Pupil Suspended for Drawing Soldier
CNSNews.com
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
A picture of a soldier holding a canteen and a knife has earned the third-grade boy who drew it a suspension from school.
Wire reports said the third-grader also drew a fort, listing its inventory as guns, knives and first-aid kits.
The principal of Lenwill Elementary School in West Monroe, La., is quoted as saying that the school "can't tolerate anything that has to do with guns or knives." According to press reports, school officials stand by their decision to punish the child for "a violent arrangement."
The boy's father said he was forced to explain to his son that being in the Army and owning guns "is not bad."
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