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Student Faces Expulsion for Blog Post
ThPhox writes "A student in the Plainfield School District in New Jersey is facing expulsion from the school district for a post made on his personal blog during non school hours. From the article: "A 17-year-old student who posted on his blog site that he was being bullied and threatened by the Plainfield School District will face an expulsion hearing this week, a local attorney said.""
In an unconfirmed report, the English teacher for this school has apologized saying that the school needed a better example of irony because the students just weren't getting it.
The Freedom-Fighter in me wants to hug this girl for speaking the truth, but the English teacher in me wants to strangle her. I mean, seriously, mi instead of my? Is it really that hard to move your finger two keys over?
He need not write well. He just needs to learn to plagiarize.
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
But there's a significant difference in what [you] (allegedly) did and what this kid did. If you were involved at all with the posession or sale of marijuana, that is a criminal activity. What this kid did, writing down his vulgar, but non-threatening opinions of the school is not criminal. It is, in fact, constitutionally protected.
1. There is no significant difference. In both cases, the school is overstepping its bounds, involving itself in matters way beyond its purview.
1.a A rumor of criminal activity isn't sufficient for criminal conviction in a court of law. Why should it be sufficient for a school?
2. The Right to Party is protected by the Constitution. Please refer to the famous case Beastie Boys v. Your Mom, in which the Supreme Court ruled that your mom does not have the right to throw away your best porno mag.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.