re: 11 year old faces possible charges for butter knife to cut peach at school

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Why would the school and school district make a big deal out of this? Its just common sense.

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Because the public school system leaves little to no room for practical application of its rules. To avoid conflict and controversy they've basically instituted zero-tolerance policies with no gray area. Ironically, those decisions lead to shite like this which brings on tons of controversy.

ETA: I don't really blame the individual teacher who reported it, especially if it was seen by others. Letting it go could have cost the teacher his/her job with the way the rules are usually written.