Wisconsin student arrested, fined for repeated texting »
Posted By JamesMarcus 10 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsSo how did text messaging by a 14-year-old girl escalate to her getting arrested in school?
Here's a primer on how it can happen, according to a report from a Wauwatosa East High School resource officer who made the arrest.
The officer's report says the student refused to stop texting during class Feb. 11 after a teacher told her to stop and the student told the resource officer she didn't have a phone.
She continued denying she had a phone, forcing the resource officer to walk back and forth to the classroom twice and find other students who saw her using it, according to the report.
The male school resource officer called for a female officer to conduct a search, the report says. The student laughed as the female officer explained that she found the Samsung phone in the student's clothes, hidden near her buttocks, according to the report.
The student, the resource officer notes, "is known to me and the administration based on prior negative contacts."
The officer gave the student a $298 ticket for disorderly conduct and kept the Samsung. (To read the actual arrest report, which has been posted at Smoking Gun, click here.)
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mack08318410 months, 2 weeks ago
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I guess this is the beginning of a police state. Were you can get fined and robbed by the police for doing stuff that is not illegal. Hopefully this causes a huge uproar and that the cop is made to look like a complete fool. Any lawyer worth his salt will have this thrown out plus have some type of slap at the officer and the school.
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Rocketman200510 months, 2 weeks ago
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Police state? Maybe if her parents has taught her a shred of respect she would not be in this situation. I teach at a university and if a student's phone rings, he or she is asked to leave the room for the rest of class. If it happens three times, the student is asked not to return to class for the rest of the semester. Simple as that. No respect for me or my class, then you will not be in my class.
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gsmittle10 months, 2 weeks ago
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I assume you don't realize that these kids are being extremely rude and disrespectful to their fellow students and teachers. Plus, often these kids are texting test answers to each other or accessing Facebook.
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Between taking care of the texters, iPod users, talkers, sleepers, and just plain cheaters, it's a wonder I get any teaching done.
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N10 months, 2 weeks ago
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As each day, year and week passes, the kids that I pretty much work FOR in a middle school I teach at become worse and worse. When will something be done to implement tougher consequences for not only the students but the parents. I see this as a light punishment for a student that obviously is a repeat offender
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Clamontw10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Perhaps you should check the rules about using phones in school. As stated in the story and of all the school systems I am aware you can not use your phones in school and that includes texting. In our district your phone is likely to be confiscated and not returned. The rules are very clear and the students sign that they have read the rules and understand them and will abide by them. The rules are also mailed to each home. The girl chose the consequences of her behavior when she chose to ignore the rules.
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realwyldchyld10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Apparently you don't have children...and you must not pay taxes. I however have a child AND pay taxes and if I found out my child was disobeying their teacher AND wasting tax payers money because her social life was getting in the way of her education...you better believe I'd want someone to do something about it! It's sad that schools even have to have police officers on campus to control unruly children such as these. There is nothing so important in the life of a 14 year old that can't wait until class is over!!!
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im_a_mom10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Um, the student's RIGHT is to get an education. Most schools state their policy for electronics, and it's usually "OFF OR IN YOUR LOCKER." Texting during a class is academic dishonesty, punishable up to and including expulsion from school. If this district also chooses to attach a monetary fine, AWESOME! Maybe these little punks who don't get any discipline anywhere else will realize that life DOES NOT revolve around them! My 14 year old doesn't even turn his on most of the time, so it's proven that it is NOT a NECESSITY!
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jojofactor10 months, 2 weeks ago
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I think not. Texting is the new version of passing notes in class, and certainly a viable way to facilitate cheating. She disrupted class by repeatedly violating rules, lied about it, and forced the school's hand. Now everyone in the class is behind in their curriculum by the amount of time this self-important, morally-bankrupt nitwit spent lying about having a phone. Now she can earn extra credit by writing a paper on the meaning of "being hoisted by one's own petard." Of course, she'll probably cheat by plagiarizing Wikipedia. The best conclusion to this story is if her phone ended up liquid damaged by spending the class lodged in her dank, sweaty ass-canyon.
