6th grader suspended for bring SI swimsuite issue to school.

[Cheesy_Poofs]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1742267

[Bunch]

Don't school officials have more important things to worry about? Heck, doesn't ANYBODY have more important things to worry about??

[Lindaloo]

This is absolutely ridiculous.

[David]

That's public schools for you!

[sunnyday]

School is not the place for that magazine. It would interfere with teaching, to say the least. I know I'm in the minority, as usual, but think about it.

[Bunch]

OK. Let's ban the SI Swimsuit issue from schools. Next, let's ban Time and Newsweek, because they carry articles on topics that somebody may find offensive. After that, let's ban the history textbooks, because they discuss such distasteful subjects as slavery and war. Then let's ban the health textbooks, because we all know that if a child is kept completely in the dark about their bodies and how they work, then there won't be any unplanned teen pregnancies. All a child really needs out of school is to learn to read and write, so ban everything else, and once they know the alphabet, and how to count, hand them their diplomas and send them out into the world to fend for themselves. I'm absolutely certain that they won't have any problems whatsoever, especially since that wonderful system of not keeping score during ball games has taught them that life is nothing but fair play.

[sunnyday]

Women in swimsuits are not educational, whether or not one is offended by them. Time and Newsweek contain educational material, whether or not one is offended.

[Bunch]

What about the actual sports related articles contained in the same issue? On the other hand, I guess it IS more preferable to look at magazines that cover news events such as gangland shootings, etc. with accompanying photos of the aftermath than it is to learn about a sports topic which happens to be surrounded by harmless photos of attractive women.

[GalvestonDuck]

Well, by all means, ban National Geographic magazine and those darn films about African and South American tribal societies that they showed us in elementary school! :o

[mf_dolphin]

I guess the SI swimsuit edition would be questionable IMO. A suspension though is a little overboard. The teacher should have just confiscated the magazine and that could have been the end of it.

[Josephine96]

This is my opinion of a case that should go in the "You know how schools go too far when" file..

A 6th grader has probably just learned sex ed either in 5th or 6th grade so he probably wanted to show off to his friends what he may think is "sexy".. which would be a girl barely wearing any clothes.

There is nothing wrong with a kid being curious about a provocatively dressed woman or a girl in a bathing suit.

Take his suspension away. There are bigger problems in schools than a 6th grader with a magazine

[MScoast]

Have you all seen this magazine? I have..and I'll tell ya right now, IF my kids had one at school, I wouldn't only want them suspended from school...they would have to worry about their punishment at home as well!! (yes, I have a child in 6th grade!)

[Josephine96]

I can't believe people actually would want their kids suspended because of a stupid magazine. There are more important problems than a sexually laced magazine being on a school campus

[CajunMama]

The purpose of the SI swimsuit issue is not educational. The kids are not going to learn anything from the scantily clad ladies in the magazine. Oh, that's right, kinda like Playboy...you read it just for the articles! lol

[Anonymous]

Have you all seen this magazine? I have..and I'll tell ya right now, IF my kids had one at school, I wouldn't only want them suspended from school...they would have to worry about their punishment at home as well!! (yes, I have a child in 6th grade!)

I don't care if it's hardcore pornography... it's just not worth a suspension. IF it was that, I would say the school has the right to take some mild/moderate disciplinary action... however, from what I hear the issue merely features some partial/borderline nudity, so just take it away from the kid and be done with it IMO.

[CajunMama]

it depends on what the school policy is for that school district and we don't know if this child has had disciplinary problems before or not.

[MScoast]

I know we are going to have our own personal opinions on this subject. However, I don't want my boys looking at that sort of stuff at such a young age...nor do I want them bringing it to school! They would deserve to be punished if they had done that! School is for learning...not bringing pictures of half naked women to school.

[azskyman]

I suspect the school administration wants to make a statement about SI just so they keep the line very clear between what is acceptable and what is not.

The line between "acceptable" and "unacceptable" is being tested just about everywhere, including the halftime of the Super Bowl and the award ceremonies like the Grammies.

I'd have to know the circumstances surrounding the suspension, but a lot of schools have a "zero tolerance" rule to help keep those acceptable and unacceptable lines more clear.

If I were school administrator I'd be more concerned about the attitude the student had toward the magazine.

As a parent, I might admit to the school district that it was poor judgement on my part for my son to take it to school and for me to leave it in his presence.

Tough call...but I understand it.

[timNms]

it depends on what the school policy is for that school district and we don't know if this child has had disciplinary problems before or not.

On this, I agree. If this was the kid's first offense, suspension was a bit harsh. Had it been a child in my class, I'd have taken the magazine, explained why he/she shouldn't have it at school, and left it at that.
As far as one of my own doing something like that....they KNOW better! Besides knowing better, they don't see stuff like that at our house

[stormchazer]

I agree the mag is not appropriate but a suspension is a little overboard!