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Texas honor student jailed for missing too much school
CBS Atlanta ^ | May 25, 2012 | Amanda Merrell

Posted on 05/26/2012 7:52:24 AM PDT by christx30

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX (CBS ATLANTA) -

An honor student in Texas was thrown in jail after she missed too many classes at her high school.

A judge issued Diane Tran, 17, a summons Wednesday for her excessive truancy after she missed class. She was arrested in open court.

Last month, Tran was issued a warning by the judge for missing school.

Tran said she works both full-time and part-time jobs, in addition to taking advanced and college level courses.

But the judge said Tran's case was bigger than the individual situation of one student.

"If you let one run loose, what are you gonna' do with the rest of 'em?," said Judge Lanny Moriarty. "Let them go too? A little stay in the jail for one night is not a death sentence."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsatlanta.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arth; dianetran; education; lannymoriarty; publicschools; schools; texas; zerotolerance
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To: christx30

We need more online schooling opportunities for students like this. I know I certainly would have done better if the opportunity had existed in the 80s.


21 posted on 05/26/2012 8:14:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: EEGator

Thank you kind grammarian. I accidentally hit two “o’s” in lose.


22 posted on 05/26/2012 8:19:01 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: SkyDancer
Just get on the train.

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23 posted on 05/26/2012 8:20:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: christx30

This judge is an ass


24 posted on 05/26/2012 8:21:03 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: LoveUSA

My first thought! Public schools are no longer places where math, english and history are taught. They have become liberal indoctrination centers. She may have missed classes on homosexual instruction, why America is evil, and of course, Caucasian atrocities.


25 posted on 05/26/2012 8:21:58 AM PDT by Freestate316
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To: Jaidyn

actually all the judge or the school care about is the average daily attendance so they can get their money


26 posted on 05/26/2012 8:23:03 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: christx30

27 posted on 05/26/2012 8:23:30 AM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: christx30
Just an example of what happens when a formerly free society turns its freedom over to the coercive force of government.

Back in the late 1970's, there was a small book entitled, "Freedom in a Nutshell," by Dr. Kenneth W. Ryker. It was, and is, a priceless work which was published in two parts by FEE, the Foundation for Economic Education, and now can be read in two parts, here, and here.

"Freedom in a Nutshell" should be widely distributed today to the youth of our country. They could look around them and see evidences of the truths he outlines in such simple, yet profound, terms.

28 posted on 05/26/2012 8:23:30 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: christx30

Is this even legal? What a bastid.


29 posted on 05/26/2012 8:23:44 AM PDT by peggybac
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To: Moltke

I bet that jerk would use every bit of juice he has to keep his precious darlings out of jail.


30 posted on 05/26/2012 8:25:03 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: cripplecreek

Good ‘Un .... saved the picture. Incidentally, I’m Jewish and Nazi symbols with trains mentioned ... you know what I mean, but this was okay ... plus it’s like 2am here and I’m a bit tired (won’t say the Aussie slang for it).


31 posted on 05/26/2012 8:28:00 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: christx30

“If you let one run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest of ‘em?,” said Judge Lanny Moriarty.

Wonder if he has the same “guideline” when it comes to illegals,gangbangers, etc.


32 posted on 05/26/2012 8:29:48 AM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Lorianne

Public School by design conditions the mind to accept government control of liberty. That’s the whole point. Convert free thinkers into a state of conformity.


33 posted on 05/26/2012 8:29:59 AM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: christx30
No problem so bad that an idiot like this can't make it worse.

It is one of my higher priorities to make sure my kids never get tangled up with the bunch of idiots we let run our education system.

34 posted on 05/26/2012 8:33:13 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: christx30

“Tran said she works both full-time and part-time jobs, in addition to taking advanced and college level courses.

But the judge said Tran’s case was bigger than the individual situation of one student.

“If you let one run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest of ‘em?,” said Judge Lanny Moriarty. “Let them go too? A little stay in the jail for one night is not a death sentence.” “

All too often, public school attendance is a jail sentence disguised as an education.


35 posted on 05/26/2012 8:35:50 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama and Company lied, the American economy died)
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To: christx30

This all about $$ for the trade union, since school funding is based on daily head-count. Did the teachers’ union helped this moronic “judge” sneak into office?

This kid will be scarred for life by this travesty. Time for Texans to water their Liberty Tree.


36 posted on 05/26/2012 8:37:25 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: christx30

This is my school district and yes the judges in this county are that tough. Cops too are everywhere. Their plan is to get everyone on the payment plan or incarcerate. Sentences in this county are way way over the top.


37 posted on 05/26/2012 8:37:44 AM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: christx30

“run loose” at work. Nitwit should concern himself with the feral kids.


38 posted on 05/26/2012 8:38:48 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Fun for women ages 21 through 35)
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To: christx30

He’s got a Judge Roy Bean, “Only law west of the Pecos” delusion....and also PROBABLY has a smidgen of ill will toward Southeast Asians.


39 posted on 05/26/2012 8:41:23 AM PDT by Tucker39 ( Psa 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation.KJV)
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To: christx30

“If you let one run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest of ‘em?,”

I’m willing to impeach them all {Judge Lanny first) and start over.


40 posted on 05/26/2012 8:41:34 AM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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