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canoestwo10 months, 2 weeks ago
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I doubt it. the kid was out of line, she knew the rules. illegal or not, the rules are conditions of an education at that particular school. you break the rules, you go home. you resist and obstruct police officers in their line of duty (hiding the phone and lying about it... is "obstructing") you get a ticket, fined or arrested, or all three. pretty simple for those without simple minds. she should do time.
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Expertme10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Let the punishment fit the crime! During the last couple of decades, I have seen punishments for "rude" and/or "annoyance" crimes reach machiavellian levels. Instead of being outraged, all the little "innocent, holier than thou" citizens cry out on how that person received their just desserts. What a bunch of fools. What a group of Lemmings.
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im2cool4usothere10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry, but lying to a police office and disrupting a classroom of students (who have a RIGHT to the education the teacher is trying to provide) is disorderly conduct. Simple as 1, 2, 3. If she hadn't of lied and simply put the phone away, or left the classroom and went to in school suspension or the principals office instead of refusing to leave (which you also can't do, you can't be on school grounds if a school administrator asks you to leave, that is trespassing, it's not her home.), she wouldn't of gotten written up. But she chose to stay put and lie to an officer forcing the police officers to take a huge chunk of time out there day (that had to take witness statements from the students) that should have been used to catch people who were threatening the safety of others, then she wouldn't have been arrested. She got of quite light actually.
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socalaol10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Police State? What a moron!
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Let me see, a student lies to a teacher, plays games with the teacher and the school "state police" and you support this brat's behavior? Moron's like you make this world what it is.
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Catmoves10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Not only the fines, not only the loss of the phone, but I also suggest a long suspension. This is a child who has had the belief that she is something "special" shoved up her so far that she no longer believes anyone but her have any rights. We're all her subjects on earth only to do what she wants, in her thinking. I predict a hard life for her.
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allamericanguy10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Mack is the only commenter here who makes any sense, the rest of you are brainwashed followers. First off the police DON'T even belong in our schools, and if you follow statistics they break the law more than most, without fear of being arrested, but instead protected by their commrads, and the city's/towns they represent. This country IS becoming a police state, and ordinary people are being arrested for stupid things, or for no good reason, and at younger and younger ages. minors CANNOT enter into a LEGAL contract of any sort, even in most cases With parental consent, it is more of an agreement. IE: A parent can't allow a minor go to a bar and drink, or to a hotel to have sex without the parent being arrested for doing so. If we are so worried about crime, and criminals, then why did they do away with ARMED guards at banks and other places decades ago. Why do we not enforce our borders, and laws that make sense, instead of making new ridiculous laws every time they can't pin a crime on someone. Lets see there's the WAR ON DRUGS, THE WAR ON ORGANIZED CRIME, THE WAR ON TERROR, which instead of being used for their intended purpose, are used against everyday AMERICANS anytime our government wants to show a little authority. It seems to me the only people left in America who have rights are the real CRIMINALS, MOBSTERS, TERRORISTS, and ILLEGALS! Anyway, this girls phone should have been confiscated for the remainder of the day, and returned to a parent after school. And all you people who blame the parents are fools, parents are being arrested on a daily basis in this country, when they discipline their kids, and without ever laying a hand on them. The police can beat, shoot, kidnap, or imprison your kid for no good reason, but you tell your kid they can't go out to play and it's called abuse and false imprisonment, even kidnapping, but if you let them go out to play and something happens to them, your in trouble for neglect. Our government and police do not belong in our schools, our homes, our bedrooms, nor in our business, they are public servants, and their presence into our lives should be upon OUR REQUEST ONLY!!! WAKE UP AMERICA, your freedoms are all but gone, and what good would America be without the very freedoms that made us the GREATEST country in the universe! the more they keep us in fear of non existent phantoms, the more freedoms we are willing to surrender to them. Just remember one Americans great words "THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF"
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Betenoir10 months, 2 weeks ago
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You are all being unfairly hard on Mack. He's absolutely right--I mean, that officer who obviously deserved to have his time wasted by this poor, innocent, gifted student clearly did behave just like a Nazi stormtrooper. I'm astonished you don't all see the resemblance.
