Girl suspended from school for saying 'hell'

[Osiris]

lol what a pansy ass school.

when I got back from the suspension id find someone at school who's parents weren't married before they were born, and just sit back calling that person a ****** till the cows came home. Cant get ya for being politically correct :p

[poind]

Dear god, does this sort of stuff happen all the time? I've heard lots of things about US public schools, and none of it good. Is it really that bad?

U.S. schools certainly have their issues at times, but it's the negative/dramatic stories that get mass attention. You don't get big stories out of the positives when they occur. Attribute it to increased rate of reporting of such things rather than increased frequency of stuff occurring. Media can be a pretty big force in the U.S., and the place a lot of people turn when they don't have other outlets (and frequently even if they do). Folk don't tune in to hear of saved kittens, they tune in to see how harm happens and how to avoid it, like kids down wells. They get to see saved kittens in their own life.

In the meantime, this is a stupid decision especially given the age, kids that go violent or bite or whatever at comparable age don't get such, and THIS is the kind of thing that "civil liberties" lawyers are *supposed* to handle. Dumb, even if the kid sat on the playground saying "I'm from hell hell hell hell hell"....

[Edit: Public exposure / investigation potential can actually be a pretty good ethical guideline for people to consider when they engage in any number of personal or professional actions. One might hear a lot of "negative" stories in U.S. media, but such is a form of public humiliation / info sharing that leads to consequences if folk can't defend various things publicly when needed. Again, doesn't mean that some things happen more frequently in the U.S., just perhaps that there's better reporting and an open media system that regularly makes people think twice knowing that what they do can have a very high likelihood of hitting public info and they may well need to publicly explain what they do at any time.]

Edited February 6, 2004 by poind

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

hahahha

[Got3n]

**** ***** *** ******* **** **** **** *****, there suspend my ass, omg thats so lame, espcially for hell.

(mods) i used all stars no words, so dont hurt me. lol

[Fred Derf Veteran]

In the meantime, this is a stupid decision especially given the age, kids that go violent or bite or whatever at comparable age don't get such, and THIS is the kind of thing that "civil liberties" lawyers are *supposed* to handle. Dumb, even if the kid sat on the playground saying "I'm from hell hell hell hell hell"....

This is a stupid decision that stems from zero-tolerance policies that are sweeping the US and threatening to take hold in Canada too. The US passed a federal law about zero tolerance for gun use in schools (or something to that effect) which made a fair bit of sense. There's not a lot of legitimate reasons to have a handgun in your school locker. Then the principle was extended to anything that could be a weapon (like a butter knife included with your lunch pail) and then it was further extended to pointing your finger and saying "bang". Now it's being used when children swear.

Zero tolerance policies create knee jerk reactions to situations where a little more consideration might produce better results rather than placing the children in an US vs THEM situation where they feel more alienated and more likely to rebel in the future. There is a public perception that youth is more violent and out of control then they ever were yet crime statistics do not reflect that myth.

[Laughing-Man]

Hell is a gateway swear word.

That one sentence just made my day. :D

@ AgEnTsMiTh I know where you are coming from. I had asthma, was forced to do some things in gym class at school, and I would be short of breath. The problem I had was swimming or running in long distances high school, but that didn't stop them from forcing me to do it in gym class even when I told them I needed a rest. It was not like I was a wimp or something, I just couldn't breath as well as others after doing something strenuous like running more then one mile. I am in college now and I am definitely not as bad as I used to be when I was in elementary school and haven't had to use an inhaler for years. Perhaps your son will grow out of it like I did or perhaps I just think I did.

Edited February 6, 2004 by jmole

[AgEnTsMiTh]

I have hopes that he does. My brother and I had it real bad when we were his age as well, and no problems now