If you suspend a student
for inappropriate behavior…
he’s going to have to make up his work.

When he makes up his work,
you will mark it late.

When you mark it late,
he’ll probably go whine
to his mama and daddy.

He may even ask for some new
baseball shoes as well.

When he asks for the new shoes,
he’ll show them off to all his friends
when he comes back to school.

When he comes back to school,
his parents will complain
to all administrators that his papers
are marked late.

The administrators will tell you
that suspensions are excused absences,
so…

He’ll want to turn in his papers…
with all As.

You’ll have to fix up your gradebook,
edit all of his mistakes,
and lose sight of why you became a teacher.

When all his grades are fixed,
you’ll notice that he plagiarized
some of his work.

You’ll have to suspend him again.

And chances are, if you suspend him…
he’s going to have to make up his work
and you’re going to have to give in
to the idiocies of our society.