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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I fail to see the problem with this. The kids should understand that what they post has consequences. It would be one thing if they hacked into private accounts or something, but if they're posting stuff publicly, they have to face the consequences. It's not like students have freedom or speech or anything.[/quote]

My understanding is that the student did not post the question. That the DOE called his school is concerning.[/quote]

There are lots of ways you can give out information that compromises a test, without posting the exact questions.  At our school, for example, if you take a test first period, and then tell someone in a later class "The vocab test was all multiple choice, you didn't have to be able to spell the words", that's an honor code violation.  If you tell them "The writing prompt was about X short story."  That's a violation.

Having said that, I can't find any articles about this that reference the DOE, so maybe you've seen something I haven't.  Can you post a link?[/quote]

Ha! Suckers. We did this all the time at school. [/quote]

Well, yeah, so do the kids at my school.  But they hide it from the teachers, because they know it's a violation.  This kid should have known it was a violation too, but he put it out on public media in a searchable format.

Frankly, if my kid did this, I'd want to see them punished so they'd think before posting next time. I'm not saying I'd want my kid expelled, I think that's a major overstatement, but I think that detention or a community service penalty is an appropriate response, and one that would make the kid think twice before he encounters more serious consequences for not thinking before posting.  [/quote]

What a load of BS. I think you might want to see the actual content of the Twitter post before you jump on the Pearson bandwagon.

Pearson deserves every bad thing coming to it. I only hope other kids use this as an inspiration! [/quote]

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