Student suspended for facebook slam against teacher

[33girl]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Yep, but there's a lot of overreaction too. Sometimes kids just wants to verbalize their dissatisfaction, but there's absolution no implied threat.

In cases in which the kids is unstable inter-personally as well as making comments online, you're in a whole different area, but I think many of us can tell the difference in the majority of cases.

When I think of some of the things we said about our teachers...it was completely just blowing off steam. And it's not like making a facebook page is hard. If someone said this kid was obsessed with weapons or fire though, that might give me pause.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

When I think of some of the things we said about our teachers...it was completely just blowing off steam.

And if you had found a very public way to blow off your steam, you would've created a formal record of your steam that would be worthy of parental and/or school punishment.

Originally Posted by 33girl

If someone said this kid was obsessed with weapons or fire though, that might give me pause.

Why? Can't this kid be obsessed with whatever he wants in the comfort of his own home? Not everyone who is obsessed with weapons or fire is dangerous---the National Rifle Association and National Fire Association have the data to prove that. Why don't we wait until the kid kills the entire school before we begin to pause?