Texas 4th Grader Claims to have One Ring, School Suspends him for ‘Terrorist Threat’
According to New York Daily News writer Nicole Hensley, a nine-year-old boy was suspended from school for claiming to have the One Ring forged in the fires of Mount Doom, and telling a friend that he could ‘make him disappear.’
The boy, Aiden Steward of Kermit, Texas, had seen ‘The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies’ just days earlier. While the school principal refused to comment, citing confidentiality policies, the boy’s father, Jason Steward, called the school’s actions “ridiculous.”
This is not the first time Aiden has gotten in trouble at school. He has already been suspended three times this school year, once for referring to a classmate as black, and again for bringing his favorite book ‘The Big Book of Knowledge’ to school because the book had a section on pregnancy, complete with illustrations.
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That is kind of funny, yet sad and ridiculuous.
That is kind of funny, yet sad and ridiculuous.
I live in Texas, I actually called the School about it, and they have now actually told me that they can’t make comments because of Student Confidentiality. Of course they say that their site of the story was Student Confidentiality, and could not be discussed. Their phone number is 432-586-1000 and that is the Administrative Office. Maybe if enough people called them they might make a statement.
Really? Saying he can disappear because he has the One Ring is ‘Terrorism’? From what it sounds like, the school just doesn’t like the kid. Prejudice some would say. I worked at a school as a the After School Daycare Director. We planned a game called ‘drop the bomb!’ where I set a timer for five minutes, and the kids had to get rid of a sponge like ball (They were foam dodge balls) by throwing it at someone else. Like a mix of hot potato and dodge ball. We never got in trouble for it, and I even had parents who came to pick up there kids and ended up joining in the game! (since it was timed, a kid could always quickly finish a round before leaving)
But since we call it ‘drop the bomb!’ does that make me a terrorist?
Its actually quite funny.
If the school would just say something, like HOW the kid said it, that would be different.
This is serioulsy stupid. Schools are being hyper-sensitive about this stuff. I mean, So he has a ring from a fantasy book/movie. Who cares? And the book? It’s in there so I’m assuming he allready knows its in there. I think they want a robot not a boy in their class.
yeah, i agree, the school was being completely crazy!!
yeah, it’s just pathetic