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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's actually a perfectly appropriate punishment.  She decided to do a disrespectful thing while someone else was public speaking.  To have the privilege of being a public speaker removed is very fitting.

As for the message not applying to her, the same could be true for any of her classmates who wouldn't have wanted to hear her graduation speech.  Would you have been ok if half of them were wearing their iPods, tuning out her speech?

I agree that it would have been wrong of a teacher to throw out a student's property, but I would never take that exude for insubordination at face value.  [b](Frankly, I also find it hard to believe that a 75 minute assembly was solely about modesty in clothing choices...are you sure that's all that was discussed?)[/b] Neverthless, I applaud you for backing the school for its punishment.

I think the hair extension consolation prize is a bad message to send.  As a standalone gift, sure, but as a balm to ease the pain of her punishment, no.  Your cornrow compromise sounds great.[/quote]

It was an hour long assembly. The topics were the dress code and the use of the parking lot and basketball courts for outdoor play after lunch. She didn't have the earbuds in the entire time. Several parents have complained about the teacher who throws confiscated items away. The principal has hemmed and hawed over the legality of it. In one case, the principal paid for an item out of her own pocket rather than state an official policy.

She and Grandma accepted the cornrows so we are just looking forward to the end of the school year and saying goodbye to the school forever.[/quote]

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