Student Arrested For Classroom Texting

[Skalman]

Ok i think a main point a lot of you are missing, is that she was hiding it in her butt. In order to avoid criminal charges on the Teacher in question, they would need her to be frisked with proper authority. I mean its seriously crafty on her part, but just makes it a gigantic pain for the Teacher when he asked her to stop. Maybe the texts had to do with TERRORISM!!!!

The teacher should've just told the girl to leave the classroom. problem solved.

Although personally, I'd have warned twice, then said 'Alright then. Everyone, thanks to stupid ***** here, I'm tripling ALL your homework.' Probably followed by her getting pelted with soap in socks.

It's not like anyone ever does any homework as it is.

 

[P1p3s]

well - if she respected the authority of the teacher it wouldnt have gotten that far.

Although a criminal record from being obstinent is pretty harsh

 

[asinann]

While I think the idea of a 'security officer' (not entirely sure what this means...a guy on site who has police powers, actually a police officer, what?) to deal with students that a teacher can't because of the various restrictions is a good idea, I think charging her with a...umm...misdemeanor, whatever the hell that is, basically charging her with a crime for disobeying a teacher, is a bit much. Take the phone, remove her from class, exclude her for a week or put her in detention or whatever, but a criminal conviction?

On a side note, she was clearly getting her boyfriend to text her while the phone was stuffed up her ass on vibe mode. Thats what I'm imagining anyway...

In the U.S. most of the time it is a police officer that does nothing but work at the school.
But she DID commit a crime, there were thirty or so witnesses.
Disturbing the peace has a VERY broad definition.
Had the girl cooperated with the officer in the first place the phone would have been take and she would have been suspended.
She was being a spoiled little ****, so she got arrested.
This is 90% the parents fault and 10% the girls here, they raised her wrong and she was being a little shit.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

Do what Orsen Wells did when he was directing, bring in a kid from another school and then permanently exclude them as an example to the rest...

...either that or skip straight to summary executions, but that might be going a bit far...

 

[The_Prophet]

Has parenting gone so far down the drain that this is what children have become?

From what I have seen, It has gone very faaaaaar down the drain.

 

[Frizzle]

I think it's good they arrested her. I also think that whatever they charge her with should stick. I bet that would put some order back into the place. Not saying they need to do that with all of them, but kill one, and the rest will act how they should. I don't actually mean kill, but you get the point.

 

[Archaon6044]

that or skip straight to summary executions, but that might be going a bit far...

i like this idea

Has parenting gone so far down the drain that this is what children have become?

From what I have seen, It has gone very faaaaaar down the drain.

sod the drain, where out the drain, down the sewers, and now we're nearing the outlet by the sea

 

[Shadowtek]

I would sue the government, personal harassment, invasion of privacy, mental anguish, + other stuff. Not to mention to get the charge taken off, and get the phone back and get them to pay me cell phone bill for the rest of my life. wheres johnny Cochran when you need him. I dont care if id be found guilty 14 years later, i need satisfaction now.

They went WAY too far with calling the cops to in on this.

 

[Skalman]

well - if she respected the authority of the teacher it wouldnt have gotten that far.

what authority? Teachers have no authority, teachers deserve no authority. They're just there to teach stuff. If the kid isn't listening he/she can go somewhere else and try to learn something. Wont' be the teachers fault when the students flunk the class later on.

I would sue the government, personal harassment, invasion of privacy, mental anguish, + other stuff. Not to mention to get the charge taken off, and get the phone back and get them to pay me cell phone bill for the rest of my life.

I'd do something very similar.

this is one of the main reason why i hate the US

 

[supakillaii]

*checks the location*
Yep, USAs getting crazyer every second.

 

[Necrophagist]

well - if she respected the authority of the teacher it wouldnt have gotten that far.

what authority? Teachers have no authority, teachers deserve no authority. They're just there to teach stuff. If the kid isn't listening he/she can go somewhere else and try to learn something. Wont' be the teachers fault when the students flunk the class later on.

This may be one of the most ignorant things I've heard on this message board yet. Reminds me of my old punk rock buddies, now 25-27, who still go by the whole "fuck all authority" bullshit.

Seriously, grow up.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Disturbing the peace has a VERY broad definition.

Wow, it certainly is.

 

[sonicmaster1989]

Both sides are arbitrary and stupid. Are you sure she wasn't six? I can see the conversation now...

"Give me the phone."
"No."
"Stop texting."
"No."
"Last chance."
"No."
"Officer, arrest this young lady."
"NO!!"

 

[Xskill]

I don't see a problem...I find that most of the students in classes have gotten out of hand, and the texting has just made it worse...Maybe criminal suits will stop with the Disorderly conduct.

 

[Specter_]

QTF.

Btw, what's so hard about installing jammers inside the school? That would fix any and all problems with cellphones. If you want to talk/text, go outside.

Oh ho ho, can't do that, because what happens if there's an emeeeergency? Cellphones are ridiculous. It's like people have totally forgotten how people managed before their existence. I'm surprised, and relieved, at how most people are reacting to this. Restores a tiny bit of my faith in humanity (lololol).

Also, what that one dude said about assholes driving while on their phones. That shit is ridiculous.

Install emergency buttons? They should have these already.

Aaaaaaand this is what happens when any and all power is taken away from teachers.

I'm not saying they should be there, but parents just don't seem to set boundaries anymore, they just let their kids have free reign over everything

QTF.

Btw, what's so hard about installing jammers inside the school? That would fix any and all problems with cellphones. If you want to talk/text, go outside.

That costs money..schools barely have enough of that as it is and it's better spent on stuff like...books...

300-400 bucks...

 

[niblik]

In an environment where too many parents want to be their kid's "Friend" and the complete nuetering of a teacher's ability to punish naughty children... I'm not surprised that it ended up this way.

I've read too many stories of parents sueing their local schools because they sent their kid home for wearing an obnxious shirt to have any major sympathy for teens that give their teachers the finger.

Was arresting her a bit much? Yeah. Did she have it coming?

Oh Yeah.

 

[Necrophagist]

I've been doing my student teaching lately, and you guys need to understand how political and complicated schools have become. If you installed jammers in schools, not only would you have these whiny little bitches complaining that their rights have somehow been infringed, but you would have overprotected parents complaining that their children couldn't call them in an emergency.

I fully support banning all cell phones from use on school grounds during school hours. I'm reasonable, I think students should be able to use them before their first class, during lunch hours, and after school on school property. Other than that, detention for anyone seen using them.

I'm not strict about much. I do think students should stay on campus during lunch break (it's a public safety and revenue stream thing) but should provide plenty of on-campus dining options (when I went to school, your choices were pizza or burgers. And we wonder why our kids are so fat ...)

People need to realize that schools are not just learning installations. They're much more than that. They're a key point in socialization and cultural integration for young people. They're a crime deterrent. They're a day care. In fact, I would put "education" somewhere in the middle of the functions of a public school system.