Student Arrested For Classroom Texting

[axia777]

From the many posts I have read many of the people here are missing the point COMPLETELY. Arrested for texting in class and not giving up the phone? Are you all as crazy as the school/police? What is wrong with you people? She may get a permanent criminal record for texting class and refusing to give up her phone.

If this was my daughter I would be pissed at her for sure. But I would sue the shit out of the school and the cops for this crap. My lawyer would ream them.

Having read the actual police report... I see nothing wrong with this. The student had a long history of causing disturbances, blatently lied to the teacher, the security officer, the principal. The student forced a On-duty Police Officer to be called off the street in order to search her and was even warned that she would be arrested for disorderly conduct if a search was required.

She was given more than enough warning of the consequences of her actions, and I think most everyone in this thread is merely over-reacting to the blurb, rather than getting the actual facts.

The girl's mother does not find the school or the police department as having done anything wrong and was consulted on the matter.

This is kind of crap I am talking about. Did she assault anyone? Did she destroy the school property? What actual law did she break? The charges will not stick I tell you. She disrupted a class room. I was not aware that is a crime. It is certainly against school rules, but a crime? I seriously doubt it.

I live in a fairly socialized westen european country (free schools and education, free healthcare, 40% taxes, etc.) and I am currently in the belief that the entire social system of the USA have gone legally snooka-loopy.

I saw on mtv some other day the show called 'Busted', in wich two guys (age 17 both) got busted and got 20 days for drinkin publicly. In the same show was a couple who got fined 300$ for public indecency; however it was not streaking, but bathing in a lake, naked, at time 2 AM.

Let's see these three cases from a scandinavian viewpoint:
2 guys age 17 drinkin publicly: that is what we call a friday night.
A couple nude bathin in a lake 2 AM: In the event that an officer would care to notice, he would probably just tell them to put on swimsuits.
A girl texting in class: Confiscation of phone (which would be reclaimed after school).

You catch my drift?

Finally someone with sense!!!

 

[ArcadianTrance]

Ok...

I work at a High School as a teacher in progress..... (screw the official name)

look, if the parents did NOT teach the kids respect by then... the kid IS going to be a little fucktard to me getting the cops was the best choice, it is NOT over the top, when you have to deal with 120 little fucktard bastards running around calling each other idiotic and moronic things.... you kinda NEED to put the foot down and I hope that the teacher tried something else before getting the cops, i.e.... calling the parents? If that did not work then at that point I would get the law enforcement... i get paid to teach not to deal with little class room squabbles that take up time from teaching these 3rd grade reading level high schoolers.

(and this is high school..... middle is a LOT worse....)

Wow this issue must really strike a cord for you to make an account specifically to put in your two cents.

teachers really do need more power though alls they can really do is; ask kids to stop, send them to the principal, or give the odious little bastard a detention. If these don't stop the brat what are the unfortunate people who decided teaching was a good carear choice to do?

 

[FujinAkari]

This is kind of crap I am talking about. Did she assault anyone? Did she destroy the school property? What actual law did she break?

She was not charged with assault or vandalism, she was charged with disorderly conduct, and refusing to cease disrupting a classroom to the point where security is forced to physically remove you and police are called in certainly qualifies.

 

[sirdapfrey]

I can see where this might be considered a little over-the-top punishment, but what better way could this have played out? First of all, think of the reasons that (student) cell phones are not allowed in schools (at least not around here): not only the chance for disruption but what possible need does a student that age have for a cell phone in school? Perhaps nefarious activities? Perhaps drug dealing (extreme, but hear me out). If there is some kind of emergency, the school has a process in place to get parents in touch with students, i.e. call the school. The school is acting in loco parentus(sp?) meaning while the child is at school, said school is responsible just as if they were the parent. There are legal ramifications as well as worrying about other students interrupted learning experience. But of course in this day and age a teacher has no power to force a student to do anything like turn over a cell phone. Something needed to be done that brought about the desired outcome with out a teacher having to worry about losing his/her job. Also, I'm thinking there's more to this than the story reveals to us. I would think calling the police was not the teacher's first choice.

 

[Owned by 3 year olds]

Parenting is bad these days.I will admit that arresting someone is a bit extreme,but my demographic sucks.

 

[Pain_Inflictor]

Well, she hardly deserved being arrested or charged with a crime, but at the same time, obey your goddamned teacher you little skank *****! WTF is with all these misbehaving little shits? Has parenting gone so far down the drain that this is what children have become?

