Student Arrested For Classroom Texting

computerpro3 said:
Ok, I just wouldn't sign the contract.

I texted my way through high school classes all the time. Hell, in calculus, I brought in my laptop, a chicken sandwich, and a bottle of pellegrino everyday and told the teacher not to bother handing me out any work. My teachers were idiots and the subject matter was often wrong or ancient. WTF else are you supposed to do to keep from dying of boredom. All you people saying school is there to learn obviously haven't been in school for a long time. The only thing I learned in school was that ignoring all institutionalized learning and teaching myself was the only way I was going to get an education.
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Hmmm, no.
 
Yeah. Texting in class is bad.

How is this disorderly conduct though? It's like they charged her with the closest fucking thing they could, even though it'll eventually get dropped - at the expense of the girl's family - in court (or outside of court).

What the fuck is wrong with police these days.
 
vengence said:
/sigh. I agree something needs to be done, but I don't think a criminal case is warrented. There better be more to this story. :(
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read the report and its obvious she was being al ittle bitch and lieing to everyone involved. I know her type glad she got a criminal citation.

police did nothing wrong. The school chose to contact police and at that point they did what was needed and she still got off with the minimum. You waste hours of the police's time you cant expect to just be told dont do it again.
 
dajet24 said:
read the report and its obvious she was being al ittle bitch and lieing to everyone involved. I know her type glad she got a criminal citation.

police did nothing wrong. The school chose to contact police and at that point they did what was needed and she still got off with the minimum. You waste hours of the police's time you cant expect to just be told dont do it again.
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Right, she was a bitch. I didn't know that was illegal in AmeriKKKa.

So, let's charge her, for texting in class, the same way we'd charge a person, plastered out of their goddamned minds, in the middle of a street in broad daylight. Or the same way most prostitutes are charged. Howabout the same way they charge someone stealing under 1000$ worth of goods.

Yep, those are all on the same level as texting in a classroom.
 
Arcygenical said:
Right, she was a bitch. I didn't know that was illegal in AmeriKKKa.

So, let's charge her, for texting in class, the same way we'd charge a person, plastered out of their goddamned minds, in the middle of a street in broad daylight. Or the same way most prostitutes are charged. Howabout the same way they charge someone stealing under 1000$ worth of goods.

Yep, those are all on the same level as texting in a classroom.
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What does the KKK have anything to do with this? She was disruptive and disorderly. Other students have the rights to an education without her kind preventing them. She wouldn't behave even when told repeatedly to. She had to go.

Suspending those types won't do anything for them. They'll just hang out at the park and smoke and paint graffiti on the school walls.
 
BinaryMan said:
Did you guys even look at the attached police record? it's obviously fake... it talks about the female juvenile listed on the report, but lists a white male with the name Thomas on the report.....
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did you read it thomas is the principal obviously the contact person born in 57...


this shit happens all the time. Kids dont think the police will do anything to them.. i love the look on there face when they get tickets or rides to juvy.
 
Arcygenical said:
Right, she was a bitch. I didn't know that was illegal in AmeriKKKa.

So, let's charge her, for texting in class, the same way we'd charge a person, plastered out of their goddamned minds, in the middle of a street in broad daylight. Or the same way most prostitutes are charged. Howabout the same way they charge someone stealing under 1000$ worth of goods.

Yep, those are all on the same level as texting in a classroom.
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I'm not fully aware of the state or city ordianance where this occured but i can tell you int he 3 states and cities iver worke din she could have easily been charged with a number of offenses. Including Obrstucting, failure to comply with a legal order given by a peace officer. Disorderly conduct. Public nuisence.. the wording of these state and city ordicnance can differ but believe me they made no stretch iam sure to charge her.

Your type acts like a jerk whenever some form of authority arrives and thus you probaly have gottona few attitude tickets. just a educated guess though.
 
I'm mixed in my opinions on this...

Personally, i text during class, but if I got caught or was asked to stop, I would. There is no reason to openly defy the teacher.

However, I do believe it was quite excessive for the girl to be arrested over such a thing.
 
BinaryMan said:
Did you guys even look at the attached police record? it's obviously fake... it talks about the female juvenile listed on the report, but lists a white male with the name Thomas on the report.....
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Thomas Gregory Swittel is the name of the teacher who made the initial complaint.

Wauwatosa Now said:
Girl gets disorderly conduct ticket when she refuses to stop text messaging

By Stefanie Scott

Posted: Feb. 16, 2009

A Wauwatosa East High School student was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused to stop texting on her cell phone during class Wednesday.

According to a Wauwatosa Police Department report:

The 14-year-old girl had been texting on her phone. The teacher tried to take away the phone but the girl would not hand it over.

A school resource officer was called in, but the girl denied owning a cell phone or bringing one to school. A search showed she had hidden the phone in her pants, which the girl thought was funny.

She was arrested for disrupting class, not complying with the teacher's demands and lying to the officer. She was also suspended from school for a week.

The following two days, she was cited for trespassing, after she was found hiding out in the women's bathroom waiting for friends.
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Link.
 
