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Oh, the menace of childhood

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 4:38 a.m.

I was stunned by news that the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system had suspended a first-grader for pointing his finger like a gun and saying “pow.” I was stunned that he was the only one rounded up.

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Editorial, Pages 12 on 01/08/2013

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