tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post2843184028058444777..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Arrested for TextingCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-71498319145945577322009-03-07T17:45:00.000-05:002009-03-07T17:45:00.000-05:00Ok, Let's picture that."Go down to the office."and...Ok, Let's picture that.<BR/><BR/>"Go down to the office."<BR/><BR/>and I'll go back to teaching. <BR/><BR/>Give a detention for non-compliance - that's one thing. Body frisk, interviews by two sets of cops, arrest court and bail seems a little over the top. Especially when it's all going to backfire into the adults' faces anyway. Kids DO have rights. Tinker decision (?)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-60392062617066433552009-03-06T16:38:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:38:00.000-05:00I'm glad people over look the reason the girl got ...I'm glad people over look the reason the girl got in trouble. It had nothing to do with texting and everything to do with doing what an administrator tells you to do. Picture a 14 year old in class being confronted by a teacher for talking. The teacher tells the student stop talking. The student's response is "no, I don't have to". Non-compliance is the reason this student got in trouble, not texting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-85023557313030812432009-02-19T13:13:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:13:00.000-05:00Uh. In my day, the phone would have been confisca...Uh. In my day, the phone would have been confiscated and given back after class. WTF?<BR/><BR/>... and there is a nerd market? I need to replace my TI-89, and I wanna do it on the cheap ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com