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Henry Louis Cadmin :verified: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @🌲-alist It was like this when I was in elementary school 20 years ago.
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🌲-alist | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Right. This stuff started around then.

Someone can correct me but i think the "zero tolerance" stuff started in the 90s as a way of allowing the school administration to absolve themselves from having to do the right thing. It is much easier to just follow the policy when the policy makes no determination of right and wrong.
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PNW Viking | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @🌲-alist @ddc028dc 

With a zero tolerance policy, the optimal response is to permanently maim the offender, if you're going to be punished anyway, you may as well dish out as much as possible.