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February 05, 2004

Somebody just confused the hell out of this poor child

Girl Suspended from School for Saying 'Hell'

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A second-grade girl from Pittsburgh was suspended this week from her public elementary school for saying the word "hell" to a boy in her class.

But 7-year-old Brandy McKenith says she was only warning the boy about the eternal comeuppance he could face for saying: "I swear to God."

"I said, 'You're going to go to hell for swearing to God,'" Brandy was quoted as saying in an article that appeared on the Web site of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on Wednesday.

School officials were unavailable for comment. A Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman told the newspaper that the student code prohibits profanity but does not provide a clear definition of what profanity is.

The girl's parents, who said they believed their daughter's version of the story, were flabbergasted by the suspension and complained to the school principal.

"Kids are bringing guns and knives to school. ... They've got dope. And we're worried about 'hell'?" said her father, Wayne McKenith.

Posted by P6 at February 5, 2004 09:23 AM
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Do you think that this sort of nonsense would go on at a private school that is accountable to its customers? If nothing else, you can be sure that school officials wouldn't be "unavailible for comment".

Posted by Phelps at February 5, 2004 01:11 PM

Do you think the child would be attending school at all if there were no public schools?

Posted by P6 at February 5, 2004 02:21 PM

I know this nonsense goes on in private schools. Moreover, public schools are regulated by local school boards. Private companies always make guesses about how to react to public outcry; sometimes they stonewall, sometimes they rush to placate. The same is true for public entities.

There is no reason why a private school funded by vouchers (or out-of-pocket tuition fees) would not have to make the same judgement calls, or be any more accountable than any other enterprise.

Posted by James R MacLean at February 5, 2004 06:28 PM

Do you think the child would be attending school at all if there were no public schools?

Yes, just like they were 100 and 200 years ago.

Posted by Phelps at February 5, 2004 07:59 PM

Do you think the child would be attending school at all if there were no public schools?
Yes, just like they were 100 and 200 years ago

That's the thing. Education 100 and 200 years ago was strictly for the elite.

YOU would not have been educated 100-200 years ago.

Posted by P6 at February 5, 2004 10:27 PM

There were indeed public schools 200 years ago. One of these was in Glasgow. Adam Smith taught there. He made no secret of the fact that he preferred it to Oxford.

There is such a thing as order of magnitude. The literacy rate in the USA pre-1912 was on a par with India today. Shortly after that a compulsory school attendance bill was passed for the nation.

Posted by James R MacLean at February 6, 2004 04:08 AM