Deaf Preschooler not allowed to sign name, Looks like a gun....

[matefrio]

Watch the video for the sign. Not even close in my book. The school staff is freken' stupid.Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School

Grand Island, Nebraska

"It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E.," Brian Spanjer said.
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter's sign language. Hunter's name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.

 

[zembonez]

The inmates are officially running the asylum

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Asinine!

 

[zembonez]

The school district phone is 308-385-5900

 

[Tejano Scott]

I think he should change it to a middle finger!

 

[grasshopperglock]

It would have been funny as hell if his sig looked like a big hairy schlong. Wonder if that would have the news?

 

[zembonez]

 

[10mm and 45]

I think he should change it to a middle finger!

+1

 

[Orbie]

Growing up, I had a friend named Gunner.

Would they make him change his legal birth name if he went to that school?

 

[Pilgrim]

LOL this is ridiculous.

What the hell has happened to common sense in this country??? This is so many levels of idiocy that I don't have the words to help me come to grips with it. I'm going to go home and kick my neighbor's cat. After that, I'm going to change my name to "BulletsBloodandGuns" then enroll at that school.

See you in the pen.

 

[winchster]

The inmates are officially running the asylum

Yep an it's only gettin worse.

 

[DannyT]

 

[GPtwins]

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[jocat54]

I couldn't help my self.. had to send them an email asking if they had lost their minds.

Email:
jsheard@gips.org

 

[308nato]

Asinine!

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Poor kid has enough to deal with already. As a parent I'd be irate.

 

[Glockster69]

No offense jocat54 but Mr. Sheard is a paid puppet.

Jack Sheard
Grand Island Public Schools
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Twitter: @jacksheard
Email: jsheard@gips.org
Phone: 308-385-5900 Ext. 127


Here's the puppeteer

Dr. Robert Winter
Superintendent
308.385.5900
rwinter@gips.org

 

[LJH]

Hey thanks for posting up the email addresses. I just could not help myself. My email follows.

Oh my, this event dealing with Hunter’s name is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard of all week. Abet I thank you for your actions as I am entertained. As an explanation for my entertainment I must inform you that I deal with absurdly stupid people all day long. Yet you are today’s winner. Please print the attached photo and hang it on your wall with pride.
But let me digress for a moment.....
According to your board policy 8470 any instrument that looks like a weapon is banned. Let’s just touch on the obvious, pens and pencils look more like daggers than Hunter’s name looks like a gun. So, I guess those can be removed. You might think you can have chalk in the classroom, but no, it looks like tiny albino sticks of dynamite. So toss that out too. Oh I could go on for hours and hours about the easy stuff, but that would not be fun, let’s try something a bit more abstract. This should still be easy for you as you can see a gun in Hunter’s name. From the side the chair with attached desk looks like a battle tank. Now all those poor little kids will be sitting on the floor. Hmm, kids sitting on the floor. Now that looks like they are being held as hostages by the teachers. That might not classify as a weapon, but that would imply that the teachers had weapons. Teachers..... well they look like ninjas, and we all know that ninjas are lethal weapons incarnate. I guess the unemployment lines are going to get a bit longer.
Thanks again, and have a fun day removing everything from every classroom, people included. Have fun in your little kingdom dimwits.

Sincerely,
LJH

 

[jocat54]

No offense jocat54 but Mr. Sheard is a paid puppet.

Jack Sheard
Grand Island Public Schools
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Twitter: @jacksheard
Email: jsheard@gips.org
Phone: 308-385-5900 Ext. 127


Here's the puppeteer

Dr. Robert Winter
Superintendent
308.385.5900
rwinter@gips.org

Thanks! I'll send him one too.

 

[Flewda]

Nanny State. That is all.