Reason 212 to HomeSchool: Your 2nd Grader Won’t Get Sent to a Psychiatrist to Determine if He is a Threat to the School For Drawing Stick Figure Jesus on the Cross

In Taunton Massachusetts, a second grade class was asked to draw a picture of what Christmas meant to them. One little boy drew a stick figure of Jesus on the Cross. He was sent for a mandatory psychiatric evaluation to determine if he was violent because “Jesus on a crucifix is a violent image.” Seriously, WTF is wrong with teachers?

Behold the Violence!

From WBZ here via HotAir:

An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and came up with what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child’s father said Tuesday.

Chester Johnson told WBZ-TV that his son made the drawing on Dec. 2 after his second-grade teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of the holiday.

Johnson told the Taunton Daily Gazette, which first reported the story on Tuesday, that his son gets specialized reading and speech instruction and has never been violent in school.

An educational consultant working with the Johnson family said the teacher was also alarmed when the boy drew Xs for Jesus’ eyes.

The boy was cleared to return to school on Dec. 7 after the evaluation found nothing to indicate that he posed a threat to himself or others. But his father said the boy was traumatized by the incident and the school district has approved the family’s request to have the child transferred to another school.

Maybe the kid should have drawn Muhammad slaughtering infidels, then he wouldn’t have been sent to a psychiatric evaluation. They should fire the teacher and the principal.