Edit: *Probably the name of the teacher, looking at the date of birth and the fact that the police report lists his employer as the school*
 
computerpro3 said:
Ok, I just wouldn't sign the contract.

I texted my way through high school classes all the time. Hell, in calculus, I brought in my laptop, a chicken sandwich, and a bottle of pellegrino everyday and told the teacher not to bother handing me out any work. My teachers were idiots and the subject matter was often wrong or ancient. WTF else are you supposed to do to keep from dying of boredom. All you people saying school is there to learn obviously haven't been in school for a long time. The only thing I learned in school was that ignoring all institutionalized learning and teaching myself was the only way I was going to get an education.
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Wow. Just wow. About all I can about that. This is the future of our great nation?? :eek:
 
DeadlyAura said:
I'm mixed in my opinions on this...

Personally, i text during class, but if I got caught or was asked to stop, I would. There is no reason to openly defy the teacher.

However, I do believe it was quite excessive for the girl to be arrested over such a thing.
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While a arrest citation has the same legal meaning as a arrest and taken to jail she was NOT taken to jail she got a ticket and has to appear in court similar to a traffic citation.
 
Thats what happens when you take away negative consequences for bad behavior.
Why shouldn't she do what she wants? Who is going to do what about it?
 
The school should have handled this internally......must be more to the story.
 
ir0nw0lf said:
Wow. Just wow. About all I can about that. This is the future of our great nation?? :eek:
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not to defend my own generation ( iam 25) or the one behind me the Baby boomer generation has sat back and reaped massive benefits of this great nation while letting it go to hell under their watch.

just food for thought. I blame the Boomers for letting the generations to follow act the way they do. The world has become so hyper politically correct and whiny that it sickens me to think what it will be like for my daughter ( 3).

That said iam the first to agree that alot of my generation and the one that follows need some serious backhands.
 
This kid is obviously a bad egg. Said kid and parents should be removed from society. Wheres Wonka and his eggdicator when you need him?
 
They should stick her in solitary for a day, that might knock some sense into her.
 
computerpro3 said:
Ok, I just wouldn't sign the contract.

I texted my way through high school classes all the time. Hell, in calculus, I brought in my laptop, a chicken sandwich, and a bottle of pellegrino everyday and told the teacher not to bother handing me out any work. My teachers were idiots and the subject matter was often wrong or ancient. WTF else are you supposed to do to keep from dying of boredom. All you people saying school is there to learn obviously haven't been in school for a long time. The only thing I learned in school was that ignoring all institutionalized learning and teaching myself was the only way I was going to get an education.
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Cool!

So, how old are you and what do you do now for a living? I'd like to know...

If it's anything to do with your username, my guess is Help Desk or Level II Support and you're 23-27 making about $20-25k year.
 
DeadlyAura said:
I'm mixed in my opinions on this...

Personally, i text during class, but if I got caught or was asked to stop, I would. There is no reason to openly defy the teacher.

However, I do believe it was quite excessive for the girl to be arrested over such a thing.
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Unless its college and you are paying for it yourself, STOP WASTING MY TAX DOLLARS AND PAY ATTENTION!

But then.... I suppose SOMEONE has to flip the burgers I buy. Please make sure the cheese is centered though, I really hate when its only half on the patty and I have to reassemble the whole thing.
 
I see a lot of this crap on "The Principles Office" show, the kids have no respect and there parents blow up in front of them to the principle when there brat is suspended for bad behavior.

Just because you can breed and make babies doesn't make you a parent.
 
MacGyver467 said:
Cool!

So, how old are you and what do you do now for a living? I'd like to know...

If it's anything to do with your username, my guess is Help Desk or Level II Support and you're 23-27 making about $20-25k year.
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Wrong. Got into the #6 music school in the world for piano performance, going to be a concert pianist. My teacher gets $20,000 a performance and performs about 90 times a year, for reference. Plus university salary, tenure, and benefits, and CD sales.
 
Journal Sentinel Newspaper said:
"The arrest was more for her behavior than for the texting," Leone said. "All she had to do was put the phone away and that would have been that."

After the arrest, the student was suspended for a week.

She received citations Thursday and Friday for trespassing on campus, Leone said.
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So she gets a citation for her failure to obey the rules and is told not to come back to school until her suspension is up... only to get two more citations for trespassing?
 
Ibanezfoo said:
Unless its college and you are paying for it yourself, STOP WASTING MY TAX DOLLARS AND PAY ATTENTION!

But then.... I suppose SOMEONE has to flip the burgers I buy. Please make sure the cheese is centered though, I really hate when its only half on the patty and I have to reassemble the whole thing.
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Damn straight!, and try and keep the veges on it.
 
Arcygenical said:
Yeah. Texting in class is bad.

How is this disorderly conduct though? It's like they charged her with the closest fucking thing they could, even though it'll eventually get dropped - at the expense of the girl's family - in court (or outside of court).

What the fuck is wrong with police these days.
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What did the police do so wrong? I guess you must be heavy left winged as you are blaming everything other than the person who caused or started this.

Arcygenical said:
Right, she was a bitch. I didn't know that was illegal in AmeriKKKa.

