So we send the message to students that "you can get away with whatever you want, talk in class, use your phone, sleep...." What about the kid who wants to bring drugs or guns to school?
There are limits, rules, laws, and boundaries in life to protect the population. She needs to learn this quick.
This girl has issues and if she continues on the path she was displaying she will end up in jail, IMO. Was it a cry for help and attention? Maybe she will get it in time to save whatever is wrong with her and actually mature in to a valuable member of society. She is a bad influence on her friends, family, siblings, and peers.
There are so many ways in life to push the boundaries and limits without breaking laws and hurting others.
I homebirth, alone. Lots of people do not approve-lots of debate, but it is legal. ( i have 7 children the youngest is now 16)
I bought a harley, my kids think I am crazy.
I do lots of crazy, daring, artistic, expressive things. I think it is healthy for me. I stay within the law! I take advantage of my freedoms- like driving 2000 miles to see the buffalo or a mountain.