A stupid story to which I don’t even need to formulate a reaction

Another example why “zero-tolerance” policies should be shitcanned soon enough:

A 10-year-old girl in New York has been suspended for bringing peppermint oil to her middle school and distributing it to other students.

The Commack School District said in a statement on its Web Site that the oil is "an unregulated over-the-counter drug."

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Commack Superintendent James Feltman said Sara's actions violated the school district's code of conduct when she brought the oil to school on Monday. He said the label on the bottle said it should be kept out of reach of children.

Of course, standard policy dictates that I should now respond in an exasperated, snarky and marginally witty sort of way. But then, I don’t have to exert myself; I’ve got the perfect response already provided via DONTBUGME in the article’s comments:

In related news, a boy was expelled for bringing water to school. School officials said that "water" is an over-the-counter drug commonly used to treat dehydration. They said that h2o, the main ingredient, has been known to cause drowning in humans and is therefore too dangerous for minors to possess on school grounds.

Exactly.

(via Fark)