my Niece got EXPELLED!

failedpersephone

for making a joke!

"Charlie's in the trees!!!" she yelled and fell on her stomach while there was a helicopter flying SUPER low overhead.

she was on break, and she joked that it was giving her a " 'Nam flashback" and then yelled "Charlie's in the TREES!!!" and took a spill...and THIS got her expelled.


seriously. I am pissed...I mean, what the HELL??? am I just incredibly insensitive, or is this over reacting???

I told her that if anything she should be given some type of gold star for takin' the joke to the zenith...I mean, tear in my eye proud over the idea that she would go balls out for a joke...

this isn't suspension...this is EXPULSION.

oh, btw she has Uncles and 2nd cousins that were IN 'Nam, and they have always USED this joke...in addition to other family members using it...

WildChildRose

Um what the heck kind of joke is that? It's extremely racist. How old is she? I dunno if the punishment is appropriate but what she said is really out of line IMO.

brain of c

she was looking for charlie.


now she doesn't get an education.

duggro

WildChildRose wrote:

Um what the heck kind of joke is that? It's extremely racist. How old is she? I dunno if the punishment is appropriate but what she said is really out of line IMO.

there's nothing racist in her statement

explain what you find "extremely racist"

Snake

I think thats pretty extreme. I can see it being possibly offensive, I dont see the racism in it though. I personally would have laughed. People are too clean today, everything is offensive. The only punishment she should have gotten if any would be suspension. If any.


My humble oppinion

duggro

you gotta take it to the school board. threaten legal action

failedpersephone

WildChildRose wrote:

Um what the heck kind of joke is that? It's extremely racist. How old is she? I dunno if the punishment is appropriate but what she said is really out of line IMO.

Racist?

um...in Viet Nam, the US soldiers called the "Viet Cong" (that would be the enemy at the time) "Charlies" because using the call system alphabet C = "Charlie" just like A = "Alpha"

now you see the low flying helicopter reminded her in a joking flashback of 'Nam...which is funny since she is WAY to young to have 'Nam flashbacks.

I am often called insensitive, but never racist...so I am curious what is Racist here...oh, and i am not trying to pick a fight or anything, I really am curious.

norm

expelled?? as in kicked out of school? for what? how old is she? WTF??!!! :mad:

failedpersephone

cutback wrote:

expelled?? as in kicked out of school? for what? how old is she? WTF??!!! :mad:

she is 15 and YEAH kicked out of school...oh and by the way the reasoning was that it was an "insensitive remark towards our servicemen and women, many of whom have had to carry the mental scars of battle with them. Also, because she was "carousing" on the grass field...

I had no idea carousing is outlawed in High School...

duggro

failedpersephone wrote:

Racist?

um...in Viet Nam, the US soldiers called the "Viet Cong" (that would be the enemy at the time) "Charlies" because using the call system alphabet C = "Charlie" just like A = "Alpha"

word. no racism whatsoever

'viet cong'----> 'VC' ---->'victor charlie' ---->shortened to 'charlie'

failedpersephone

also making light of mental disabilities.

Jeremy1012

There is nothing in that joke that was racist whatsoever.

Stupid? Maybe. Racist? No. Deserving of expulsion? Fuck no. Maybe a slap on the wrist and nothing more.

norm

failedpersephone wrote:

she is 15 and YEAH kicked out of school...oh and by the way the reasoning was that it was an "insensitive remark towards our servicemen and women, many of whom have had to carry the mental scars of battle with them. Also, because she was "carousing" on the grass field...

I had no idea carousing is outlawed in High School...

were there any nam vets around? didn't think so maybe instead of summarily kicking her out of school, perhaps the school could TEACH her what she did wrong.....oh wait that would be the rational, intelligent thing to do.....

is this a public school?



our society is going straight to hell!!


i'm moving to the mountains.....the fuckwads can have it.....

Wilds

Would agree that legal action should be considered against the school system.

They have gone way too far. Wow.

failedpersephone

Jeremy1012 wrote:

There is nothing in that joke that was racist whatsoever.

Stupid? Maybe. Racist? No. Deserving of expulsion? Fuck no. Maybe a slap on the wrist and nothing more.

yeah, I can understand a detention or something for maybe the carousing part...I was just curious if i am like a total asshat about this...and it is really something expulsion worthy.

it's may - she has until JUNE 19 before school is out...I think this is just ridiculous! she has no previous disciplinary issues.

I guess they are saying it has something to do with "zero tolerance" for "bullying"

which makes me wonder where all the 'Nam veterans are in her sophomore class.

bullying?!!

redmosquito10

That's ridiculous. What kind of high school does she go to? (I'm guessing not public) I graduated from high school 2 years ago, and granted my high school wasn't the greatest, but it also wasn't bad, and people got away with much worse than this on a daily basis. One of my classmates knocked out one of the vice principals and only got suspended for 2 weeks (probably because the VP had it coming, though). Anyways, yeah that's laughable, if she had done that at my school she maybe, maaaayyybeeee would've gotten a detention or two, but probably would have been ignored by administrators or told to get up and stop messing around.

JOEJOEJOE

On the bright side, the kid has learned a thing or two about the history of the Vietnam war.

Snake

What do you do when you get expelled? Surely the government would force them to get another school eh?

A bright side could be, at least she wont have her mind dulled by classes.

Rhinocerous Surprise

As if the joke wasn't funny enough in itself, the fact that it's a 15 year old girl having Nam flashbacks just makes it the most perfect thing I've read on the boards in a while. It really sucks that she got expelled, but take comfort in the fact: that kind of wit can't be taught in school.

failedpersephone

This IS public school...and yeah, I remember public school (goddammit it was a long time ago)

I have never heard of such severe punishment.

oh and JOE^3 - my niece wrote a report on the Viet Nam war like 2 weeks ago...how is that for irony.

Ledbetterman10

failedpersephone wrote:

for making a joke!

"Charlie's in the trees!!!" she yelled and fell on her stomach while there was a helicopter flying SUPER low overhead.

she was on break, and she joked that it was giving her a " 'Nam flashback" and then yelled "Charlie's in the TREES!!!" and took a spill...and THIS got her expelled.


seriously. I am pissed...I mean, what the HELL??? am I just incredibly insensitive, or is this over reacting???

I told her that if anything she should be given some type of gold star for takin' the joke to the zenith...I mean, tear in my eye proud over the idea that she would go balls out for a joke...

this isn't suspension...this is EXPULSION.

oh, btw she has Uncles and 2nd cousins that were IN 'Nam, and they have always USED this joke...in addition to other family members using it...

expulsion for referencing a war? I guess if she said "nigger" they'd stone her to death or something.

really, that's ridiculous. at the MOST, a teacher or principal should have told her simply not to make statements like that....even though there's nothing wrong with the statement she made. but if they don't want stuff like that, they surely can tell her to stop. but to expel her? there has to be more to it than just the "Charlie in the trees" line