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As a follow-up to my post from Friday, even with the glow, Orlando Sanchez lost the runoff election. With 63%, Houston says it’s Mayor White. In my usual twisted sense of humor, I’m amused that Mayor Brown (who is black) is leaving office, to be replaced by Mayor White (who is white). Isn’t that odd in that twisted and amusing way?
Kimberly posted about a girl that was expelled from school for 1 year for having Advil at school. There is more on the expulsion here: Advil: Little. Yellow. Delinquent.
I posted a long comment on her site, and I thought I would post it here too. I get annoyed when parents and the community demand certain rules and then are upset when the schools uphold the rules they set. Zero tolerance means ZERO. It doesn’t mean that if you have Advil, they will ignore it. It means you will be punished.
Back in the late ’70s or early ’80s, my Mom found one of the kids at the middle school where she taught had pills. Fortunately, my Dad is a pharmacist and was able to quickly identify them (I think they were aspirin), but teachers and schools shouldn’t have to worry about what the drugs are. We demand that they keep schools drug free and safe – so I don’t think they should overturn the expulsion. The zero-tolerance policy is generally laid out quite clearly at the beginning of the year, and if she chose not to follow it she chose the consequence.
I know it was just Advil – but what if it had been more? And kids can put anything in an Advil bottle – how are the teachers or administrators supposed to know what all the drugs are? They shouldn’t have to research the markings to verify them.
Don’t get me wrong – I actually hate so called “Zero Tolerance” policies because I feel that there are exceptions to almost every rule. But when it comes to drugs, I don’t want them in my child’s school. So if he broke the rules by bringing Tylenol to school and was punished for it, I would have to be understanding.
We can’t have it both ways.
I just got off the phone with my Dad – the doctor released him from the hospital finally (he’s been there for 4 days) and sent him home. He has already left, and sounded happy to be back in the real world! He will still have to continue treatment for the infection, but it can be managed from home now.
On the other hand, I haven’t heard back from my doctor’s office with the official test results. My foot and ankle have been pain-free for two days now, so hopefully it won’t come back!
This weekend, Houston will have runoff elections to select a new mayor for the city. Lee Brown is out *wild cheer from the crowd* and either Bill White or Orlando Sanchez will be in. Of course there are commercials running this time around, but they are trying to court the voters that voted for Sylvester Turner in the November elections, so they have been pretty low key. I’ve been really bummed and upset that I haven’t seen the one with Orlando Sanchez glowing like Jesus on Easter morning. Fortunately, I was able to snap the above photo of it off the Tivo to preserve a memory. See how everyone around him, no matter what their race is, is dim in comparision to him.
Really, does anyone else have a glow like that? Barbara Walters gets to have that lovely soft filter effect when she’s on TV, and Orlando? He gets the Orlando Glow…