This blogging topic almost makes me laugh. Why would a school’s authority on-campus follow the student home, off-campus, or online? This is ridiculous that schools throughout our nation are trying to expel or punish students for purely first amendment acts, i.e. Freedom of speech.
Let’s jump back just a second before I dive in too deep too fast. Do I believe that students should talk back, or mock teachers anytime of the day? For a quick and definite answer, absolutely not! I believe students, no matter what grade and age, should have respect for the teacher who are trying to teach. For the faculty at any given school should feel safe while they are within the confines of their own school, however what happens outside of school is and should be dealt with only by the correct authorities. These authorities outside of a school are absolutely not the schools.
Let’s use the example that is given to us by the text. A student randomly sees a teacher at a local restaurant. This meeting has nothing to do with school or any school function. Whatever the student does, as long as it is legally okay, should be legally fine to do. While flicking someone off may be very rude, I can not think of where this action is purely illegal. Should this student be punished? I believe so… by the PARENT at least. Once again, the school board will have no authority under this type of situation, and I think it is ridiculous that they jumped to expelling this student for this act.
My answer is very basic, the reality of the law is that the school board has no authority outside the boundaries of the school, or perhaps they would if the area where the incident was at a school function outside school limits, then the boundaries of the school will be changed. However, once again, if it is outside of school and not within a school function, then there is absolutely no authority within the school.
No comments:
Post a Comment