So, let's charge her, for texting in class, the same way we'd charge a person, plastered out of their goddamned minds, in the middle of a street in broad daylight. Or the same way most prostitutes are charged. Howabout the same way they charge someone stealing under 1000$ worth of goods.

Yep, those are all on the same level as texting in a classroom.
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I don't know where you get the KKK from and if you are in any way shape or form insinuating that this is a hate crime or this is some sort of American under-workings of racism then I'm going to laugh in your face. We have a black president, so please knock off the lame attempt at trying to brand the US as KKK.

Also, you are wrong about being plastered, that would be disturbing the peace, public intoxication, public disturbance, ordinance violations, and perhaps even some other more serious violations.

You are also dead wrong about prostitution, there is a charge for that, soliciting to individuals for sex, and prostitution.

You are surely grabbing straws on the theft too, that would be called STEALING. :rolleyes:



I don't see them one the same level.



Let's see, you've successfully blamed this charge with the following accusations

KKK
America is KKK
Drinking in public
Prostitution
Theft

What next? Hitler? Nazi? or some out of the blue crime like animal abuse?
 
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seems appropriate
 
And FWIW, my approach in calculus wasn't how I acted in all my classes. Half the teachers wanted to have me expelled, and I was the other half's favorite student. In classes which I deemed had little value to me, I just ignored them and learned more valuable things in that time. In classes that I deemed did have value, I enrolled in the AP curriculum, did independent studies, and got straight A's in them. My high school transcript from junior year has two grades on it - A+'s and F's.

My point is, since when did the asswipes at the National Education Association suddenly become more qualified than you are when it comes to deciding on what your education should be comprised of?
 
computerpro3 said:
And FWIW, my approach in calculus wasn't how I acted in all my classes. Half the teachers wanted to have me expelled, and I was the other half's favorite student. In classes which I deemed had little value to me, I just ignored them and learned more valuable things in that time. In classes that I deemed did have value, I enrolled in the AP curriculum, did independent studies, and got straight A's in them. My high school transcript from junior year has two grades on it - A+'s and F's.

My point is, since when did the asswipes at the National Education Association suddenly become more qualified than you are when it comes to deciding on what your education should be comprised of?
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Since the people consented to their existence and since the states accepted their guidance as condition of federal funding.
 
Monkey God said:
Since the people consented to their existence and since the states accepted their guidance as condition of federal funding.
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Incorrect. That in no way makes them qualified to create an effective education. That simply makes them able to. Case in point, we elected our congressmen, but that certainly doesn't make them capable of creating responsible legislation.
 
This is really just another example of why the school system needs to be privatized. If the parents had to pay for their kids not to be burger flipping morons, perhaps they'd actually instill a little discipline in them.

Of course, since I neither have nor want children, I wouldn't have to waste my hard earned dollars supporting a failed education system and little pieces of crap people pop out that care more about texting than learning something. Then, because they continue to be morons I get to pay yet more of my hard earned dollars for their retarded asses to sit around on welfare.

Why can't all these people just be tossed in a wood chipper and used to fertilize the crops that feed the rest of us that actually contribute to society?
 
computerpro3 said:
Incorrect. That in no way makes them qualified to create an effective education. That simply makes them able to. Case in point, we elected our congressmen, but that certainly doesn't make them capable of creating responsible legislation.
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Youre splitting hairs. Whether they are qualified is irrelevant, they have the power to do so, and that is all that matters.
 
Ibanezfoo said:
This is really just another example of why the school system needs to be privatized. If the parents had to pay for their kids not to be burger flipping morons, perhaps they'd actually instill a little discipline in them.

Of course, since I neither have nor want children, I wouldn't have to waste my hard earned dollars supporting a failed education system and little pieces of crap people pop out that care more about texting than learning something. Then, because they continue to be morons I get to pay yet more of my hard earned dollars for their retarded asses to sit around on welfare.

Why can't all these people just be tossed in a wood chipper and used to fertilize the crops that feed the rest of us that actually contribute to society?
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If the parents don't discipline their kids, no private/public school is going to help short of bootcamp

I say bring back mr belt and the paddle and allow them in schools.
 
Ockie said:
If the parents don't discipline their kids, no private/public school is going to help short of bootcamp

I say bring back mr belt and the paddle and allow them in schools.
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As long as its not abused, I agree. I only got in trouble a couple times as a kid. A couple of paddlings by 3rd grade, (and an ass whipping when I got home to boot) and after that it was mostly smooth sailing.
 
Druneau said:
Don't cell phone blockers/scramblers exist?
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Yes they do. Problem is getting a permit to operate one is pretty much impossible if it's not tied directly to national security and if you get caught by the FCC using one illegally, you're in for a world of hurt. Then there is the original argument of why schools haven't been able to outright ban cel phones to begin with: "in case of emergency" use. Any argument anyone might make against phones in school can be quelled with a single word: Columbine. ("Virginia Tech" works equally well)

I have a friend who owns a handful of McDonald's restraints and he looked into getting a cel jammer for the drive-through. After doing some research, it didn't take him long to abandon the idea.
 
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