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J.J. Jackson* | March 16, 2008
As schools around the country continue to fail, they are looking for scapegoats. They blame everything they can get away with to distract from the fact that they are failing to teach children how to read, write and do arithmetic.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) ― Contraband candy has led to big trouble for an eighth-grade honors student.Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
The New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a district-wide school wellness policy, said school spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo.
Shelli Sheridan, Michael’s mother, said he is a top student with no previous disciplinary problems.
“It’s too much. It’s too unfair,” she said. “He’s never even had a detention.”
Michael’s suspension has been reduced from three days to one, but he has not been reinstated as class vice president.
He said he didn’t realize his candy purchase was against the rules, but he did notice that the student selling the Skittles on Feb. 26 was being secretive.
That’s it! It is candy that is causing our students not to learn!
No, it couldn’t be the teachers could it? The kid is an honors student. Obviously if he was eating candy it isn’t candy that makes the kids not learn. DUH!
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