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12 yr. old Arrested for Drawing on Desk
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| Hypatia |
Posted on 02/06/2010 02:56
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I know there's a lot of vandalism in schools these days, but sheesh, I thought the days of arresting young kids to 'teach them a lesson' were long ago.
Teaching kids to respect other people's property is necessary, and maybe even having parents pay to repair or replace what a student damages (when they know who did it), but I think arresting a kid for drawing on her school desk is taking it a little far.
http://www.huffin...50859.html
NEW YORK — A New York City junior high student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker.
Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez scribbled "Lex was here 2/1/10" on her desk Monday at Junior High School 190 in Queens. She also wrote "I love my friends Abby and Faith." The girl says the doodles could have been erased.
Moraima Camacho says her daughter was released several hours after she was taken in handcuffs to a police station.
Education department spokesman David Cantor said the incident shouldn't have happened, and that common sense should prevail.
Last month, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit alleging more than 20 instances of wrongful arrests and assaults by school safety officers.
Gonzalez has been assigned eight hours of community service, a book report and an essay on what she's learned from the experience.
Judging by what this kid wrote it doesn't seem like she was trying to be malicious, but more just not using her head.
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| catman |
Posted on 02/06/2010 08:38
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I'll bet she didn't learn to respect authority. How absurd.
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| Cynic |
Posted on 02/06/2010 17:15
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Sounds like one of those "scared straight" attempts. I'm OK with this, really. I doubt anyone was really taking this all that seriously.
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| Hypatia |
Posted on 02/06/2010 19:51
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No, it's not like it was any kind of corporal punishment kind of thing.
I do believe in trying to teach kids respect - for people and things - and making them take responsibility for their actions when they've done wrong.
It's also part of letting them know that adults aren't perfect either, that we all make mistakes, intentionally or not, and that adults also have to take responsibility for what they do.
At least it works out that way some of the time (that we take, or are made to take, responsibility).
Edited by Hypatia on 02/06/2010 19:52
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| catman |
Posted on 02/06/2010 21:26
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I'm not OK with it. I think it was a total overreaction which will have the effect of causing the 12-year-old to consider authority as something to despise.
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| BartholomewRoberts |
Posted on 02/07/2010 01:34
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Tomorrow is my birthday.
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| Cynic |
Posted on 02/07/2010 01:44
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How old will you be?
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| BartholomewRoberts |
Posted on 02/07/2010 02:48
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30
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| Cynic |
Posted on 02/07/2010 03:28
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30's a good age. It all falls apart after that, I'm afraid -- slowly, inexorably. But 30 seems like an almost optimal age, in general. Not too old, not too young. Enjoy!
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| Sinny |
Posted on 02/07/2010 19:46
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Happy Belated Birthday Bart. Wish I were still 30.
Cynic for me it was my forties when it started going down hill. I noticed aches and pains I never had before. I'm not dead yet so I won't stop acting like I'm still 30 most of the time.
I agree with Catman they did way over react here. Having her removed in hand cuffs, humioliated like that in front of the entire School was uncalled for and absoltuely over reacting. She could be made an outcast by most of her peers after having that done to her in front of them. Wouldn't it make sense to have her clean the desk and if it can't be cleaned then have her stay after School and write up a report as to why she should respect property of others even when paid for by her parents taxes. Why not find a place to fit in the teaching of why it is important for people as individuals as well as a society to respecting and obeying the law . When children aren't taught to pay restitution and merely given detention they don't learn why it's important not to do what they did that got them in trouble in the first place. nSeems to me if the children were taught this more extensively when young they wouldn't later on need a god for guidance, conscience and sensible common sense right from wrong thinking.
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| Doubting Thomas |
Posted on 02/08/2010 22:49
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I think arresting the girl is more than a little absurd, especially if the marker will wash off. A better reaction would have been to make her clean the marker off the desk and then give her an essay to write if she needs busy work.
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| Cynic |
Posted on 02/09/2010 00:20
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I think I'll go ahead and retract my approval. The initial article did not mention certain details that I find objectionable.
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