We've got some interesting ideas about public schools and their students. We went from, my years of school (1950's-60's) when administrators claimed students were not protected from other students once they were off school property. This meant to me that, the guy I made angry in school could then wait off the property with his friends and beat the bejessus out of me and the school had no authority or responsibility.

Then, in the 1980's, one of my daughters was waiting, on school property to get on her bus after school, she was knocked to the ground by a couple of unruly students, had multiple shoe prints on her back, and then tossed infront of a school bus that barely was able to stop before running over her. The school administrators at that time claimed, school was out and, hey, they can't be expected to maintain discipline and good order after the last bell rang, now can they?

And today, a student, on her own time, on her own computer, can be disciplined for actions that took place out of school, and which didn't even constitute a crime.

Sheesh.

Oh, yeah, they are the government and they can have it anyway they want it.

Yup. It's just wrong.

We LET it happen though. No one complained when employers, city councils, cheer leading squads and everyone else in the world starting using your online 'presence' to determine whether you were fit to continue being part of society.

It reallt IS just kind of assumed these days that everything you do online will stare back at you someday when some stern looking, self-righteous, a$$ is judging you for what you've written, said or photo'd.



[edit on 13-8-2009 by KSPigpen]

Where's the pictures? LULZ

This is messed up, even if she did say bad words on her Myspace page, WHO THE HELL CARES!!!

I bet you could go through that whole schools Myspace pages and come up with equal or worse things on at least half of the pages.

I remember mine used to say my hobbies were doing coke off the back of the toilets in school. lol I never did, it was just funny and others thought so too.

I'd understand if she threatened the life of someone at the school, but provocative pictures and obscene language is a sign of the times.

I go to a private High School, and kids get expelled all the time for their online activities. I feel that it is very wrong, and although I don't participate in social Networking sites like Myspace and Facebook others should be able to without fear. Text messages about other students are also cause for disciplinary action.