There's an interesting case going on at a public school not far from us.
A group of five high school kids had pictures on a MySpace page that depicted them with guns, drugs, and money. The pictures were reported to the school, the school suspended the five students. (I'll bet you can see where this is going...) Now, the parents of the students are suing the school district for various things.
Here's a Google page of articles: [link]
In one of the articles (Ann Arbor News, Jo Collins Mathias), one of the students attorneys is saying, essentially, that the school system is breaking the law blah blah blah legalcakes.
I say, "Well, so are the FUCKING KIDS HAVING GUNS AND DRUGS."
The kids claim it was all fake, the school says, "You can see their school ID's AND some of the pictures were taken on school grounds."
To which I also say, "How did the freaking fake guns and drugs get onto school property???"
Anyway, it's slow in here lately, my boss is gone, I want to fuck around, and thought I'd start a discussion.
Yay! I can has massage! At a chiropractor/massage place two blocks away, in 20 minutes....
You know, I often fail to appreciate how nice it is to be able to turn my head without my neck hurting.
Aimee -
You know if the school ignored the pictures and these kids went Columbine on the school, then someone would have pointed to those MySpace pictures and say "someone should have done something".
Without knowing the background, I'd probably say the school has reason to suspend them if there is evidence they were doing something inappropriate on the school grounds. If was just something the students did outside of school, then I don't think the school would have reason. It's hard to have a real definite opinion on a particular case without knowing all the details though.
If was just something the students did outside of school, then I don't think the school would have reason.
OTOH, schools have suspended (and I think expelled) students for stuff done off-campus outside of school hours....
Which ep, Sue?
By which she means "describe any small detail in the episode and I will start reciting dialogue."
The
ghost ship episode.
I knew the
second brother.
So far, on my second day of work. I still cannot login to the computer (I am logged in as one of my co-workers right now.) and I've already lost my keys. (you need keys to travel to the staff only floors on the elevator, and to get into the vaults.
Sue - that's so cool!
And woo hoo! We got out direct deposit slips today and it includes our increase AND the retro pay. . . oooh, I can SHOP.
OTOH, schools have suspended (and I think expelled) students for stuff done off-campus outside of school hours....
Yeah, I mean I can see that for certain things especially if there is a legal issue, but in this case, if this is just a website put up with no connection to the school, I don't see the school having a reason to suspend the students. OTOH, if a student puts up a website where he/she blogs about wanting to kill other students or something like that, then you'd want the school to take some action. The details are pretty important, but I'd defer to free speech unless there is some threat involved. Threat is pretty subjective though.
I'd defer to free speech
And I admit, there's a part of me that thinks, "You're under 18. You have no free speech yet."
Which, not entirely rational, I know, but it seems that if the kids are practicing their "free speech" by having pictures of themselves taken with things that are illegal, they give that up. In Michigan, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess a firearm in public unless they are under the direct supervision of an adult. If it is true that those pictures were taken on school grounds, with no adult supervision, then the school should be considered public and the kids should not only be expelled, but arrested also. And if the gun laws can't hold em, get them for the drugs.
