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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] So you're saying that If every single one of your texts or emails that you thought were private were made public without your intention or consent, then you should be punished for what you said? Is there seriously anyone on this board who has never said anything but positive things EVER on their texts or emails? Using this logic, then why aren't all gossipers (including those of us on the site) exposed and punished? We have an expectation of privacy here on this group forum just like the girls did on their group text. But what if Jeff could find out our identities and report us? Do you think that would be fair?

Using similar logic, the ACLU opposes Harvard's recent actions and claims that it violates free speech.[/quote] Harvard's decision and the Michelle Carter case outcome highlight the fact that people do and say things online that they would never do or say in person.   Things escalate as a result.  It's not about punishment so much as being held accountable.  Debates online are ugly - not necessarily for the point the poster is trying to make.  But because posters think they aren't accountable for what they're posting.  In the open people express their points of view differently.  Privacy in the digital age is something every child needs to know does not exist.  [/quote]

I heard recently that if everyone drove convertibles are behavior on the road would be much different.  I come from a small town.  People do treat each other better than here because everyone knows each other.  Have you ever honked at someone driving in NW DC and then realized later that you knew them?  I have and it's really embarrassing.  I didn't like that feeling and try very hard to remember it when I get in my car each day.  I also used to believe that I could say what I want on this forum.   Then I started thinking about what if?   What if someone hacked this website and could pin my posts to me?   Or any number of scenarios where my words could come back to haunt me?  If I have failed to see those consequences then why would I assume my children understand the message they hear from adults that everything on social media can come back to them?   If my child engaged in online mean gossip about another child I would take that opportunity to remind them that they were naive to expect that it would not have consequences.   I would want and expect consequences from the school.  I may even turn my daughter in.  Because to learn that lesson in middle school, to have the educators say to me, "we are going to come down hard on your daughter now, give her her punishment and move on once she has learned her lesson" would cause me to love that school and respect the schools leadership.  They would show that they really care about my daughters character and don't want her to screw up in a more profound and far reaching way later on.  What a character lesson they could instill!  I know this happened with a friends son.  He screwed up in 8th at a private K-8 and could have blamed the other kids as he was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time.  They came down hard with an immediate suspension and after it was done they said the in incident would be forgotten and not go on his record.   His parents were fully supportive and grateful to the school for teaching him, and them, that lesson.   Too bad OPs school doesn't have the same kind of leadership in place.

Let's teach our kids to treat others the way they would like to be treated and give them consequences (FOR THEIR OWN GOOD) when they need a reminder.   Mean girl school is religious isn't it?  Why aren't they focusing on that?[/quote]

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