Sunday, April 29, 2012

Fascist schools think they own their students  -- even after hours

I'm on the side of the ACLU in this one.  Schools should stick to providing an education. They are not a police force controlling what the kids do out of hours.  Leave police work to the police.  Maybe if they stuck to providing an education, they might do a better job of it
"The relevance of private postings on Facebook to school and work environments has become a highly debated topic ever since the net giant’s influence spread to nearly every part of modern life. So it was only a matter of time before the ACLU filed a suit regarding Facebook posts, and indeed, now they have.

From Indiana comes a story of several teenage girls who were suspended from Griffith Middle School for making inappropriate, off-color jokes on Facebook. The Indiana ACLU has challenged this action in court, according to the Indy Star:

“This conversation spanned numerous subjects, from the pain of cutting oneself while shaving to the girls’ friendship, before turning to a discussion of which of their classmates they would kill if they had the chance,” the suit continued. “At all times, the conversation was purely in jest and could not have been interpreted seriously, as is evidenced by the girls‘ repeated use of ’emoticons,’ by their use of abbreviations indicative of humor, and by the nature and tone of the conversation.

 “Free speech rights under the First Amendment, even when it‘s speech we don’t like or agree with, must still be protected, and schools do not possess infinite reach into the private lives of their students.”

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9 comments:

Bird of Paradise said...

Heard about a incedent a few years ago when some student at a california high school student was suspended from school when sustantce sniffing dogs found a gun in his car parked several blocks from the campus The student was soon allowed back in once it got to the public

A. Levy said...

Like Jon, i will also agree with the aclu on this one, which is for me a "rare" occurrence. Once we, as a society, allowed our educational systems to go from teaching to indoctrinating, this is the result. School systems have become authorities unto themselves, making "laws", regulations, and rules, often effecting kids who are not in school or even near a school. It is the result of parents being weak, gullible, and more interested in "reality" TV shows than they are in their own children. It should help people have a better understanding of the below quote;

"To conquer a nation without the use of military force, you must first control the minds of their young..." --- Karl Marx

Go Away Bird said...

thats our NEA BIG BROTHER run schools control the kids even in their homes

Anonymous said...

It seems they do everything but educate.

Anonymous said...

A major problem is the lack of discipline, both moral as well as physical. In a society, where you've marginalized religion, aren't allow to truly punish and "self expression" have no constrain, you will get these type of issues and reactions. By removing any semblence of moral limits and with no cosequence, adolescents with no learned scruples, will push any type or one to dominate. In the same theatre of the obserd domination, adults would also hammer hard for fear of being accused (in best case) or wanting a show of force/intimidation (likely case).

Kee Bird said...

Its called BRAINWASHING there annon 4:07

Anonymous said...

Actually, for this case, it's intimidation (we're the educators, we took all your money, you've no where to go, you will do as we say, or your kids will PAY).

Dean said...

Schools should have no authority outside the school property. If an educator is worried about something done outside school bounds he/she needs to talk to parents or other authorities.

Perhaps that would force parents to raise their children instead of expecting educators to do it for them.

Question: How did the profession I followed for so long manage to intrude itself into student's home life?

Answer: society as a whole first accepted the supposed superiority of 'educated professionals' in matters of child raising, then demanded schools take on tasks far beyond teaching.

Simplistic answer, I'll admit. But schools provide what society demands.

Anonymous said...

So, how does it impact upon the school?
If the answer is - it doesn't, that's the end for this school.