Suspended from School Over Facebook Post

[Coito ergo sum]

CONCORD, N.H. -- The mother of a Concord middle school student is decrying the school district after her daughter was suspended due to a Facebook post.
Kimberly Dell'isola said her daughter was suspended for five days after saying she wished Osama bin Laden killed her math teacher.
While she agrees the post was offensive, Dell'isola said her daughter's free speech should be protected.
"In hindsight, she's mortified that she said that, but she's a 13-year-old kid," Dell'isola said.

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[Animavore]

Owned.

[pErvinalia]

A suspension will do her good. Give her time to think about her stupidity.

[Adenosine]

She's a kid. Stupidity is what children do.

[klr]

Declaring in public - to a potentially very wide audience in fact - that you'd like your teacher dead. The Internet allows children (and adults) to be stupid on a massive scale.

No surprise at the punishment really.

[Geoff]

5 days off school? That'll encourage the copycats.

[Gallstones]

I always considered suspension the reward for my behavior. Fools.

[pErvinalia]

As long as they actually make them do homework while they are suspended, then it shouldn't be seen as a holiday by the student.

[Feck]

I thought all children wanted their Math teacher dead ? 5 days off school ...Stupid is it because of all the hysteria about Terrorism ? how many kids haven't written some thing similar on a wall or a desk or in a text book ? So fucking sensitive .

[Arse]

She's a kid. Stupidity is what children do.

And punishment for it is what adults do. Its not like she's been sent to prison for it, she's only been suspended from school for 5 days.

[CakeOrDeath]

What a huge over reaction! She's just a child.

[Twoflower]

I didn't even get a detention when I told the dean of my high school to go fuck himself then flipped him off as I walked away.

[Santa_Claus]

Did she forget to add a Smiley?

[maiforpeace]

I always considered suspension the reward for my behavior. Fools.

For me being suspended for five days would have been humiliating...sure, I might have been slapped on the back for it by my stoner friends, but as a geek and a good student I would definitely have been embarrassed about it in front of my geeky friends.

She's a kid. Stupidity is what children do.

And punishment for it is what adults do. Its not like she's been sent to prison for it, she's only been suspended from school for 5 days.

In the real world, as an adult, threatening to kill someone or wishing them dead is a crime...she deserved the punishment. The teacher may have felt threatened by it. It's not just a private matter for the parents to deal with when it's made public on Facebook and involves a teacher.

[Bella Fortuna]

She's a kid. Stupidity is what children do.

And punishment for it is what adults do. Its not like she's been sent to prison for it, she's only been suspended from school for 5 days.

In the real world, as an adult, threatening to kill someone or wishing them dead is a crime...she deserved the punishment. The teacher may have felt threatened by it. It's not just a private matter for the parents to deal with when it's made public on Facebook and involves a teacher.

Ayep. One of the responsibilities of adults is to teach children that there are repercussions and consequences to behaviour, and that things we do affect others, so we should be mindful of what we say and how we act.