The mother of a South Carolina high school student was left irate when her 16-year-old son was suspended and then arrested after writing that he intended to buy a gun and kill a dinosaur as part of a homework assignment.
Alex Stone, a student at the South Carolina school, said he wrote a joke that included a gun and a dinosaur for a class assignment to write a few sentences about himself and to list a mock Facebook status. The homework was due Tuesday, the second day of the school year.
The teen wrote, I killed my neighbors pet dinosaur. For his status, he said, I bought the gun to take care of the business.
The teacher then reported Stone to school administrators, Dorchester District 2 officials said. The principal followed the school systems procedures, suspending the 16-year-old. This prompted the schools resource officer to call the Summerville Police Department.
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