Ishmookie Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 A 12 YEAR OLD WHO BRAUGHT THE ISSUE TO A WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL WAS SUSPENDED FOR THREE DAYS. WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 I understand why a punishment was doled out (and it should be - and yes, I know I will get flamed for that, but so be it), but there has to be something better than barring him from classes for a period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 With the lawsuit happy parents around, I could just hear a lawyer getting ready to file a sexual harassment lawsuit for tramatizing a 13 year old girl. This doesn't surprise me at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochpuppy Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yeah, let's suspend a young kids education for bringing a sports magazine to school. Can anyone say OVERREACT!!!!! If anything take it away from him and give back to him after school and/or let him serve a detention. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yeah, let's suspend a young kids education for bringing a sports magazine to school. Can anyone say OVERREACT!!!!! If anything take it away from him and give back to him after school and/or let him serve a detention. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! :headshake OK I would say that this was an overraction and all, but do you seriously call the swimsuit issue a sports magazine? All it is, is a maxim in disguise. No where in there is there any talk of sports. Just chicks in bikinis or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochpuppy Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 OK I would say that this was an overraction and all, but do you seriously call the swimsuit issue a sports magazine? All it is, is a maxim in disguise. No where in there is there any talk of sports. Just chicks in bikinis or less. If it still says Sports Illustraded on the title it's still a sports publication. It's only one issue of what? 56? 58? Maxim is the same thing every issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 How much you wanna bet the teacher/teacher's husband has it at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 How much you wanna bet the teacher/teacher's husband has it at home? I should think there is a difference between an adult having that at home and a 6th grader having it at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernuke Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 The punishment was probably a little much but the I would have to say the swimsuit edition is not really appropriate for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Good Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Dam that magazine is not even nudity this is ridiclous, in NY we are allowed to see that stuff, guess VA is different then us in NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniBob72 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Does every infraction need to be handled with a suspension? Is there a school policy against women in swimsuits? Take the magazine away and tell him to put in his bag and bring it home. It isn't pornography. Anybody could go into a bookstore and buy one. There is no age minimum. Another example of a school board lacking any resemblance of common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieHarris2 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 i think a suspension is a defininte over reaction but he should be punished for it by way of detention or something because i think the teachers probably though that the magazine may be inappropiate for 6th graders so i think that might be why he was punished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Haha...that one's in the stack of magazines at my town's middle school along with every other SI.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 This is ridiculous. As if looking at pictures of women in swimsuits are going to corrupt the youth of this country. Sorry, there is nothing at all wrong with this and punishment on any level is unwarranted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I know a lot of kids who had them in sixth grade. They were bragging so much....I was jealous for a few days, but got over it. (I only subscribed to ESPN the Mag, not SI) I agree that a suspension is way too much. At our school, we had an end of the year party for sixth grade at a waterpark! Girls were in bikinis! It was so fun. We weren't suspended for seeing bikinis live and in person, but this kid is suspended for having a magazine. Wow, Virginia needs to lighten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I brought the SI swimsuit issue to school and was looking at it during school (a free period, not class) and I was only told to put it away. I don't see what's wrong with it. And a suspension is stupid. The parents need to sue the school so they can get their heads out of their asses. They don't need money, just due process so the kid doesn't get suspended (which unfortunately he probably already did). They can at least let him do the missing assignments that are going to hurt his grades big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Geeze, maybe I should be careful when I read my maxim at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Jas, can you jump on AIM quick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Jas, can you jump on AIM quick? Ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 this is what happens when we stop using common sense and legislating everything. Teachers have had their responsibilities taken away and replaced by this. It is soft porn, not a sports magazine. BTW, cool I get to log in from psy course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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