar sign?
The school may not have acted wisely in applying the punishment, but one of the things we should be teaching children in school is that there are rules in life, and there are consequences for breaking them.
Excellent Point. A poor young man actually wins the lottery and because he is late by three days…he loses 6 million dollars..No justice..just the same ol lunacy…Give the kid the money…