Gotta love American schools!

[theweaselking]

8-year-old suspended for sniffing marker

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[dolston.livejournal.com]

Lucky it wasn't a prescription strength marker.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

They're taking a hard line on MARKERS?

lsja;oihtgt oihaqo;wuiehfg;vohnsdc/lvhja' ujvw'pr!!!!!!!

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

yes ma'am. Even after the toxicology expert told them they're harmless.

*twitch*

[hadesflower.livejournal.com]

why is my country full of douchbags? and why am I not allowed to hit them with my car?

[kadath.livejournal.com]

I had a set of scented markers when I was a kid. Purple smelled like grape, green like sour apple, orange like, um, orange.

Clearly this was a gateway drug to, er...wine snobbery.

Despite the medical evidence, Benisch promised to draw an even clearer line on markers.

"We've purged every permanent marker there is in this building," he said.

Oh, *headdesk* times infinity.

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

"Despite the medical evidence, Benisch promised to draw an even clearer line on markers."

Am I the only one who sees the hilarity here?

Just wait!

[jokemanandpeppy.livejournal.com]

Wait for the trouble that follows when they break out the Ditto machine!

[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

Christ, what a fucking moron. That's some industrial strength stupid, right there.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

That principal huffed one too many Sharpies in his youth....

[torrain.livejournal.com]

"And in that time, smelling that marker, I felt like, 'Wow, that's a very serious marker.'"

Oh Mary mother of Murgatroyd, people, get a freaking grip.

(The kids in my early grade-school class, myself included, used to spread Elmer's glue on our hands and then peel it off. You will note how this early behaviour led me inevitably to being abnormal nonfunctional.)