GL Kid Expelled For Protesting Lack Of Homework + 6 Other Expulsions

Aaron Parfitt was expelled from school for protesting the lack of homework at his school.

Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. Basically, he gathered a bunch of kids together to protest the teaching quality of his school and used the lack of homework as a rallying point.

In thanks for his diligence and profound academic endeavor they kicked him out of school. Sound stupid? That’s because it is. But he’s not the only one to suffer at the end of a couple of veiny forearms as educators threaten to choke out academic careers all over the place for ridiculous reasons.

Sharing an asthma inhaler

Alyssa Mckinney thought her best friend, Breanna Crites was having an asthma attack so she let her use her inhaler. Crites suffered an allergic reaction to the medicine and went to the nurse. The principal found out about it and suspended them both while threatening expulsion for sharing prescription drugs. Though it’s unclear whether the girls were actually expelled, what is clear is that the principal needs to loosen up his underwear a little bit so his balls can breathe. Damn.

Being raped

Beth (not her real name) was dating a man she’d hoped would one day be her husband while attending Pensacola Christian College. This man, whom she’d been dating for several months, called her to a secluded place and raped her. The school expelled her once she reported her story for ‘being a fornicator.’ You’ll see a theme with religious schools, here.

For having natural hair

Vanessa VanDyke liked her poofy natural hairstyle. Other kids at Faith Christian Academy, however, teased her for it. Then the school stepped in and threatened her, saying ‘cut your hair or face expulsion.’ Why take such a hard line? Because they said her hair was ‘distracting.’ Riiiiiight.

Once local news got a hold of the story the school backed down and she wasn’t expelled. But after all that noise, why stay there anyway? Good on her for courage though.

For reporting a security problem

Ahmed Al-Khabaz was a computer science student in Montreal at Dawson College. He was working on a school project with a friend when they uncovered a security problem that left students’ personal information exposed. He told the school. They said ‘thanks.’ That’s it for round one.

After a few days he hadn’t heard back so he checked to see if the vulnerability was still there. It was. Doesn’t matter though. The company that makes the shoddy software reported his breach to the school and they expelled him in a faculty meeting by a vote of 14-1 without his ability to speak on his own behalf. If Ahmed’s name was Skipper McWhitefellow do you think he would have suffered in the same way?

For being gay

Danielle Powell was damn near minutes from receiving her diploma when Grace University faculty found out about her lesbian relationship. She was unceremoniously expelled and was charged $6,300 to pay back her tuition for that semester because they found her in breach of a certain immorality clause that the religious school holds students accountable to. Danielle is fighting to have the debt rescinded, but something tells me that people like this don’t have grace in their heart.

For refusing to wear an RFID chip

A couple of middle schools in San Antonio, Texas, decided to start making their students wear an RFID chip necklace which would be used to track their location throughout the school. Andrea Hernandez, with the backing of her parents, refused on religious and privacy infringement grounds. After she was expelled, the family got civil liberties lawyers involved to prevent her from having to go to another school.

You can appreciate her stand, for sure, but you can bet that half of those kids disabled those stupid things within minutes of getting them.