CNS News
by Craig Bannister
April 22, 2013

Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit against a Chicago public school district on behalf of a second-grade teacher who was suspended after he displayed garden-variety tools such as wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers in his classroom as part of a "tool discussion" in his class.

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http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/...students-garden

May God help any teacher who wants to teach the children to be self-sufficient, capable and experienced in navigating the small inconveniences of life, like familiarity with tools and their proper usage. Otherwise they will be ignorant and helpless, forever!

A claw hammer could HURT SOMEONE!/ sarc

This is utterly ridiculous! I'm beginning to fear what our country had become.
I hope this teacher wins the suit and they have to pay him big money. Might make them think twice about doing something this stupid again.

I can't even bear to read this stuff anymore.

STOP THE INSANITY!!

I am siding with the school on this. Does anyone realize how dangerous a Garden Weasel is?



I get blisters from mine all the time. (I'm delicate)

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This is utterly ridiculous! I'm beginning to fear what our country had become.
I hope this teacher wins the suit and they have to pay him big money. Might make them think twice about doing something this stupid again.

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