I’ve long said that the group of people in American society lacking most in common sense are school administrators. Almost daily we hear of ridiculous decisions by principals and superintendents that seem to have been made by people needing psychiatric help.

Now comes one of the dumbest to come down the pike in years, and it’s from Gastonia, N.C.:

A Gastonia mother says her son was suspended for calling a teacher “cute.”

Chiquita Lockett said her 9-year-old son, Emanyea, spent the last two days at home.

Lockett said the principal of Brookside Elementary called her Wednesday to say the incident was a form of “sexual harassment.”

Emanyea told Eyewitness News a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student a teacher was cute.

Then he was suspended.

Note that the youngster didn’t even say this to the teacher who was “harassed,” but to another student. So add the substitute teacher to the bunch of boneheads that make up much of public education in the United States today.

When will this madness end? Political correctness is destroying any semblance of sanity in our society.