Did you watch her interview? I was impressed.
Yes, I was impressed too. She seemed compassionate.
Did you watch her interview? I was impressed.
In General, Something is incredibly wrong when force has to be used to get a person to comply with a presumably polite request. A situation should never have to escalate to the level this incident did. Personally, I would have been furious with my child for being so disrespectful to the teacher and administrators. And then the LEO, his superiors, the mayor, and whoever else was so busy being right would get a load of me....
IMO I think we made the mistake of using too many Time Outs....
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I would have thought he was there to protect students. However have all of the schools without police officers throughout history survived, with the chaos that must have ensued without an armed LEO?
I wonder how furious her mother is going to be with her.
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Yes, I was impressed too. She seemed compassionate.
16? So I guess we can ignore the posts stating she was an 18-year-old legal adult. Good to know.![]()
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I am not sure if she is a senior like earlier reoprts claimed or just in a class usually for seniors but if either is true she must have been doing alright academically to be a 16 year old taking senior classes.
Especially today where it seems everyone is 18 before they graduate.
16? So I guess we can ignore the posts stating she was an 18-year-old legal adult. Good to know.![]()
It was an algebra class, that much is known. I don't know if SC follows the same curriculum Texas follows, but Algebra 1 is taught to sophomores, and Algebra II is taught to seniors, who are on the typical graduation path. To be a 16 year old (sophomore) taking Algebra II would be very unusual.
She has human rights as well as US constitutional.rights.Right. So she's a child, in a public school system where the adults in the school system are given legal rights over her, legally termed in loco parentis. In place of parents. A teacher, like a parent, can demand custody of a cell phone during the duration of a class, and can tell a student to step out into the hallway, as could a parent.
So there ya go. Anyone thinking she has adult rights were wrong.
Wonderful quotes. I just want to be certain that we don't let educators off the hook. LE didn't come storming into our schools. Educators begged that they be there. Our schools bear a responsibility in criminalizing school dscipline and creating the school to prison pipeline. I am encouraged by the teachers posting who would never allow this in their classroom. Still it happens, down the hall, down the block, or across town.
It was an algebra class, that much is known. I don't know if SC follows the same curriculum Texas follows, but Algebra 1 is taught to sophomores, and Algebra II is taught to seniors, who are on the typical graduation path. To be a 16 year old (sophomore) taking Algebra II would be very unusual.
She has human rights as well as US constitutional.rights.
No pArent would.ever be permitted to slam a child down for failing to hand over a phone. Nor call in the law.
What difference does it make what level math class she was in? I recognize that some are trying to pin down her age, as if her age may or may not justify the violent treatment she was subjected to. As if one or two years age difference between 16 and 18 means anything.
The fact of the matter is: she was brutally grabbed around the neck by a police officer & violently thrown to the floor because she refused to leave the classroom.
Regardless of the level of the math class, violence on the part of the SRO was unwarranted.
I challenge anyone to convince me that the SRO was not violent.
Right. So she's a child, in a public school system where the adults in the school system are given legal rights over her, legally termed in loco parentis. In place of parents. A teacher, like a parent, can demand custody of a cell phone during the duration of a class, and can tell a student to step out into the hallway, as could a parent.
So there ya go. Anyone thinking she has adult rights were wrong. Except of course, the right to be free from harm, which was violated with the RO unexpectedly treated her brutally when he was expected to treat her as an irritated parent would, which is to take her by the shoulders and lead her out. As was his right. As was his job. To take control of the situation, and remove the distracting child from the classroom. Unexpectedly, it went differently from what the Admin and the teacher believed it would go.
This is a very important point. No, school children don't have constitutional rights. If they did, they'd be allowed to come and go freely, leaving school when they felt like it, walking around the classroom at will.
I feel like everyone is completely ignoring what I'm saying, and have been saying all day The RO did something completely unexpected, and that's why this has led to this whole case. He was expected to carefully remove her and walk her out - as a parent would - and instead, unexpectedly, he tossed her across the room.
The admin was in their rights to call LE, the teacher was in his rights, and the final error happened when the RO did the unexpected. If she were led out by two adults lifting her by the armpits, as I think everyone kind of expected this to go, we wouldn't be discussing this.
But I think everyone needs to be aware that a 16 year in in school doesn't have rights. In fact, an 18 year in old in public school doesn't enjoy adult rights of being able to come and go at will. That's the school system.
Wrong. If a parent had assaulted this child, they would be charged with child abuse and CPS would be involved.
So as long as it ain't your kid, You can beat the hell out of them?
What difference does it make what level math class she was in? I recognize that some are trying to pin down her age, as if her age may or may not justify the violent treatment she was subjected to. As if one or two years age difference between 16 and 18 means anything.
The fact of the matter is: she was brutally grabbed around the neck by a police officer & violently thrown to the floor because she refused to leave the classroom.
Regardless of the level of the math class, violence on the part of the SRO was unwarranted.
I challenge anyone to convince me that the SRO was not violent.