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mxoverdriv10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Read the whole story at the link above. The school contacted the girls mother, but only after the girl gave them several wrong numbers to call. The mother went to the school after being contacted, she told them to keep the phone and consented to the search. This is just another self centered, selfish, out of control brat. Hopefully this will teach her that she is NOT the center of the universe and give her a chance to get her act together before she finds herself in serious trouble.
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educator12110 months, 2 weeks ago
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When exactly did children take over the schools? Why is it ok to deny, lie, and reply disrespectfully to requests made by a teacher? I am sick of these brats, if you don't want an education, stay home and let your parents babysit you--educators are sick of babysitting these disrespectful children!
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ummmyeah10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Are you kidding me? Police state? First of all, when children (which is what she is - a CHILD) are in a school, they must obey the school rules. If they don't, they are subject to school punishments. If a situation has gotten so far out of hand that police SHOULD (judgment of school administration)step in, then the kid is in for it. This girl had it coming and I'm glad the little disrepectful liar got what she deserved! Lawyers and other "brainiacs" need not apply!!!
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Americantothebone10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Police state???? Get real. When I teacher tells you to do something, you do it...or stop doing it as the case may be. School is NOT a democracy. It is an organized, well run dictatorship of training and learning and development.
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The problem with kids today is they have no respect for authority. No respect for police or teachers and think they can get away with anything.
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sadiemae121410 months, 1 week ago
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This girl deserved what she got. She was rude and disrespectful to her teacher, no doubt as a result of her parents. I DON'T think she should have been searched by the school, I think her parents should have been called first but after they pay the fine, maybe they will teach their child some manners. I also don't believe cell phones belong in a classroom. They should be stored in a childs locker till school is over. When I was in school, we survived very nicely without cell phones in school.
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satcom110 months, 1 week ago
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I believe she is supposed to be in class to learn NOT be texting period Yes!!! Take the phone till end of class then be told not to bring it back in. Leave in locker. Just remember that your tax dollers are paying for her to be texting in class!!!!!
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mack08318410 months, 2 weeks ago
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I guess this it beginning of a police state, where you can get arrested, fined and robbed by the cops for doing something perfectly legal. The last time I check no one was under oath in school. It is might be against the rules to use the phone but it is not against the law. No matter what they do not have the right to take your property and keep. Any lawyer will get this thrown out plus will make the officer and the school look like facist jackasses.
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Enigma1910 months, 2 weeks ago
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Pretty much...now teenagers are being arrested for TEXTING??? Whatever happened to detention, expulsion, etc. Our states are being taken over and turned into police states and they're throwing it into you faces! Those of you who think 'she got what she deserved' and yeah right on, what are you going to say when they're arresting you for speaking your mind?
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Blizzard1310 months, 2 weeks ago
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Actually Mack, I am fairly sure that the ticket written for disorderly conduct is legal, it is a real crime with a broad definition. I am also pretty sure that infringing upon other people's rights falls under disorderly conduct, and since this CHILD was infringing upon others' right to learn, she was breaking the law. It is behavior like this that leads to laws like this, and thank God that it does. Kudos to the cop who looked out for an entire classroom of children. When he wrote her that ticket he punished just her and did not allow her to punish the other students with her disruptive behavior!
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shelhaslip10 months, 2 weeks ago
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She got off easy Mack - thanks to NCLB... the teacher couldn't enforce the rules the way she probably would have LIKED TO - which is to kick the little bugger out of the class for breaking the rules. Rules are rules. You may not like them - but nobody ASKED you when they made the rules. Homeschool your kids if you don't like Public School rules :-) Dare ya.
