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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

SCHOOLDAYS

by Stuart Salomon

AUSTIN, Texas - May 18, 2005 - A pre-kindergarten student
brought a handgun to school, where it was seized
by a fifth-grader and turned over to the principal,
school district officials said Tuesday.

Bobby had a shiny gun,
It looked so awesome gray,
He brandished it in nursery school
And joined the NRA.


Stuart Salomon is an English teacher at Jakarta International School. He has not been awarded any Purple Hearts for teaching.