You have an active imagination ... Punishment? Suspension!

I feel like I have stepped foot into Phineas & Ferb world where the boys are sent to Smile Away Reformatory School. What has me feeling this way? A school in Kermit, TX.

Kermit, TX is located in Western Texas, just south of New Mexico. There are only about 6,000 people who reside there and apparently the elementary school's principal is on a power trip. Or maybe he's just had his childhood squelched growing up. Whatever the cause, this poor little boy has been in and out of his office for a variety of reasons. The latest ... he was suspended for pretending that a ring he brought to school was the "one ring." Yup, you read that right ... he PRETENDED that he could be invisible just by putting the ring on his finger.


Alright now. How many of us growing up pretended we could fly like Superman or climb walls like Spiderman? Imagination is KEY to a child's growth. What harm does it do? He wasn't beating anyone up or calling people names. Oh wait, that's right ... he was disciplined earlier this year for calling a child black ... because he was!
Guess that leads me to another question. I am a writer ... and I certainly don't want to offend anyone. My fellow readers of color ... do any of the following terms offend you?

• Black


• Person of color


• Dark-Skinned


• African American


• Chocolate


• Caramel

What terms would you find offensive? I would hate to see this boy get suspended because he called another child by their gender. Heaven forbid! The principal is declining to comment and that saddens me. I really hope there is another explanation ... something more to this story. I'm so confused! Right now, all we have to go on is what is being reported by the boy's family. That's only one side. Someone PLEASE tell me that we are missing a huge chunk of this and the principal isn't just on a trip to become the next warden of the Smile Away Reformatory.

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