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im_a_mom10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Oh, and mack: if you are disrupting class, the school has every RIGHT to take your property and hold it for any amount of time. You sound like the punks I deal with every day: "It is my RIGHT to do whatever I want." Bud, the only rights that you have before you turn 18 are the right to life, the right to an education, and the right to not be abused. Afte 18, you have rights, but anyone will tell you that when your rights start interfering with others, your rights will be curtailed. So, run get your parents, and tell me how badly I'm gonna be sued, and I'll stand here and laugh in your face. The school district will have this one wrapped up, and I bet Girlie doesn't get her priveledges back any time soon
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Sprinkly10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry, guy, but you are wrong. Kids CAN enter into contracts with schools. A contract is nothing but a "meeting of the minds." Kids are not supposed to be texting in school. Kids aren't really supposed to have phones in school. Texting over and over again when told to cut it out would earn her at least an out-of-school suspension. The fact that she lied about having a phone is disrespectful and THAT would earn her an out-of-school suspension. Remember "truant officers?" Well, that's the same thing here. She was disrespectful, uncooperative, she lied. It doesn't matter that "texting is not illegal." Oh, and btw: from your writing I can see that you weren't really paying attention in English class.
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dasboatless10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Mack, your a real jackass. She was disrupting the class, inhibiting the teachers ability to lead the class, and undermining the school authorities. There is no "fascism" here. Just respect. You want "fascism"? Go look at the last 8 years of US leadership. NOT the school system....
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wa73friar10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Any kid who violates school policy and lies about it, which is an admission that she knew what she was doing was wrong, deserves any sanction that is appropriate. But any 14 year old that behaves in such a manner probably has parent(s) who will run to litte Bambi's defense. I hope they hire an attorney, lose the case and have a massive legal debt. Whatever ambulance chaser hopefully will gauge them far more than any fine. The parents should take the cell phone off her and discipline here. But in the liberal USA, the ACLU will anoint her as a saint.
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mesodude10 months, 2 weeks ago
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"But in the liberal USA, the ACLU will anoint her as a saint."
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---Actually, I think it's more likely that this special kid is the misguided spawn of a con. Not unlike cons here, her parents probably screech "free speech" this or "I'm a poorly educated oppressed white religious zealot con in America and I'm under attack...please help me! The right to text is in the Constitution. Is this chaaaaaaaange weee can be-lieeeeve in?" ;-P -
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mar42510 months, 2 weeks ago
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Anything in a school becomes school property. Students are required to sign a contract saying they will not break school rules, or have disciplinary actions against them. Most schools do not allow cell phones, and certainly texting is against all policies, due to inappropriate remarks, (photos without consent), and cheating on quizzes/exams.
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EmleeL10 months, 2 weeks ago
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mack083184 - if this kid would have behaved in class and obeyed the teacher none of this would have happened - civil disobedience is against the law, the question is, did her conduct in class rise to the level of civil disobedience? I surely hope so..there has to be some way to make kids behave in school...their parents won't...their parents actually stand up for their bad behavior...even when they cheat....this kid deserves what was handed out, ...and her property will probably be returned..hopefully at the end of the school year, so she will not be using it to disrupt any more classes...she will surely be another on the welfare rolls because she has no idea how to behave so no employer will keep her
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ednboro10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Mack is a fool. First of all, children do not have the same rights as adults. So I suppose curfews are wrong too? Perhaps parents shouldn't be allowed to ground their kids because that would be fasle imprisonment. Wake up! The kid is wrong and should be held accountable. If you're being disruptive and not following school rules as well as lying to the school resource officer you should be charged with disorderly conduct.
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Estragon10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Your point is inconsitent. You express not believing in creating silly laws that give the state too much authority, such as "false imprisonment for grounding your kids".
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Wouldn't that same principle apply to arresting a kid for texting & lying about having a phone. I'm all for teaching kids respect & I agree there is an alarming erosion of common courtesy today.
Isn't bringing the police into a situation that should be handled by teachers & vice principals just as ridiculous as being charged with false imprisonment for grounding your child?
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cheergemini610 months, 2 weeks ago
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Seriously, I really dont think fining and arresting a 14 year old girl is going to do much. I myself am 14 and yes I do text in school and occasionally during class but I only do it in the first few minutes of class when everyone is still coming to class and at the last few minutes when we are waiting at the door for the bell to ring. Eventhough this girl was arrested, she will probably learn not to text in class anymore but if people think that arresting one girl will stop students all over the country to stop texting in class, they are wrong. Not many other children are going to stop texting because they dont think they will ever get into trouble.
