PLEASE ANSWER ! about schools & diciplinary action on facebook. need help !?
this is kind of a dramatic story but i need some insight. my friend "sarah" had been getting harassed by a girl named "kate" &when i say harassed i mean typical high school crap. snickering when she walks, by whispering when she passes them, ect. so the other day "sarah" got an i.s.s.(in school suspension) because she had enough of "kate" & her friends so "sarah" went up&asked why they were just whispering about her when she walked by. they totally denied it. even though they really did. &"sarah" was telling the she's had enough&accidentally let the f-bomb slip out. little did she know a teacher was behind her. the teacher asked why she was yelling at them. "sarah" told her the were making fun of her &again the girls denied it. so the teacher gave "sarah" an i.s.s. for cursing. that night in facebook "sarah" made a mean group about "kate" i saw this group in my news feed& wrote on "sarahs" walll. "did you make that page about 'kate' ?" she told me she did&told me that "kate" made her get an i.s.s. because she cursed at "kate". i thought she meant "kate" told on her. (btw "sarah" is one of my friends) so i said "WOW. what a ***** ! shes so pathetic. i can;t believe she tattled on you. what is she 5 ?!?!" & to which "sarah" replied "no there was a teacher behind me. she told the teacher she didnt do anything so i got in trouble" &i said "ooohhh. well its stall really pathetic that she didnt own up to it. why is there so much drama ? UGH" &went to bed for the night. the next day at school i was called down to the principals office. she told me that one of "kates" friends printed out&brought in me&"sarahs" convo. &she ended up calling my parents&writing me up. also she told me i am to have no communication with "kate" (even though ive never talked to her in my life !) face to face or on the internet AND i wasnt allowd to even TALK about "kate" at school or anywhere else. i find this TOTALLY out of line&unfair. not only was i on the computer. never saying ANYTHING to "kate" &what i said was never discussed in school or anything. she has no right what to tell me about what i an or cant say on my own time&when im at home. not even on school grounds.AND she told me i cant talk about her OUTSIDE of school. thats a violation of my freedom of speech! but back to the point. she had NO RIGHT to discipline me for things that had nothing to do with school (at least the part i participated in). its now on my permanant record marked as "inappropriate behavior" and could hurt my chances of getting into college in the future. so basically do oyu think its fair i was disciplined about something that happened on facebook&i did nothing wrong in school. (btw. i never threatened her or anything at all. im being punised for EXACTLY what was typed previously. nothing more.)
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No. I would have my parents to talk to the principal and the superintendant. I would also have a lawyer to talk to the principle if push comes to shove. You do have freedom of speech, as long as you didn't do it in school you should be ok. I would have a conference with parents/lawyer if I were you. Mean while lay low and don't say anything to her.
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