Arreseted is going to far.
Maybe calling him out of class, and having him talk to a consluer, but...
Maybe calling him out of class, and having him talk to a consluer, but...
Arvada boy, 11, arrested over violent stick figure drawing
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Reminds me of a story that I heard through the grape vine about a kid getting suspended for drawing a spiker from Halo 3.
OT: Complete fail on behalf of the police, if a child who is told by his psychiatrist to do something that dosen't harm anyone, throwing him in jail is not an appropriate response.
OT: Complete fail on behalf of the police, if a child who is told by his psychiatrist to do something that dosen't harm anyone, throwing him in jail is not an appropriate response.
Did you read the article? He wrote 'Teacher must die!' next to the pictures of HIM killing the teacher.HG131 said:
That's a death threat...
What is this i don't even
oh wait this is American police, I see now :/
I don't even get it...was there any legal grounds to warrant his arrest? At all? Was he breaking a law? More to the point, he's fucking 11 years old, you don't arrest kids in handcuffs, it's abusive. But especially since he did absolutely nothing wrong.
oh wait this is American police, I see now :/
I don't even get it...was there any legal grounds to warrant his arrest? At all? Was he breaking a law? More to the point, he's fucking 11 years old, you don't arrest kids in handcuffs, it's abusive. But especially since he did absolutely nothing wrong.
Actually, I once had drew a picture where I killed my dad (no joke). I was really having a bad day and I was (at the time) angry at my dad. Looking back at it I realise how stupid I was.
Anyway, my teacher took me aside and asked me to explain myself. She was angry at first but she kind of let me go after we simply talked about what happened recently and stuff. I don't know, but I felt relieved I suppose.
I guess my point is that these things don't necessarily mean anything?
Anyway, my teacher took me aside and asked me to explain myself. She was angry at first but she kind of let me go after we simply talked about what happened recently and stuff. I don't know, but I felt relieved I suppose.
I guess my point is that these things don't necessarily mean anything?
Well, if he got arrested for his one drawing of stick figure violence, what would have happened to me with my thousands of genocidal stick figure drawings I did in middle school (All my work had violent stick figure drawings in each corner and occasionally some impaled on the title itself... I used alot of red ink)
All my pictures did was make me feel less angry and get me voted "Most likely to be a serial muderer"
All my pictures did was make me feel less angry and get me voted "Most likely to be a serial muderer"
I've seen and done worse, I had more detail than stick figures in some of my drawings in art class and the teacher didn't seem to care (she just asked me to tune it down a bit). They shouldn't arrest him though, he didn't do anything illegal. Besides his therapist told him to do it, so it's his/her fault. My therapist had me write out a 'hit list' when I was in grade-school, and I didn't catch shit for it. Like the kid, I was just venting, if you don't vent you will eventually just lose it and then kill people.
And people wonder why I'm a cynical misanthrope.
If you tell the kid to do something cathartic to unwind, which in this case was drawing a picture, don't punish him for following your suggestion, unless of course he actually tries to do what he drew, and if the picture was really worth that much concern, sit down with the kid and actually talk to him about it, if it turns out he has no desire to do what he drew and was just venting because he was mad then let it go.
If you tell the kid to do something cathartic to unwind, which in this case was drawing a picture, don't punish him for following your suggestion, unless of course he actually tries to do what he drew, and if the picture was really worth that much concern, sit down with the kid and actually talk to him about it, if it turns out he has no desire to do what he drew and was just venting because he was mad then let it go.
Eg.. I used to draw pictures of stick-figures getting killed in inventive ways. It's a pretty lame thing to do, but not worthy of an arrest. The kid will most likely learn that what he did is neither cool nor cathartic [not that catharsis ever really works, anyway].
I had pictures like that all the time. I made a flickbook of it after watching an ep of Art Attack. Why the hell are people so quick to assume something's up? He acted out his frustration in the manner an 11 year should - by drawing a picture. Jesus people, calm down a little.