Six Year Old Suspended for Touching Classmate

Dear Friend

The new age hillbillies have emerged from their bucket shop
again, this time in Brockton, Massachusetts, an area represented
by that famous bow and arrow duo, Kennedy and Kerry.

This time their target is a six year old boy who put two fingers
inside the waistband of a classmate, and has drawn a three day
suspension as a result. Brockton Buckwhits, I mean the school
officials, refuse to comment on the three day suspension, which
the boy's mother can't explain to him because he is too young to understand.

A little Instant Einstein might be in order here for all the buckwits involved, including
Superintendent Basan Nembirkow, who would only say that
sexual harassment charges are always investigated and officials
are trained to deal with them.

It surely isn't the child who is at fault here. It doesn't take
much brainpower at all to figure out that six year olds aren't
capable of sexual harassment. And why would you enforce a
rule that you can't explain to the child?

Nan Stein, a senior research scientist at the Center for Research on
Women, located at the semi-enlightening Wellesley College,
says, "First graders who repeatedly touch classmates
need to be disciplined and taught what is appropriate. But don't
call it "sexual harassment" because first graders just don't get it."

Now Nan could use a double dose of Instant Einstein.

The way I interpet Nan is that we should still have the goofy
program, but if we call it another name. It will make it more
acceptable.

Common sense would tell you that only in very, very extreme
circumstances can children that young truly sexually harass one
another.

When I was a kid we called this playing.

All the best,

Dr. Dave