I would totally do this....

Some Parents Think Detention Went Too Far; Others Think It Wasn't Enough


READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing.
Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff said it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period.

Schiff said the students were punished for holding up their peers and disrespecting lunch aides.
Schiff said some parents think a two-day detention went too far and others think it wasn't enough.
The school, which is located in Hunterdon County, said it wants students to know they can express themselves without disrupting other people.

I bring order where is chaos. I would get those pennies and force them to shove them up each others @$$es.
Then post the video on youtube.

Originally Posted by Team Infidel

I would totally do this....

I assume that pennies are legal tender and that there are no rules on how many you can use at once?
If this is the case then I can't see how the school can punish the students.

Also if the problem was holding up the cafeteria lines couldn't they have just refused to serve them or moved them to the back of the line to speed things up after all proprietors do have the right to refuse service.

Or you can just kick their asses.
Jesus is it just me or has the world gone soft?

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

Or you can just kick their asses.
Jesus is it just me or has the world gone soft?

And hows that working out for ya?

Thinking back to when I was in High School all your solution would have done is pissed people off more and gathered sympathy and support for those doing this, there is nothing that will lose support for your case faster than over reacting to a minor incident.

Simply taking control of the situation and moving those doing this to the back of the line or to another line altogether solves the problem and deflates their protest while having the minimum impact on the rest of the line and doesn't come across as being heavy handed.

Originally Posted by MontyB

I assume that pennies are legal tender and that there are no rules on how many you can use at once?

Yes they are, and no I don't think there any rules on how many you can use. I think that if the ACLU or some other similar organization got this, the school district is going to be in very deep doo doo.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

I bring order where is chaos. I would get those pennies and force them to shove them up each others @$$es.
Then post the video on youtube.

Good. Sounds like they are snotty kids.

I have no doubt that it was intended as a harmless prank. Kids being kids, they did not think of the down side.

I've done worse and got away with getting no more than a mild "flea in my ear" , so I side with the kids.

Monty's idea to set them aside until the others were served, is the most logical answer to all of this. This would have turned the tables on them and still got a good laugh from all concerned without seriously inconveniencing anyone.

like i said, i would not only participate in something like this... i would come up with the idea

Back then, I never thought that far ahead.
Worked fine for me.
Then they put me on anger management and I sort of fell apart.

Originally Posted by MontyB

And hows that working out for ya?

Thinking back to when I was in High School all your solution would have done is pissed people off more and gathered sympathy and support for those doing this, there is nothing that will lose support for your case faster than over reacting to a minor incident.

Simply taking control of the situation and moving those doing this to the back of the line or to another line altogether solves the problem and deflates their protest while having the minimum impact on the rest of the line and doesn't come across as being heavy handed.