• glimse@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      His autism didn’t spark fear…saying the school would blow up if anyone looked in his backpack sparked fear. He should not have been arrested but c’mon, if a kid I just met said that to me I’d call the front office, too.

      he told his teacher he didn’t want anyone to look in his backpack […] When the teacher asked why, Ty responded, “Because the whole school will blow up,”

      Arresting him was overreacting. Perceiving his words as a threat was not

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        He wasn’t wrong. Someone looked in his bag and the whole situation got blown up out of proportion over a bunny

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        If they actually thought he had a bomb in his backpack, why did they open it there in the school?

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        Some kid randomly saying that and you don’t know him, ok. But the school was aware he’s autistic, so why did they suddenly forget?

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          I am saying the admins acted poorly but the teacher was justifiably scared.

          The teacher, who had only known Ty for one day, called a school administrator

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        saying the school would blow up if anyone looked in his backpack sparked fear

        If you can’t tell a serious threat from mouth noises coming from a 13 year old autistic boy, then I guess its good you presumably don’t work with children.

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          You’re right, no 13 year old autistic boy has ever made a serious threat! It’s always totally obvious if threatening words from a stranger should be taken seriously or not. Teachers are also always given the full background on every kid in their classroom without exceptions so they should have ignored protocol when hearing a kid say their backpack is going to blow up.

          How could I forget that every single kid with malice in their heart fits the brooding edgelord mold from Columbine and that having autism totally precludes violent intentions?

          Teachers DO NOT GET PAID ENOUGH for that. And even if they were paid fairly, their job isn’t to assess and handle bomb threats.

          The teacher was 100% right to call the administrators. The administrators were 100% wrong to do anything more than gently educate him on his word choice.