Have you heard about this?!

A mother calls her son from Iraq, and his school makes him hang-up.

For full story in the local newspaper, click http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/11575912.htm.

The school says they're suspending him due to his behavior when confronted and made to hang up the phone. I'd behave the same way in his situation. If I were a kid, and my mom was in Iraq, I would NOT hang up the phone.

To then be disallowed from answering when she calls back... Grrrrrr.

Who are these people? And this school district SERVES the local Army post!

Very disappointing and disheartening.

For those who don't know, when you're serving in the combat zones... access to phones is infrequent and unpredictable. If you're lucky, you can use your unit's military phone lines. If you're lucky. What you usually end up having to do is wait in line for the MWR (Morale, Welfare, Recreation) phone banks. This can take hours. When you get to the head of the line, you make your call. It isn't for very long, and you just can't take into consideration things like what time it is on the other end of the line. Families get phone calls at all hours of the day and night. I've never heard a spouse complain about a phone call at 0330.

This Soldier is in a warzone, and the school is more concerned about his use of a cellphone (during lunch - not even class). Zero tolerance... no thinking. No use of discretion or decision making. What are we teaching our children by robotic responses to situations like this?

(End of rant)