Sixth-grader charged in grade switch caper

palm beach post ^ | 2/12/03 | Nirvi Shah

[freepatriot32]

Mancini said she would be comfortable prosecuting it

thats because she is a neo fascist pr**k

when i was in the 8th grade i changed a d to a b in order to remain eligible for a track meet andi of course was caught and suspended from the school for5 days and suspended from 2 track meets and my butt kicked by my parents no one even thought to call the police or prosecuter on it it never entered there mind and if they did they would have aressted them for wasting thier time this is a internal school matter only nota criminal justice matter

i am truly worried for the country with the absolute total corruption of al levels of the govenrment and the stupidity of a growing number if its people i dont see the usa lasting much past 2015 before it collapses like the former ussr

[kjam22]

Your parents whipped you. This kids parents will sue the school for not supervising the kid during lunch..... or for fostering an environment that allowed the child to manipulate his grades.... or ... whatever. It will be the school's fault.

[PetroniDE]

Why didn't she ask for a recount/do over ?

[moyden]

A felony charge? Who are these idiots running the schools and the courts?

[captnemo1]

I wonder why no one has said anything about the teacher not useing a password on their PC.

[kennyo]

when i was in the 8th grade i changed a d to a b...

Was this in english?Just a guess

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Isn't that a violation of privacy laws? Any student could have accessed anyone's grades. Shouldn't the school be held responsible for leaving the material accessible?

[TightSqueeze]

Sheriff Ken Mascara said it is the first case he has seen -- Mancini said she would be comfortable prosecuting it

Sounds like a brown-shirt nazi thingy to me, I can't believe the aholes we allow to sport a badge in this country, we get exactly what we deserve, and with jack-boots like this it can be at point blank range. I guess we are lucky the sheriff wasn't forced to shoot the kid, I mean felony and everything, can't be too safe you know, anyone dastardly enough to pull off a caper like this is capable of anything.

[HaveGunWillTravel]

Heck. Why stop at ruining the kid's life and making him a felon? Why not just execute him with a bullet to the back of the head?

[John123]

I got caught in high-school 20 years ago when they noticed my Mom and Dad had the same signature on my absent excuses. I was pretty stupid then and had to stay after school for a couple of days.

Do you think today's school would have had me prosecuted for forgery or defrauding the school?

[YourAdHere]

Dude, no offense, but your grammar is atrocious!

[Bahbah]

"Do you think today's school would have had me prosecuted for forgery or defrauding the school?"

You'd probably still be serving time.

[Zavien Doombringer]

NO, not the school, the teacher. And it isn't so much for the Teacher to change the grades back and repremand the student. A point HAS to made to an 11 year old! (sarcasm here)

[Puppage]

The 11-year-old student, who faces a 10-day suspension

And, how long before the "shocked" parent(s) threaten a lawsuit to have the student reinstated? Do you recall the students who ALL cheated on their finals in Wisconsin, I believe.

The teacher (VERY RIGHTLY) failed them...only to have the parents threaten a lawsuit if the grades weren't changed...the parents won. LOVELY.

[renosathug]

"Sometimes you have to do things as an example of the authority of both the school system and the legal system."

Sounds like this woman needs to get laid.

[giotto]

This kid has a great future with the Democratic National Party. He's just the type they're looking for.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings freepatriot32, FReepers, et al:

So if the kid ran away after changing his grades, they could shoot him in the back as a fleeing felon?

Scotty Ritter get caught stalking kids twice on Internet, Ritter gets a hush-hush.

The inmates are running the asylum.

[Junior]

From your spelling and use of capitalization, I take it you got your D in English...

[Slyfox]

When the educational establishment got rid of the paddle and other successful forms of corporal punishment AND when whiney-butt NEA types instituted "hands are for loving" type of crap like "time out", it made teachers ineffective disciplinarians. It certainly doesn't help when the threat of a lawsuit is hanging around. I think that is why the only recourse seems to be to call the cops.

I don't believe in calling the cops. I think one swift paddle stroke on the behind kept a lot of kids in their places. (Administrated in the hallway within earshot of the all the classes on that floor. Then, all the kids in the classroom where the kid performed the offense, could watch an embarrassed paddle-ee walk back into class red-faced.) Of course, paddling worked fine when the worst offense in school was finding a beer in a students locker. They have bigger problems now like arson, rape, murder...

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You're right about the teacher's responsibility in the matter. What really concerns me about all of these ambiguous laws is this, how do you keep track of everything? What ever happened to childhood mistakes? The boy is wrong, and should be suspended. But, not prosecuted. Children are not being taught what is right or wrong, but later, they are held to the highest standard when it comes to prosecution.