[I Like Lincoln]

I just said I agree with what she said.
Look, this is a difficult situation obviously. The kid's mom is a hero, I will not dispute that, and I don't blame the kid for doing what he did, but rules are rules, no? It's like the legal system. Sometimes the laws mean less than ideal results, but it's better than having no laws at all.

[Teflonic]

Well then the rules in this case need to be changed and the school employees should be made to understand that their rules are guidelines which need to be moderated with common sense.
Too many educators seem to forget that their "product" is to produce successful well rounded students, not to enforce faculty bs.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Look, this is a difficult situation obviously.

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no it's not.

if the teacher were a white male and the student was a teenage girl talking to her mommie or daddy, the poor bastard would be facing charges of sexual assault for touching her.

fire the teacher.