I like the old days when children behaved...back when the parents weren't afraid to hit their kids.

 

[Taneer]

This is a little bit off the deep end, but this teen got what she fucking deserved.

I'm tired of frigging teens being stupid for stupidity's sake. And I'm a teen.

 

[darthzew]

Both sides went overboard here, but I side with the authorities. How the hell can texting be that important?

And then I'm also betting that no one in that class will ever text again in class. She might have been used purely as an example.

 

[Andalusa]

Aaaaaaand this is what happens when any and all power is taken away from teachers. She was asked to stop texting, but she kept going.

Exactly, teacher says: 'Stop texting.'
Girl says: 'Or what?'
Teacher says: 'I'll have to ask you again.'

The arrest was a bit of overkill, though.

 

[Firia]

Wow, that lady needs a lawyer with a vision, cause she was alot of money coming her way. The phone was found in her butt?? That means they searched her butt! All cause she wouldn't stop texting.

Oh yeah, she might be a punk, but she was wronged in a big way. She's gonna be rich too.

 

[Grayjack]

fucking hate teenagers, and I'm sixteen!

Me too! Annoying, stuck up, and obnoxious! And I'm 15!

 

[Arionis]

Any one else thinking that's a bit much? 8/

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I came into this topic ready to proclaim overblown authority, but thanks to getting the whole story (in part from FujinAkari), I have to side with the authorities. They flat-out told her that if she forced them to search her, she would be charged with disorderly conduct. She did, and they did.

 

[Caliostro]

Yeah, but I grew up in California High School, so "SECURITY" WAS a fully Armed State Trooper,

For some reason that gave me the total badass mental image of a full SWAT team crashing in a classroom, flashbangs, helicopters and everything, clearing the room then going "...Alright ma'am...where's that cellphone?"...

...and that would be AWESOME.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Ok...

I work at a High School as a teacher in progress..... (screw the official name)

look, if the parents did NOT teach the kids respect by then... the kid IS going to be a little fucktard to me getting the cops was the best choice, it is NOT over the top, when you have to deal with 120 little fucktard bastards running around calling each other idiotic and moronic things.... you kinda NEED to put the foot down and I hope that the teacher tried something else before getting the cops, i.e.... calling the parents? If that did not work then at that point I would get the law enforcement... i get paid to teach not to deal with little class room squabbles that take up time from teaching these 3rd grade reading level high schoolers.

(and this is high school..... middle is a LOT worse....)

And you're working as a teacher? If that's your view of kids, you should consider a job change.

As for the topic, there is NO REASON AT ALL for criminal charges to be brought onto this girl. That's going to follow her on her permenant record. I actually feel bad for her! Yeah, she's probably a complete *****, but to do something like that is totally and completely uncalled for. If she were my daughter, I don't care how much of a ***** she was, I'd fight for as long as it took to get the charges lifted.

And then when I got her home, I'd take her cell phone and not let her have another one until she was 18, and then she'd have to pay for it all on her own.

 

[joystickjunki3]

Well, she hardly deserved being arrested or charged with a crime, but at the same time, obey your goddamned teacher you little skank *****! WTF is with all these misbehaving little shits? Has parenting gone so far down the drain that this is what children have become?

Yes, yes it has.

I think she deserved some sort of punishment, but I'm not convinced that an arrest and a misdemeanor were appropriate for the situation. Although, I'm not convinced that they were inappropriate either, because I don't know how often this girl acts out.

 

[Noamuth]

I came into this topic ready to proclaim overblown authority, but thanks to getting the whole story (in part from FujinAkari), I have to side with the authorities. They flat-out told her that if she forced them to search her, she would be charged with disorderly conduct. She did, and they did.

No sympathy for her then. She probably thought they wouldn't actually do it, heh.

Yes, it might seem a bit over the top, but damn, the teachers have pretty much no power now a days. My highschool was insane when the kids acted up, going so far as a full-on punch up between one teacher and a group of students.

I'm glad the teacher had the balls to call the police. Good on'em. Now I just wish more would.

 

[Teh_Lemon]

Well, she hardly deserved being arrested or charged with a crime, but at the same time, obey your goddamned teacher you little skank *****! WTF is with all these misbehaving little shits? Has parenting gone so far down the drain that this is what children have become?

I agree with the very beginning and very end. (I've never been bothered by skanks xD *shrugs*)

 

[AndresCL]

The message was: "1N UR F4C3 B1TCH!!!11"

 

[neoman10]

heheheh

kind of funny but also incredible stupid