June 17, 201610 yr A Teenager With No Chill Was Suspended For Sending This Tweet To His School's Superintendent - Semma Student | Guff I laughed. But yea, that's going to get you in trouble every time.
June 17, 201610 yr It said he was suspended for profanity... So if he had sad "butt," he wouldn't have been suspended? :lol2:
June 17, 201610 yr When these things come up, I remain confused as to what jurisdiction a school system has over what a student puts on Twitter or Facebook. If he had stated verbatim to the superintendent's face what he posted on Twitter at say, the mall, do they still have grounds for suspension? I get when someone says something at school, on school grounds, or at a school function, and I get if it is a threat of something at school (which really, that particular one is a police matter), but these things, I just don't get how it is their authority. For instance, I found this story within 15 seconds of searching, where a school suspended a student for a Twitter remark about making out with a teacher (Rogers student wins $425K after suspension for tweet about teacher - StarTribune.com). I find no difference whatsoever here.
June 17, 201610 yr Suspension is too harsh. 3 good swats on the behind would do it. Oh wait, can't do that anymore.
June 20, 201610 yr I think kids should be held accountable for their social media accounts. I don't know what other action than Suspension was available to the Superintendent but I stand by him. Also think the kid and his parents could have handled this differently.
June 20, 201610 yr Yet another case of a school believing they somehow have the authority to legislate morality outside of the school walls. It never ceases to amaze me how public employees, who typically have never worked ANYWHERE but a school, or for that matter had very little experience in the entire world outside of a school think they can somehow dictate to the world. It would appear that this Superintendent just got "schooled" by where the world is today with social media...the best part is that he somehow thought he could further punish this kid by blocking him, only to realize that the power of social media is stronger than the antiquated process of traditional education. Kid's going places in this world....probably be a content manager for BGP under the tutelage of @theguru some day.... Edited June 20, 201610 yr by BirdBrain well that was strange...
June 20, 201610 yr Not sure what I would have done as a superintendent. Depends on how the due process went. maybe just a conversation about it turned into something more. Too much missing info for me to judge. One thing for certain, I would not play the social media game.
June 20, 201610 yr Yet another case of a school believing they somehow have the authority to legislate morality outside of the school walls. It never ceases to amaze me how public employees, who typically have never worked ANYWHERE but a school, or for that matter had very little experience in the entire world outside of a school think they can somehow dictate to the world. It would appear that this Superintendent just got "schooled" by where the world is today with social media...the best part is that he somehow thought he could further punish this kid by blocking him, only to realize that the power of social media is stronger than the antiquated process of traditional education. Kid's going places in this world....probably be a content manager for BGP under the tutelage of @theguru some day.... Would it change your tune any if the tweet was sent from inside the school, during school hours?
June 20, 201610 yr Would it change your tune any if the tweet was sent from inside the school, during school hours? Not really...it clearly is nothing more than a power play on the super's part and he was totally outmatched....I suspect that's why he took the action he did and found the smallest possible loophole. My only question would be does this school have a bring your own device practice. From a legal perspective the superintendent was probably dancing on thin ice...if the kid slipped and fell because they hadn't done appropriate maintenance, the last thing you want to do is throw salt on that wound...
June 20, 201610 yr I think kids should be held accountable for their social media accounts. I don't know what other action than Suspension was available to the Superintendent but I stand by him. Also think the kid and his parents could have handled this differently. Agreed I do think there was over reaction all the way around. However, it amazes me how much disrespect is considered funny these days.
June 20, 201610 yr I think kids should be held accountable for their social media accounts. I don't know what other action than Suspension was available to the Superintendent but I stand by him. Also think the kid and his parents could have handled this differently. Agreed I do think there was over reaction all the way around. However, it amazes me how much disrespect is considered funny these days. I don't find it funny. Any of my sons would have been in trouble from me. Who knows, maybe this will stop the kid from doing something like this and losing his job in the future.
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