BeeDeeDubbleU
msg:4428241 | 6:38 pm on Mar 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| It's intruiging it gets to this when really, the girl shouldn't have been using FB. |
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Personally I don't think anyone under the age of 21 should be allowed to use Facebook. ;)
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incrediBILL
msg:4428282 | 9:24 pm on Mar 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I'm pretty sure my next post to FB would've gotten me expelled LOL
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Marshall
msg:4428294 | 9:55 pm on Mar 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| after she posted on Facebook that she “hated” a hall monitor who was “mean” to her. School principal Pat Falk said the comment constituted bullying |
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This is bullying?
And she violated FB's TOS if I am not mistaken, obviously lying about her age. "You will not use Facebook if you are under 13." [facebook.com]
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Agreed, but if the parents are not going to monitor their child's activity, someone has to.
Everyone wants the schools to take care of the kids, but tie their hands when it comes to it. It is that "cake and eat it too" syndrome.
Marshall
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graeme_p
msg:4428425 | 4:30 am on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I see no evidence that the parents were not monitoring the kids activity.
I also do not think that because some parents are not doing their job, schools can take over bring up kids in all cases.
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Marshall
msg:4428438 | 4:57 am on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| I also do not think that because some parents are not doing their job, schools can take over bring up kids in all cases. |
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I am not suggesting that schools take over for parents, but it has been my professional* experience that many parents "defer" raising their kids to the school system and are "too busy" to be properly involved.
The root problem is the guidelines constituting bullying. They are so vague and general and the reactions of schools to (presumed) bullying is so drastic and, in many cases, ill conceived, that lawsuits are inevitable. Using the guidelines of today, I would hate to think what would have happened to me 40 years ago for jokingly knocking someone's books out from under their arm.
Marshall
*Side career in law enforcement.
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incrediBILL
msg:4428447 | 5:54 am on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Using the guidelines of today, I would hate to think what would have happened to me 40 years ago for jokingly knocking someone's books out from under their arm. |
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..or for shoving the smallest kid in the gym locker and leaving him there during gym class.
I felt kind of bad for the kid, but I too (at the time) would also fit in a gym locker so upsetting the jocks wasn't a good idea. Couple of years later, when I got MUCH bigger, that changed :)
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Marketing Guy
msg:4428481 | 9:38 am on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
To be fair, if the matter involves the school as most spats between kids will inevitably do, then them taking action when made aware of an issue isn't that innappropriate.
The mother *suing* the school on the other hand is beyond ridiculous. Seriously...*suing* the school...SUING! A 12 year old in that situation is just going to go away with the idea in her head that she can say and do what she wants and that's fine.
It's the modern day equivalent of a parent suing because a teacher confiscated a note that was getting passed around the classroom and took action because the contents concerned them...
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engine
msg:4428674 | 4:55 pm on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I agree, suing is completely over board.
Why can't they just work it out around the table over a nice cup of tea!
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lucy24
msg:4428725 | 6:32 pm on Mar 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Inquiring minds want to know: Did FB cancel her membership when they found out she was underage?
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Planet13
msg:4428887 | 2:37 am on Mar 14, 2012 (gmt 0) |
If she sues and wins, hope the hall monitor whom she called mean then sues her (or her family).
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