Student arrested for assaulting teacher over cell phone

[JayBrown80]

Originally Posted by oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots

Egads! I just want to be very clear that I do not condone the behavior of the student and I would, and do, support consequences for such behavior.

However, I still would not go with felony.

And I'm also of the belief a person can rear their child in what they consider the best possible way and that child will, and often does, exhibit behavior contrary to what they "learned".


The speeding car and guns are in the other thread TW...

I wish very much that we could follow up with this story and find out what actually happened. I doubt very much that the student was actually found guilty of felony assault. There is a HUGE difference between what you are charged with and what they eventually get you for. It is not uncommon for a police officer to charge you with the highest level of crime possible because they know that if the crime ever makes it to the DA it will be reduced down. Hence a felony charge becomes a simple Class C Misdemeanor. They might have even have charged him with a felony because they wanted to scare him into realizing how serious his actions were.

And I agree, a parent could be absolutely perfect and still have a terrible child. This is obvious if you look at a pair of siblings and one child is great and the other is a thug. But do you agree that a sense of entitlement begins at home?

My main beef is not with the people like you who say "That kid was wrong, but everyone is overreacting." My beef is with the people that say "All children have the right to do whatever they want in a classroom, and if the teacher tries to stop it, the student has a right to beat the hell out of the nosy teacher." Which is frankly what some people are advocating.

[TexasHorseLady]

From the original article:

"The school has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to cell phone use in class and a teacher can confiscate a cell phone at anytime if they suspect a student is using it during class time."

The school had a policy, the student deliberately violated it, the teacher acted in accordance with school policy in confiscating the cell phone, and the student SERIOUSLY overreacted.

Felony? Probably not, but I understand the reasoning of the greater charge because it will be negotiated down by the DA, and to perhaps shock the student into realizing the seriousness of his actions before he DOES commit a felony.

But "borderline theft"? Now, really, that's absurd.