KATY, Texas -- Writing "I love Alex" on a school gymnasium wall brought a 12-year-old the same punishment as if she had made terrorist threats.
The Katy Independent School District rated the message, written with a baby blue marker by sixth-grader Shelby Sendelbach, as a Level 4 infraction -- the same as for threats, drug possession and assault.
Only murder, gun possession, sexual assault and arson are considered more severe by the suburban Houston district.
Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:Actually, I think a professed love for 'Ales' would qualify for drug possession, wouldn't it?
It really depends on if you were stupid enough not to give the teachers any. Which is what generally greased the wheels at my old school, when certain people tried it.
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Has the student in question had a history of such behavior? I've heard that the authorities are usually tougher with repeat offenders.
And why did the newspaper actually print the name of the student involved? Aren't there privacy laws (or at least tacit codes of conduct) when one reports on minors?
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When I saw the title, I thought why in the hell would anyone confess to loving Alger Hiss?
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Pelranius wrote:Has the student in question had a history of such behavior? I've heard that the authorities are usually tougher with repeat offenders.
And why did the newspaper actually print the name of the student involved? Aren't there privacy laws (or at least tacit codes of conduct) when one reports on minors?
If its similar to here, they only kick in when actual criminal proceedings are happening.
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I'm failing to understand the logic behind making a simple act vandalism professing love be such a huge offense. The ideal punishment is to make the girl clean it up, and maybe have her serve detention for a day or two. Anything harsher is unnecessary and overboard, what actually happened seems like a stupidly high level of paranoia.
