An 8 year old Arizona boy was threatened with expulsion by the headmaster of the Scottsdale Country Day School for some drawings that depicted possibilities for his Halloween costume.

KPHO reports, each of the drawings show the character holding either a gun or a knife.



"I think we really send our children the wrong message when we show that, as adults, we're so afraid of our shadow that an innocent picture - that any 8-year-old might've drawn - is cause for this kind of concern," said Jeff.

During the meeting, the headmaster also showed Jeff his son's journal, where the headmaster had highlighted words he found violent and unacceptable.

One passage about escaping a killer zombie at a haunted school read:

"I'd open the window, but, stand back quickly. Booby-trapped. Shoot the gadget - a rope gun - I'd swing across without getting hit."

Many of the third-grader's other journal entries were about saving the earth and protecting humanity.

In one passage, he wrote he'd like the ability to stop an atom bomb and stop bullets.

According to Scottsdale Country Day School's online student and parent handbook, "drawings that depict weapons" are grounds for expulsion.

The school declined to comment on the situation.