An 11-year-old Arvada boy was arrested and hauled away in handcuffs for drawing stick figures in school – something his therapist told him to do. The boy’s parents say they comprehend what he did was inappropriate, but are outraged by the way Arvada Police handled the case. The parents do not want their real names employed. “Tim” is becoming treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and his therapist told him to draw pictures when got upset, rather than disrupt the class. So that is what he did. Last October, he drew stick figures of himself with a gun, pointed at 4 other stick figures with the words “teacher ought to die.” He felt calmer and was throwing the picture away when the teacher saw it and sent him to the principal’s workplace. The school was aware that the boy was in therapy, determined the drawing was not an actual threat, notified his parents and sent him back to class. His mother, “Jane,” nevertheless, was shocked when Arvada Police showed up at their home later that night. She says she told her son to cooperate and tell the truth, but was horrified when they told her they were arresting him and then handcuffed him and hauled him away in a patrol car. Tim’s mother says she begged police to let her drive her son to the police department and to let her stay with him via the booking procedure but they refused. Instead, they put him in a cell, took his mug shot and fingerprinted him. He thought he was going to jail and would by no means be able to go house once again …
We are students from Colegiul National Gheorghe Lazar in Sibiu, Romania, coordinated by Mrs Daniela Arghir, teacher of English, taking part in the Spring Day for Europe 2009 activities as organizers of the illustration of a Romanian classic song. We have chosen the song entitled “Foaie verde lamaita”, which we believe is representative of the Romanian culture, as it brings together the Romanians’ love for their dear ones and the care they take for animals and plants. This is the translation of the song into English: “Green leaf of aloysia, / Aloysia and a marigold. / Come on, sweetheart, / Come on, dear, / Come on, my darling, / My adore! / Gheorghita’s horse is grazing, / Tied to a garden pink. / The garden pink has withered, / Gheorghes horse has left. / Run, Gheorghita, run, / Due to the fact your horse has escaped into the grass.” We first recorded the song – the whole 5a class (form teacher Mrs Corina Ciobota) sang it on the 29th of April 2009, under the supervision of two enthusiastic teachers, Miss Patricia Zanfir (teacher of English) and Mr Paul Miereanu (Music teacher). Then we developed a PowerPoint presentation with the song playing in the playground, three photos taken for the duration of the recording of the song session and pictures drawn by the students in 7a (form teacher Mrs Monica Oancea) supported in their work by their Art teacher, Miss Raluca Filip. In the end Mrs Daniela Arghir turned the .ppt file into a .avi file. Here is our contribution to Spring Day for Europe 2009 …
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