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jesscdoo10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Thank you , "cheer", for illustrating better than I could the level of apathy and disrespect that is so pervasive in our society. This is the same mentality that got a girl hit by a car while crossing against the light at school--because she didn't think just one time would hurt, or just didn't bother to be conscientious. Unfortunately for her, she had to be airlifted to another hospital and will be recovering for a very long time, all because she made the wrong choice. She didn't think her choice would hurt anyone, like you obviously think your texting is innocent, too. But you're being disrespectful and disobedient and that makes everyone's lives more difficult. And I ask you, if children did think they would get into trouble for their disobedience, what do you think would happen?
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collegegrad10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Not only does your remark illustrate your disregard for authority, but it also illustrates that maybe you should stop texting in class and pay a little attention instead. Your grammar and writing ability is horrid. My 12 year old can write better. And, I venture to say, has better manners.
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ponmlkjihgfedcba10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Just like speeding tickets, police give them out all of the time. People will still speed. However, if these police give out more and more tickets in schools for stupid things such as this, then make the parents resonsible for paying them, guaranteed you will see a decrease in the behavior. Maybe we do need policing such as this in schools. Tickets for fighting, disrespecting teachers, etc. If I had to pay for my kids ticket for texting, especially at $300, guess who just lost their cell phone privilege?
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lvrofwolves10 months, 2 weeks ago
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cheergemini6 I believe you are breaking TOU here on Propeller, you're not old enough to enter into a legal contract.
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Just like giving speeding tickets, nobody believes because someone gets a ticket it will stop all speeders, you get a ticket as punishment for breaking the law. You say you only do it before class and sometimes only the first few minutes of class when people are coming in? some speeders say, I was only doing it when nobody else was around etc....
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aj12148910 months, 2 weeks ago
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Ok, collegegrad, that seems a little harsh and nobody cares what your 12 year old can do. As far as the texting issue, yes I agree she was being totally disrespectful in the constant texting but for those parents out there who don't know what it's like to be in a class where people text constantly, nobody cares. It's not like someone is yelling obnoxiously loud into their phone while the teacher is speaking. There's no distraction unless the phone is making noise. Granted, it is still disrespectful to the teacher. I personally don't text in class (I'm 19, btw) but that's because half the time I don't get service anyways and the other half I just don't have someone I ABSOLUTELY have to talk to. If a professor told me to put my phone away though, it would be back in my pocket in a heartbeat. Same goes if someone else was asked to put theirs away. I agree with cheer that this isn't going to stop kids, but I also agree that it was the right thing to do. If someone is being that rude there aren't many options
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im_a_mom10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Hey cheergemini, you'd better be really glad you are not my kid. You are trying to defend someone's wrong actions by illustrating that you also break the rules? I truly hope your parents read this as well, and take away YOUR priveledges. Were you my child, that phone, as well as your ipod and any online access not related to school would now be gone because you choose to ignore the rules of your educational institution. Now. get off the computer and get your homework done
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classares10 months, 2 weeks ago
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re:"Police state? Maybe if her parents has taught her a shred of respect she would not be in this situation. I teach at a university and if a student's phone rings, he or she is asked to leave the room for the rest of class. If it happens three times, the student is asked not to return to class for the rest of the semester. Simple as that. No respect for me or my class, then you will not be in my class."
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Shelbytrboz8810 months, 2 weeks ago
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You need to go to the link and read the arrest report. She was arrested and fined when she broke the school rules, refused to co-operate and lied to the officers repeatedly when questioned. This would not have escalated had she had even a small amount of respect for the school rules, her classmates, the teachers and persons of authority.
