Sorry for the wall of text. But this true story is too good not to include here
They searched my son in HS once for a BS reason.
One day his HS handbook fell out of either his locker or bookbag. Someone found it. looked at it and turned it in.
The vice principle in turn called him in. then.called his mother and myself into the school to adress some concerns they had
Seems in his HS handbook there was listed the names of the faculty and staff. Some of whom he obviously didnt like as he had arrows drawn to a few names with the word "Nazi"
And cause he colored in the eyes of some of the cartoonlike charactors in it
They were also concerned because he was known to accosiate with a couple kids who were known to make "racist jokes".
I knew this was BS as soon as I heard an overview of it
On walking in we were lead by his guidence counceller to a room with along Table with 1 chair at the head and other chairs lined along the sides.
And we were asked to take a seat and the vice prinicple would be in a few minutes
Now if you ever see this kind of setup. The chair at the head of the tabe is known as "the power position" Its intentionally set up that way for physchological reasons. so that as the people sitting on the sides as to be subserviant to the person sitting at the head of the table.
I recognised this immediately. and never being one to be willing to be subserient to anyone. decided that was the seat I would take.
the Guidence councler looked at me kinda funny and started to stammer something but I broke in saying. This seat will be fine. and she got this "oh chit" look on her face and walked out.
A few min later the Vise principle walked in and went like he was going to sit in the seat I was in till he saw me sitting there arms folded across my chest grinning at him. Then he too got that funny "oh chit" look on his face and sat down in one of the other seats
So he adresses these "concerns" they had about what they found in the book showing them to us.
I was like "and?"
They tried telling me they were concerned he might be involved in some sort of Nazi ism. I looked at the book again. loooked at him and said.
"I dont think you get it. Two of his very best friends are Jewish. another is Black. and another again is Polish. These kids come over my house, eat over my house and even sleep over my house.
the one thing this kid isnt. is racist. Besides. If you look again you will see that He's not claiming to be a Nazi. He is saying YOU are a Nazi".
"And if thats his opinion of you. Well.. thats his opinion of you. You cant legislate individual thought."
Then he went on about the kids he is known to hang out with from time to time.
The kids in question. the Jew and the Black...yea ok
Now Im getting pissed
the he goes on about him cooring in the eyes in the cartoons in the book saying there may be an indication of physchological problems. and they want to test him.
Now Im REALLY getting pissed.
"this whole thing sreeks of Bulls)$(#@ and political correctness"
You called me out of work because he doodled in a book?
YOU have never doodled in a book? And because friends of his tell jokes?
There is nothing wrong with this kid. He hasnt been in trouble for anythign since the first grade when he got in trouble for fighting back against a kid that was picking on him. and he did that at my instruction.
So the meeting ends. What wasnt told to me then and what my son later told me later after he figured out he wasnt in trouble with me for anything other then to tell him to use a bit more common sense in what he doodles where. Was that when they called him in. the searched him went though his pockets and wallet wanting to knwo where he got his money from. and they patted him down.
Now Im furious. Fortunately this was fri night and not monday morning.
so I call up the Vice priciple Monday. a bit calmer then I was on Fri night. And say to him. Was there anything you didnt tell me on friday that happend"
He was like" No, I dont think so"
"did you search my kid, and go through his stuff and his wallet?"
"Well yes we did, we have the right...."
I broke in, "No. You dont seach my kid"
Him "but..."
"No you DONT search my kid without my permission unless he is being arrested for something. and its none of your )$(# buisness what is in his wallet or how he got his money. Am I understood?"
"Yes But..."
"AM I UNDERSTOOD"
"Yes"
I continued. "Yanno I have been giving it some thought over the weekedn about the "Nazi" comments in the book and everything that happendd and I am now inclined to agree with my son that yes, you are indeed Nazi like."
He was like "Well I take offence to that"
to which I told him "Well lets look at it this way. You took him out of his class and called us in because he wrote soemthign you didnt like, altered pictures i a way you didnt like and because of people he accosiated with.
Isnt that what we did in the Mc Carthy Era? Isnt that was the KGB did in Soviet Russia. and isnt that what the Gestapo did in Nazi Germany?"
"Well yes but...."
No butts. I'm done hearing what you have to say.
I am telling you this though. If he actually does something legitimately wrong. then please, by all means call me I'll back you to the hilt BUT
IF you ever do that again again over stupid BS and search him again without notifying me first and he wasnt actually being placed under arrested for something.
I AM going to come down there and in turn search YOU. Because I now view you as a potential threat.
And I am going to do it with all the subtlety of a jackhammer in the process."
"You know I could veiw that as a terroristic threat"
"Buddy, you can view that any way you want. Im just telling you wats going to happen if you pull this kind of BS again.. Best way for you to prevent it. is to not let it happen again. In short. unless he has actually done something. Leave my kid alone."
Neither myself, or my son heard the guy so much as say boo to either of us in the next two years.
I did hear he almost got fired and did receive some sort of diciplinary action against him though the next year for doing alost the same thing to someone else. Problem there was the kids father was a lawyer.
School boards hate lawyers LOL
