> I know several stories about pupils who got in trouble with their school for less.
Which only goes to show that they shouldn't be in a position that involves judgement, let alone teaching it.
Whenever someone says "zero tolerance", they're saying that they don't trust the person who would otherwise make the decision. When public school folk say that they like the zero tolerance procedures that they enforce, they're saying that they can't be trusted to make a decision.
They're correct, they shouldn't be trusted, which means that they shouldn't be in that position.
Another story that comes to mind is the guy who got detained for twittering that he would blow up the airport if he would have to wait any longer (don't remember the exact details, but it was obvious it was just figurative speech).
Writing acknowledgements in a book is a lot less casual than Twitter.
Why is this acknowledgment famous, anyway? I don't think it is very funny. I get the "fuck you all" part, but not the "severed heads" part. YMMV.
"Why is this acknowledgment famous, anyway? I don't think it is very funny."
Maybe because other people do find it funny? When I first read it a few years ago I was laughing my ass off, and forwarded it to the usual people in my "forward funny shit to" list. I imagine several of them did the same.
Which only goes to show that they shouldn't be in a position that involves judgement, let alone teaching it.
Whenever someone says "zero tolerance", they're saying that they don't trust the person who would otherwise make the decision. When public school folk say that they like the zero tolerance procedures that they enforce, they're saying that they can't be trusted to make a decision.
They're correct, they shouldn't be trusted, which means that they shouldn't be in that position.