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firekillerco7710 months, 2 weeks ago
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This situation is simple, As a minor and a student in a school environment you essentially have no rights. You are there to be educated in subjects that will prepare you fro life, not to screw around and become a nusiance and a detrement to the rest of the student body based on your disrespectful actions. I do not belive that students should be allowed to have any type of personal communication device while on school grounds. The state has the right to enforce this to ensure that the student is gaining the education that they are there to recive and which the state legislature is obligated to provied for them. This is not the beginning of a "Police State" Its a matter of reintroducing respect and responsability to the students of todays school system. So here is the deal, Students, Quit screwing around, school is a place of learning, PERIOD. Parents, Grow a set and take charge of your children and tech them respect and responsability and quit worrying about what your kids think about you, You are a parent first, friend second, And to the rest of you wackos out there that are hell bent on the idea that our country is moving into a facsist state because of the confiscation of a CHILD's cell phone, trust me we have much much bigger things to worry about.
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BooBooBird10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Firekillerco77, I had to comment and I have never commented before! Lots of great letters here, thank goodness most people side with the teachers.As a minor, I hope you spread your knowledge and stance. We need to school each other, a lot of kids have no real parenting. While not thier fault, they need to be "reeled in" yesterday! I think you are really astute. My husband's a middle school teacher and all he wants to do is teach! Yet often his hands are tied regarding disruption. Imagine if someone was hrassing you so you couldn't do your job! Keep up the good attitude - good luck
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greenidparalegal10 months, 2 weeks ago
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When we did bad things in school we got sent to the principal's office and they called our parents... now we're arresting kids for not paying attention in class?
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that seems a bit harsh although i do agree to in school suspension for disrupting the class and removal of the phone for the school term... but arrested? Geez
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canond08rocks10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Now, you are correct in stating that using the cellular device is wrong, but what you don't realize is that as US citizens, we all have rights, and one of those is protection against ILLEGAL searches and seizures. Now someone as adamant about teaching and keeping kids powerless as you must know the Bill of Rights, and you must know amendment IV. Apparently, you're dead wrong, and we aren't becoming a fascist nation. Not many people can back that argument up anymore so drop it. Also, CHILDREN have rights. I think you're confusing them with unborn fetuses who don't have rights. I'm guessing you're pro-abortion. Something is wrong with you. Please feel free to email me at canond08rocks@aol.com. I'll be happy to prove you wrong. And remember, I'm a CHILD. A 16 year old CHILD.
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EnT0810 months, 2 weeks ago
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Re: This is not the beginning of a "Police State," it's a matter of reintroducing respect and responsibility to the students of today's school system."
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AMEN!!!!
Re: "Parents, grow a set and take charge of your children and teach them respect and responsibility."
AMEN, AMEN!!!
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cleoking130510 months, 2 weeks ago
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That's good for her. If the teacher asks her to stop texting, she should have stopped. Who the heck is she texting in class anyway and why does she even need to use a cell during school hours? All the people she associates with are right there at the school with her. Why does she need to text at school? What the heck is wrong with these parents? Why are they giving their kids so much freedom to act like Dummies? I'm quite sure texting is part of the curriculm and will help her get into college.
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sabrina0910 months, 2 weeks ago
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well all ma pplz wit a AIM account hit me up (wattzupnikka16) all one wurd.. but on the subject i think if she was texting yes she should have stopped when asked but i also think that was a bit to much kids do thingz worse tha that but police have to much athority and i dont like it
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canond08rocks10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Unfortunately, all the girl did wrong was text during class and not pay attention, otherwise she would have known that according to the US Constitution, Amendment IV of the Bill of Rights, all citizens are protected from searches on their persons or in their property without a warrant gained on legitimate and countable evidence describing the place to be searched and the person/object they are looking for. Since this process was not followed correctly, this is grounds for the case to be dismissed, and that, my friends, is how a 16 year old beats the best lawyers in the country. If you have any questions or need legal advice, email me at canond08rocks@aol.com
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mxoverdriv10 months, 2 weeks ago
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When we did bad things in school and the teacher told us to go to the principal's office, we stood up and went. Today, if a teacher tells a student to go to the principals office she is likely to be cussed out, the student may refuse to go, and the situation can easily escalate very quickly if the teacher does not just let the student do as they please. THAT is why so many schools now have police on school grounds! BTW, the school did contact the girls mother, but only after the girl gave them several wrong numbers. The mother was very upset by her daughters continued disruptions. The mother TOLD the police to keep the phone and gave permission for the search. The article didn't give some very important details!
