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Student Arrested For Classroom Texting
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she refused to stop texting during a high school math class. The girl denied having a phone when confronted by a school safety officer, but a female cop found it after frisking her. The Samsung Cricket was recovered "from the buttocks area" of the teenager, according to the police report. The girl was banned from school property for a week, and is scheduled for an April 20 court appearance for a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. I applaud the adults involved for their discretion and temperance in this heinous case of texting without permission.
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Onda Technology Institute
This is type of thing is indicative of the sense of entitlement everyone under the age of 20 seems to have these days. Everyone's the victim and no one is responsible for their actions. This girl doesn't need to be kicked off school property she needs to be stuck in a camp where there is no internet, cell phone, television, playstation, et al. for 6 months and see how the little punk likes it. She needs to be taught discipline of the highest order and maybe a criminal record and a good LONG dose of Community Service will teach little twerp respect.
Pax Vobiscum
I disagree - after reading the article, the response seems reasonable *given the events* as described. Confiscation would only work if the student compiles.
Real communication is only possible while both parties are being honest. The girl, according to article was simply lying, over and over and over. Her own behavior lead to the result she got, and probably the lesson she needed.
While the headline "Arrested For Classroom Texting" is comic - after reading the article, it is more like, "out of control 14-year old girl gets treated just like the adult she thinks she is"
This happened in the US where much of our wealth ultimately comes from that sort of "attitude problem."
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While the headline "Arrested For Classroom Texting" is comic - after reading the article, it is more like, "out of control 14-year old girl gets treated just like the adult she thinks she is"
That's not redundant Mods! That's bloody insightful!
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