- Mar 27, 2011
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UKCheerdad, where the school felt just in punishing the girls is that the sign is posted on school property, so therefore the photo was taken on school property.
What the school has done is open a Pandora's Box. The girls have received a lot of support from the student body and some people are extremely upset about them getting in so much trouble, that they have been printing photos off of Facebook taken on school property, in school uniforms, etc., and turning them in. I think that is a little ridiculous, but it is being done. I don't believe that the students feel that the girls are innocent. I think they feel that them getting in trouble for a private photo posted on facebook was a violation of their privacy and they realize that it could be any one of them. Further, I think that almost every kid in the school knows that they have made inappropriate gestures and such and thinks that the school is being too harsh.
As for the volleyball team, the same applies to them. FB is something that canot be monitored for every single teenager in the US. They made unwise and unkind statements on a public social media site. Were they acting as represntatives of the school or as individuals? That to me is a HUGE distinction.
Exactly. I don't really feel that the school has the right to make that distinction. Unfortunately, the cheerleaders are held to a higher standard in that school, and the school has deemed their actions as inappropriate. I do believe their punishment was too harsh for what they did, but they will take it with grace and show the school that they truly are the leaders they are expected to be. I think the school administration has decided to try to stomp out what they deem to be facebook bullying in one fell swoop. I believe they feel if they punish the cheerleaders so harshly, it will send a message to the rest of the student body. Yes, they were wrong in what they did, but I do believe they are being made an example of, so perhaps are being punished more severely than necessary.
Alexis, you are correct that it was retaliation. The girls admitted to that the first time they were questioned. That is why they are in so much trouble, because the school said they were "targeting" another group of students.
What the school has done is open a Pandora's Box. The girls have received a lot of support from the student body and some people are extremely upset about them getting in so much trouble, that they have been printing photos off of Facebook taken on school property, in school uniforms, etc., and turning them in. I think that is a little ridiculous, but it is being done. I don't believe that the students feel that the girls are innocent. I think they feel that them getting in trouble for a private photo posted on facebook was a violation of their privacy and they realize that it could be any one of them. Further, I think that almost every kid in the school knows that they have made inappropriate gestures and such and thinks that the school is being too harsh.
As for the volleyball team, the same applies to them. FB is something that canot be monitored for every single teenager in the US. They made unwise and unkind statements on a public social media site. Were they acting as represntatives of the school or as individuals? That to me is a HUGE distinction.
Exactly. I don't really feel that the school has the right to make that distinction. Unfortunately, the cheerleaders are held to a higher standard in that school, and the school has deemed their actions as inappropriate. I do believe their punishment was too harsh for what they did, but they will take it with grace and show the school that they truly are the leaders they are expected to be. I think the school administration has decided to try to stomp out what they deem to be facebook bullying in one fell swoop. I believe they feel if they punish the cheerleaders so harshly, it will send a message to the rest of the student body. Yes, they were wrong in what they did, but I do believe they are being made an example of, so perhaps are being punished more severely than necessary.
Alexis, you are correct that it was retaliation. The girls admitted to that the first time they were questioned. That is why they are in so much trouble, because the school said they were "targeting" another group of students.