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gsmittle10 months, 2 weeks ago
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As I read it, she was arrested for creating a huge disturbance, not for not paying attention. Based on some of the behaviors I've seen from kids in trouble (admittedly I don't know the details in this case) it's not unusual for the kid to escalate things WAY out of proportion. Sometimes to the point of violence against a staff person.
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EnT0810 months, 2 weeks ago
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That's because in our day, it was enough. And parents actually cared. Most of them, anyway. Todays' parents don't give a crap. How does it seem a bit harsh when before that, there were repeated attempts to get the girl to behave while she's lying and laughing in the teacher's face? Maybe if there was a bit more discipline at home, it wouldn't have come to that, but you can't blame the teacher, the school or the police. At every step of the way, the girl had a choice and she CHOSE to continue with the bad behavior in spite of the consequences. So, what--we're supposed to feel sorry for her?
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cmnr091210 months, 2 weeks ago
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I imagine that this girl's parents will cause an uproar and protest what has happened to their "jewel of a child" otherwise she would not have been behaving as though she were entitled to break the class room rules. To bad the resource officer didn't "accidently" drop her phone and step on it. Maybe that would have shut her up.
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mxoverdriv10 months, 2 weeks ago
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You'd be wrong! The school contacted the girls mother, but only after the girl gave them several wrong numbers first. The mom came to school, was very distressed by her daughters continued disobedience, gave permission for the search and told the officers to keep the phone. The article left out a bit of important information that was contained in the police report. The girl's father is the one who gave her the phone, HE might have screamed a bit about his "jewel of a child" getting in trouble, but evidently the mother is very concerned about her daughters escalating misbehavior.
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jbuck288410 months, 2 weeks ago
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Teachers have enough of a hard time teaching without the distraction of kids using phones and texting. The girl's parents should have taught the kid to have respect for the teacher and should be punished by having the phone taken from her for a month and if it happens again, take it from her for 6 months. When are parents going to step up and take responsibility for actually parenting? In these days, the teachers are expected to teach EVERYTHING while the kid is at school. Parents need to take on that responsibility and allow the teachers to teach fundamental education.
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redcadi9210 months, 2 weeks ago
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Perhaps detention, running laps after school and grounding from her phone would be more appropriate rather than slowing down the court system and allowing the "police" to go after REAL CRIMINALS. Her parents should be dealing with her. Arresting a minor for texting shouldn't be a crime. Veteran, USAF
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lvrofwolves10 months, 2 weeks ago
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She wasn't arrested for just texting, she also lied several times when they asked her for her parents phone #, tho I don't know why a school wouldn't already have that information, but still...also because she refused to stop what she was doing. It wasn't disorderly just for texting, it was a combination of things, not following school rules, disrespecting school authority and being a disruption, and she is a repeat offender. I think she got exactly what she deserved....and sounds like she might want to get used to being arrested if she doesn't start learning how to follow rules.
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sammianne10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Newsflash, teachers cannot assign running laps after school, or any other physical punishment. Those are considered corporal punishment. Even assigning sentences to be written is considered corporal punishment and therefore banned. All we can do is give Conduct Cuts to their Conduct grade, or assign detention. However, because we have to tutor so many hours after AND before school (kids don't study on their own anymore) we don't have time to hold a detention. I tutor after school 3 days a week. Mondays are always faculty and committee meetings. I refuse to tutor or hold detention on Fridays on principle. I also tutor FOR THE SPELLING TEST on Wednesday and Friday mornings. And, we have Saturday Camp for tutoring kids that are in danger of failing THE TEST. This is 4th grade! The problem kids do not care about their Conduct grade, and yes, their parents make excuses for their behavior-if you can get a parent to communicate with you.
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The good kids do what they should, their parents do their part, and the kids succeed. But, out of 21 kids in my class, 5 are consistently problems. It wears you down.
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