Reply #4: This is just so wrong on a couple of counts [View All]

[MadHound]

One, you're punishing a kid who made an honest mistake, and immediately brought it to the attention of the proper authorities. He did the right thing, within the current rules, and is still being punished.

Secondly, what has this country come to when somebody in middle, junior or senior high school can't carry a pocketknife? I carried one to school, and regularly used it, just like many other people of my generation, and this was only a quarter century ago. Yes, we had fights and gang throw downs, but knives weren't used, because who in their right mind would use a pocket knife.

Have things become that bad in our schools that useful tools get confiscated like this. Sad, just sad.