Student suspended for facebook slam against teacher

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

msnbc is reporting that the kid can have his suspension lifted if he agrees to anger management class.

THAT'S bullshit. That's like making teenagers go to AA meetings if they get caught with A beer. Anger management classes are there to help people with real issues, not some dude who made a page on Facebook.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by 33girl

THAT'S bullshit. That's like making teenagers go to AA meetings if they get caught with A beer. Anger management classes are there to help people with real issues, not some dude who made a page on Facebook.

Hey...look at it like this, his issue was not properly utilizing conflict resolution to deal with a sitiuation that was detrimental to his learning environment.

Riiiight? Riiiiiiiiight?

On the other hand it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.

Either one of the choices (suspended for 5 days or anger management) goes onto his permanent record. But one appears a lesser evil of the other.

He exercised his 1st amendment right, now he has to be responsible for his actions.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Hey...look at it like this, his issue was not properly utilizing conflict resolution to deal with a sitiuation that was detrimental to his learning environment.

Riiiight? Riiiiiiiiight?

Exactly. Proving the point. Those classes, as far as I knew, are for people who just can't keep themselves from smacking someone upside the head who annoys them. They're not for a kid who did something stupid. If he's in that class and they have to pussify it for his pussy actions, that hurts the rest of the people who are there actually trying to get some help that they need.

I agree (especially after hearing some of the teacher's comments) that there's more to this than a kid letting off steam. Two were definitely tangoing in this case.