The Lego gun shot heard round the world.
Nine-year-old Patrick Timoney brought a little Lego man holding a tiny 2-inch firearm to his public school in South Beach on Staten Island, and nearly got booted from his fourth grade class.
"Me and my friends were at the lunch table, and we showed each other our Legos," he told WABC-TV, referring to a show-and-tell session Tuesday.
Principal Evelyn Matroianni was not amused, saying the toy violated Dept. of Education rules and that Patrick was looking at possible suspension.
"He's a really a good kid and the fact that he was this upset over something that needed to just be, 'Hey, don't bring that to school, just put it away in your bag.' And it would've been done," his mom, Laura Timoney, told Fox 5 News.
And what about the kid who had an action figure clutching an axe, she wondered.
"This isn't a safety issue," she told WABC. "This is a judgment issue. I mean, what's the worst that could happen? It could poke you in the eye?"
This is a true example of how our leadership (a public school principle) is overrun with ignorance and stupidity. The principle's action don't give her, or the school she's running, any respect. What it does is show how pathetic people are at when it comes to making sound judgements. One student can bring an action figure holding an axe, but her kid can't bring a Lego man holding a gun?
I hope our youth grows brains and grows up to over throw our corrupt, set-in-their-ways adults.
Our children need leaders, not grown up idiots.
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