Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 2010/08

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece -- cigarette papers
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:36:30 -0400

On 08/22/2010 05:25 PM, Karl Krelove wrote:
> Excellent description. One caveat from my own experience teaching in a
> public school system in Pennsylvania: for anyone reading this thread who is
> still in high school or younger, these papers may be considered "smoking"
> or, worse, "drug" paraphernalia. Check first and, if they (along with reed
> knives) could cause a potential problem at school, you may need to find a
> substitute. Last time I said this in a similar thread, people posted that
> they thought I was somehow nuts for suggesting this, but in the school
> district where I worked, both rolling papers and reed knives would have been
> grounds for suspension and, possibly, criminal prosecution. Legally mandated
> "zero tolerance" for "weapons" and "drug paraphernalia" in schools can be a
> very dangerous and destructive reaction.

Jesus wept.

Criminal sanctions against _children_ for possessing perfectly legal
things just because they could also (among other things) be used for
something illegal?

What is bloody wrong with some people??!!!
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