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Student Suspended for Call to Mom in Iraq
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| 05/06/05
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Posted on 05/06/2005 10:15:07 AM PDT by Responsibility1st
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To: beeler
They are running the asylum - and your keyboard.
121
posted on
05/06/2005 11:38:26 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: blu
YEs.
The school website is on Geocities, for crying out loud.
122
posted on
05/06/2005 11:38:48 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: Nov3
Well, I don't have children, and I'm glad...for I wouldn't want them to grow up to be as rude and malicious as you are.
Calm down, take a deep breath and post to me again when you're feeling better.
To: beeler
Corporal punishment is what this kid deserves. He was told to do something and he didn't do it, period. It's time they quit letting the inmates run the asylum. Read a little further on the thread and other thread (link post 48) and reevaluate.
To: Sterco
Amen my child would get punished for not doing the right thing.
125
posted on
05/06/2005 11:40:13 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: luckystarmom
We can go home for lunch in elementary school and in high school.
I did that in elementary school and then drove to fast food or home in high school.
Forbidding this kid to talk on the phone during lunch was insane.
126
posted on
05/06/2005 11:42:53 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: beeler
Sounds like you need your ass whipped for not being able to read, not that boy.
127
posted on
05/06/2005 11:43:31 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: fatnotlazy
I am feeling just fine and am a parent who demands discipline from my child. But I will never knowingly raise a sheep.
You are a sheep. You will fit in well here when all the old-timers are gone
128
posted on
05/06/2005 11:43:57 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: Labyrinthos
Perhaps, and as soon as the kid told the teacher that he was talking to his mother in Iraq, the teacher should have exercised some discretion and given the kid some space. I take things like this very seriously!
If this had happened in my tiny little town, I would have had a personal discussion with this teacher.
Substitute teachers are always available, if needed.
129
posted on
05/06/2005 11:44:14 AM PDT
by
Hunble
To: rwfromkansas
If I was the teacher, I would have made an exception.
If your a teacher and your school district's administration has some kind of zero-tolerance policy, I believe you would not have made an exception, because you would (maybe) value your job.
The school boards and school administrations are driving the public education system into the ground through such "zero-tolerance" policies, which really have little impact on the bad kids, but do hurt the good kids.
Bring your allergy medicine to school? Whoops, your a druggie.
Bring a G.I. Joe action figure to school? Whoops, your a threat and a terrorist.
Talking on your cell phone? Whoops, your a dealer.
To: rwfromkansas
Well thought out reply - and I do mean that!
My child WOULD get his ass whipped - if he didn't take the call and fight everyone who tried to stop him!!!
131
posted on
05/06/2005 11:47:04 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: Nov3
Well, at least this time you didn't call me a Dip. Glad to see you're making progress. :)
To: Hildy
And had the teacher not obeyed the "zero tolerance" rule - in other words used common sense - nobody would have been worse for wear.
133
posted on
05/06/2005 11:48:41 AM PDT
by
Archangelsk
(Handbasket, hell. Get used to the concept.)
To: fatnotlazy
You definitely won't make any progress if you can't understand this issue.
134
posted on
05/06/2005 11:51:02 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: Nov3
My child WOULD get his ass whipped - if he didn't take the call and fight everyone who tried to stop him!!! Having served 20 years with the U.S Army, those were exactly my thoughts on this issue.
Like I said, this teacher and I would have had a private discussion in the evening.
135
posted on
05/06/2005 11:51:05 AM PDT
by
Hunble
To: Hildy
Mom should have known better than to call during school hours. Son should have known better than to get wild and swear at a school official.
Having been deployed I can say plainly that it is the responsibility of the service member to know the times back home and respect the rules. Any kid of mine would have had ME to worry about for popping off to the Principal, especially if he used profanity - suspension would have looked like vacation when I was done.
Supporting the troops does NOT mean putting up with poor behavior from family members of said troops. The school is under NO obligation to bend their rules just because Mom is calling from Iraq instead of WalMart. It's part of the job. Deal with it.
136
posted on
05/06/2005 11:53:06 AM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: Hunble
Ihope this goes national and the country has a discussion with these morons.
As to our fellow "FReepers" they are serious disappointments to the ORIGINAL spirit of FR.
137
posted on
05/06/2005 11:53:20 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: BlueNgold
Mom should have known better than to call during school hours. Son should have known better than to get wild and swear at a school official. Sweetie Mom doesn't get a choice and this child should have floored the teacher.
138
posted on
05/06/2005 11:54:33 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: Nov3
My child WOULD get his ass whipped - if he didn't take the call and fight everyone who tried to stop him!!! LOL! That's the way my dad raised me....
It seems to work.
139
posted on
05/06/2005 11:55:17 AM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(Steel Bonnets Over the Border)
To: Nov3
As to our fellow "FReepers" they are serious disappointments to the ORIGINAL spirit of FR. No comment, but many of us understand exactly what you have just said.
Go with the flow and understand that FR is comprised of thousands of people, and not just the few that reply on a specific subject.
Most of us just watch, but rest assured, we read what people like you are saying.
140
posted on
05/06/2005 11:57:36 AM PDT
by
Hunble
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