George,

Zero tolerance: What do you think of it? I think it is super stupid.

Suspending kids for having nailclippers and plastic eating utensils is just ridiculous. My kids can't take over the counter medicine to school with my permission. If they do they get suspended.

Did you see the article in the Washington Post where a boy talked a classmate out of committing suicide and took a knife away from her. The school board commended him for saving another person's life and then kicked him out of school for having the knife in his possession.

Downing Smith (electronic mail, February 14, 2002)