Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute on Expelled, and it wasn't even a real phaser:
One of Mitch's friends purchased a laser pointer and a second friend brought it to school one day. He showed it off to Mitch during class. Mitch played with the laser pointer for a minute or two, shining the red dot around the classroom. He then gave it back to his friend, who later got caught by the teacher for goofing around with it.
In my day, we used old fashion spit wads to torment teachers. Thanks to advances in technology, today's grade-schoolers use digital, environmentally friendly gadgets. But the principle remains the same.
For this crime Mitch, along with his two playmates, has been expelled from school for a full year. And I thought the nuns at my grade school were tough.
As I've said before, we desparately need Separation of School and State. The fact that this incident even resulted in punishment of any kind by the educratic legion is disgusting and indicative of the need on their part for an immediate pinkslip party.