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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm reading yesterdays Metro section about the FBI agent pardoned for shoving a teen. He is getting probation and anger management. He is raising three children alone after his wife's passing. The judges reasoning: " would it be in the best interest of the defendant - as a result of this isolated and unfortunate mistake of judgment - to deprive him of his employment, of his livelihood? To impact upon his children? To impact upon the service that he can bring to the community? I think not."

I expect you all will hold yourselves and your children to the same standards as you've urged for these WL youngsters when you next make an isolated and unfortunate mistake. Which you and they will. Because that is part of being a human being navigating this world.[/quote]

This wasn't an instance of a WL student throwing a punch to defend himself in a fight that someone else started.  It was a deliberate BOMB THREAT against the school.  Moreover, in the case of the FBI agent, the kid whom he  shoved had reportedly threatened the agent.  However, I imagine if the agent had done something like calling in a bomb threat (or collecting porn involving minors) he most definitely would not have received probation.[/quote]

Really?  There's no indication from the kids' records that the kids intended it as anything more than a bad joke hence "an isolated and unfortunate mistake of judgment", yet it's been compared on this thread to child porn and rape. Gotta love it. I will be watching WL discipline very closely from here on out. No double standards. Your kid steps in it, your kid pays the price. From now on, everything must follow the handbook. From now on, no interpretation. From now on, no factoring in what you know about the kids (despite the small class size being what people cherish). From now on, no second chances.  It's going to be grand for everyone!  The kids will really appreciate your vigilance. I honestly think half of you posting are raising middle schoolers or even elementary.  You have no idea what it's like to raise a teen and have forgotten what it's like to be one.  Well, prepare yourselves. [/quote]

It isn't black and white.  As someone else pointed out, the handbook doesn't say it has to be expulsion.  The administration looked  at what was done and judged that it crossed a line.  It is a harsh punishment but not something that is going to ruin the rest of these kids' lives. I do have a teen who has done so many stupid things and if one of the actions he did crossed this line, I would expect the harsh punishment. I would also take the opportunity to help him learn how to bounce back by from mistakes he made.  Just because I think the punishment was the right decision doesn't mean that I think these kids don't deserve forgiveness or a chance to make right the fall out from their actions.

No their actions do not compare to rape or child porn, I believe the PP was making a point that those things would have crossed a line that would have not been treated in the same way as the pushing of the child who threatened the agent.

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