Student with special needs draws Bomberman 64-inspired bomb, gets suspended

That image above sealed the fate of 13-year-old special needs student Rhett Parham. He happens to be a big fan of Bomberman 64, watching videos of the game on YouTube quite often. This inspired him to draw a bomb and bring it into school to show friends. Rhett told his friends he had a bomb and then showed this drawing. That's all it took for the boy to be suspended.

I do understand that school safety has to be taken seriously, but we also need some common sense. This kid is clearly not out to hurt anyone and has no intentions of buying/making a real bomb to bring into school. I can't even imagine a situation like this causing any trouble when I was in school.

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