I don't know.

Maybe the fact that she's 11! The same reason you probably watched the "Transformers" cartoons or other equally juvenile programming at that age, but wouldn't consider doing it now.

This zero tolerance garbage has gone way too far, just like political correctness. What she had amounted to some plastic casings. They are no more dangerous than plastic film canisters. And not nearly as dangerous as the #2 pencils she is required to have to take the stupid standardized tests that have become the measure of a student's success.