I don't think calling someone cute is sexual harassment at any age. I call people cute all the time and unless I add "but I wonder if you're still cute with no clothes on" and grip their shoulder tight while making low pitched grunting noises at them, it's not really sexual harassment. Even more so if I was an innocent kid.

People choose to get offended at the smallest things, so it's no surprise to me that things like this happen. Some guy got the old Maoam wrappers banned because apparently the fruit on the packets were doing sexual things to each other. So yeah, in the wise words of Slipknot, people = shit.

The superintendent told Bostic that 15 parents from the school called his office asking for Bostic’s termination. Bostic said Brookside has more than 1,200 parents. His average evaluation from parents and the community over the past 10 years has been a 98 and 99 percent rating, he said.

Bostic said he didn’t have time to ascertain what would be the best decision, financially, for himself and his family. Nor did he have time to give his staff proper notification that he would be leaving. Bostic said he could understand being written up for his mistake and having someone follow up with him over the school year.

“To me it’s a really sad final note to a career that I have found very satisfying and enjoy working with kids,” Bostic said. “I really don’t believe I was treated fairly.”

More than 600 children will be affected by the decision and around 1,200 parents and guardians will have to explain to their children why their principal was removed from a school after 15 years.

“I made a mistake,” Bostic said. “I offered to apologize for my mistake, but I wasn’t given that opportunity.”