[PeteB570]

Sasser is kinda’ showing himself in a bad light. The service academies are all into that “honor and integrity” stuff.

If he presented a speech to the school that was approved - and then he read a different speech - it might be said that he lied.

[PeteB570]

Sasser? I meant the student who gave the speech.

[Future Snake Eater]

Yep, it’s obvious the kid has no integrity. Pull his appointment to Annapolis immediately. Pull his HS graduation, too.

The principal is very clearly in the right here.

[Repulican Donkey]

No, he did not lie. Neither did he put the school or the district in a legal bind. He talked about the US Constitution. Whoever edited out his submitted text is either on a personal agenda binge or is a graduate of the National Enquirer School of Law. It is upside down thinking to blame the kid. Thinking like that would have told Frankiln, Jefferson, Washington et al to just “sit down and be sweet, ok?”.

[PapaBear3625]

Sasser is kinda’ showing himself in a bad light. The service academies are all into that “honor and integrity” stuff.

After 5 years of Obama controlling senior-level appointments and promotions, and an anticipated three and a half more years of him, do not count on the service academy commander acting according to “honor and integrity”.

Obama and his cronies WILL make note of how this is handled.

[frog in a pot]

If he presented a speech to the school that was approved - and then he read a different speech - it might be said that he lied.

Bingo!
I think that is exactly what happened in this case. The student clearly violated a rule the institution thought important. The school has the authority to enforce that particular rule, its action was not arbitrary or a deprivation of the student's right to free speech.

Most of us realize service schools and the military at large are all about rules, most especially when it comes to training its officers. As argued elsewhere on this forum, such a student should not be surprised if his appointment to a military academy is given a second consideration.

[rwilson99]

It might be said that someone didn’t read the article.

[Smokey337]

The service is also about not following unlawful orders. Remember the My Lai Massacre? It would seem as though the school did not follow Texas Law or JISD Policy. They not only cut off his mic but then proceeded to threaten him for exposing the fact that they had violated both the law and JISD policy. The threat was engendered to do great financial harm to both the student and his family. An education at the USNA is expensive. This would have been punishment to the tune of 150-200,000 dollars. Most felonies do not carry such a punishment. BTW the student did not lie. He did not do what he had agreed to do but to then say, in writing that his character was bad knowing full well it would cause him great harm, particularly when the school itself had violated both law and policy could very well cost the JISD a lot more than embarrassment!