2nd-grader suspended for drawing of water gun
by Eric Millikin
When I was in kindergarten, I was kicked out of class for drawing pictures of my teacher naked with no head. In the second grade, I was sent to the principal’s office for sending a cafeteria worker a birthday card showing the school burning down captioned “fuck you.” My fifth grade history teacher told me I belonged in a mental institution because my coat-of-arms art project was too gruesome.*
So, there’s a special place in my heart for this story about a seven-year-old’s school preparing him for a lifetime as a misunderstood artist:
Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for violating Dennis Township Primary School’s zero-tolerance policy on guns … Kyle gave the picture to another child on the school bus, and that child’s parents complained about it to school officials, [the dudes' mom] said. Her son told her the drawing was of a water gun …
Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops …”
King Tut skateboarding with a Cyclops? Kyle if you’re reading this, get me your serializer submission …
* And I’d love to hear your tales of elementary art school discipline in comments.
October 27th, 2007 at 2:19 am
not primary school, but in first year of high school I made a diorama of a dead guy lying in a dark room with blood everywhere. I wasn’t punished. in fact I got an A for it.
a friend wrote a truly disturbing story involving very graphic violence, rape and general sexual deviance.
the teacher said it was horrifying and she hoped to never read anything like it again. however she also said it was well written and also gave him an A
looking back, perhaps my school was somewhat strange.