The war on Boys in Primary Education

**rohara** · 5th-February-2010

I think that this is clearly a gender issue when it comes to boys in our primary education system. This poor kid was pulled out of class, harassed and humiliated by the school administration for having a two inch toy gun in his possesion. It doesn't say so in the article, but clearly this is a case of feminist male hating politicaly correct policy.

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Laura Timoney fumes after son Patrick, 9, is busted for bringing 2-inch-long toy gun to PS 52

BY Matthew Lysiak, Kate Nocera and Larry Mcshane
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Originally Published:Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 10:06 PM
Updated: Thursday, February 4th 2010, 7:10 PM

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The actual size of the toy gun Patrick Timoney brought to PS 52.

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Patrick Timoney, 9, with plastic gun - barely 2 inches long - that nearly got him suspended after PS 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni (below) took action.

Laura Timoney fumes after son Patrick, 9, is busted for bringing 2-inch-long toy gun to PS 52Fevelo for News

Yes. It was only 2 inches long!No. Size does not matter in this case. An irate Staten Island mom blasted a grade school principal Wednesday for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress after he brought a 2-inch-long toy gun to school.

"This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch.
"The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue."
Patrick Timoney, 9, was terrified when he was yanked into the principal's office to discuss the teeny-weeny plastic "weapon."
"The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."
Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.
Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick's mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni saying her son had somehow gone from straight A's to the NRA.
"I was in disbelief," the still-fuming mother said. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?"
Timoney said her boy loved the toy figure because her husband is a retired police officer.
The elder Patrick Timoney, a former 72nd Precinct cop, couldn't believe his son was nearly busted over something so obviously inauthentic.
"It's a 2-inch gun," he said. "She went overboard. She should have said, 'Put the toys away,' and that would have been the end of it."
After a meeting between the principal and the parents, the boy was spared any disciplinary action. City school officials said Patrick agreed to leave the "gun" at home.
"I'm never bringing a toy to school again," said Patrick, whose favorite subject is math.
Laura Timoney remained upset. Her son, a typically eager student, asked to stay home yesterday because he thought the principal was mad at him.
The mother said she expects an apology and may sue.
"The toy gun is not the issue," she said. "A lack of common sense is the issue."
Several parents at the school felt the principal overreacted, including Kim O'Rieley - whose son was playing with Patrick in the cafeteria.
Her boy's Lego man was toting a tiny ax, which the principal deemed less threatening.
"It's ridiculous," said O'Rieley, 36. "He felt so bad for his friend. They're taking things way too far ... No one is saying guns are okay.
"Come on, it's a Lego."
mlysiak@nydailynews.com
With Rachel Monahan

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**Zuberi** · 5th-February-2010

This reminds me of when I was in middle school!
I got suspended for disruptive literature and the dried out hag that was my teacher, nearly ripped her hair out.

At any rate, the control freaks that pissed on that boy who brought a 2-inch plastic gun to school, deserve to be thrown into a padded cell.

COME ON!!!!!

You're going to shit your pants because a boy brought a 2 inch, plastic gun to school?

PATHETIC!!!!!!

**rohara** · 5th-February-2010

Quote from Zuberi

This reminds me of when I was in middle school!
I got suspended for disruptive literature and the dried out hag that was my teacher, nearly ripped her hair out.

I am just dying to know what that literature was. Please do tell us Zuberi.

**paul parmenter** · 5th-February-2010

Sack Evelyn Mastroianni and replace her with Laura Timoney. Boys need sensible teachers who understand them, not PC control freaks.

**Zuberi** · 5th-February-2010

Quote from rohara

I am just dying to know what that literature was. Please do tell us Zuberi.

Ironically enough, it happened around the time the PC drones insisted that we learn sex-ED as early as possible. Me and my buddies had come across a fan-art picture of Lara Croft topless. The teacher found out about it and some how I took the heat. That was the first time I got suspended from school.

**Celtic Druid** · 5th-February-2010

"The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."

They shouldn't have forced this boy to sign anything without his parents present. Kids have rights too!

After a meeting between the principal and the parents, the boy was spared any disciplinary action.

The principal used the tried and tested tactic of making the parents believe she was being merciful, so as to provide a distraction for her own ineptitude and bullying.

It's the principal who should face disciplinary action for abusing her power.

I'd agree with Rohara that being a male no doubt played a part in his shoddy treatment.

What's interesting is how this boy was singled out for something that looks no more dangerous than a large liquorice sweet, yet girls are running round the playground 'unchecked' in t-shirts like this........

**Kargan3033** · 5th-February-2010

Disgusting!
If I were that boy's parents I'd be suing the ass off the school borad.
This damn bitch needs a good swift kick to the head with steel toed boots.

Sorry this just pisses me off to no end

**Zuberi** · 5th-February-2010

Quote from Kargan3033

Disgusting!
If I were that boy's parents I'd be suing the ass off the school borad.
This damn bitch needs a good swift kick to the head with steel toed boots.

Sorry this just pisses me off to no end

I wear steel toe boots.

**Incognito** · 5th-February-2010

Quote from rohara

I think that this is clearly a gender issue when it comes to boys in our primary education system. This poor kid was pulled out of class, harassed and humiliated by the school administration for having a two inch toy gun in his possesion. It doesn't say so in the article, but clearly this is a case of feminist male hating politicaly correct policy.

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A similar situation happened to my son when he was young...only it was over a crude drawing of a gun on a piece of paper.

School officials just aren't taking any chances, but to the point of ridiculousness, when it comes to students and guns. You can get suspended over bringing squirt guns to school and it doesn't matter which gender you are.

Same is true for schools and other types of contraband. Did you know that your kid can get suspended for bringing aspirin or ibuprofen to school and possibly expelled for taking it? These can only be administered by the school's nurse (even if your kid happens to be a senior in high school)- and only then IF the parents have given the school written permission. I imagine this hysteria is is drug-related.

The above hysteria is about school shootings.

**Zuberi** · 5th-February-2010

Quote from Incognito

A similar situation happened to my son when he was young...only it was over a crude drawing of a gun on a piece of paper.

School officials just aren't taking any chances, but to the point of ridiculousness, when it comes to students and guns. You can get suspended over bringing squirt guns to school and it doesn't matter which gender you are.

Same is true for schools and other types of contraband. Did you know that your kid can get suspended for bringing aspirin or ibuprofen to school and possibly expelled for taking it? These can only be administered by the school's nurse (even if your kid happens to be a senior in high school)- and only then IF the parents have given the school written permission. I imagine this hysteria is is drug-related.

The above hysteria is about school shootings.

Yeah, I'm a hundred percent positive that you can kill somebody with a fucking squirt gun!