Was this an isolated incident? If not, and this was some sort of accumulated punishment, I might see a gray area where this was justified. But it still leaves more questions to be answered....
What if she had used another word besides d-bag? Like moron. or idiot. Is there a line that was crossed?
What if someone overhears conversations at school where someone calls the principal a dbag?
What if the same conversation took place at someone’s home?
> Was this an isolated incident? If not, and this was some sort of accumulated punishment, I might see a gray area where this was justified. But it still leaves more questions to be answered....
It’s hard to say for sure: we know that she had an event cancelled earlier by the school. What caused that we aren’t told. This cancellation caused the “douche-bag” incident. My guess would be there was more to the story than what we were told.
> What if she had used another word besides d-bag? Like moron. or idiot. Is there a line that was crossed?
If she were my daughter she would have been punished for Disrespect had she used any of those words in her blog about her School Superintendent. “Douche-bag” certainly would remove all doubt as to the lack of Respect, but they are all bad. No child has the right to call their School Superintendent names: that is Disrespectful. Full stop.
> What if someone overhears conversations at school where someone calls the principal a dbag?
As it is hearsay evidence it would get a warning from me, as a parent.
> What if the same conversation took place at someone’s home?
Same same. Hearsay evidence. Warning.
No child has the right to be Disrespectful. Ever.