Kids suspended for FaceBook posts

[abdmom]

I don't usually correct people, but I've seen several posters make the same error and it can be construed as kind of rude to be incorrect in this type of instance. The correct adjective for someone from Somalia is Somali.

 

[Mermaid02]

I don't usually correct people, but I've seen several posters make the same error and it can be construed as kind of rude to be incorrect in this type of instance. The correct adjective for someone from Somalia is Somali.

Learn something new every day!

 

[Mermaid02]

This is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beussink_v._Woodland_R-IV_School_District

 

[DawnCt1]

A little girl in Massachusetts just commited suicide over things that other kids were posting about her on their facebook page. If the school had taken action, she might still be alive. I bet her parents would have an opinion on this. It is just another form of bullying.

That town isn't very far from us, so we have been hearing news accounts since the story broke. When does so called "trash talk" cross the line and become the kind of bullying that this child endured? Parents SHOULD be the ones to deal with it, but unfortunately, I have seen adults bully as much as children. If you think that isn't so, look no farther than the internet's message boards. The schools have a duty to protect their students when social networks spill over into the schools, and they always do.

 

[pumba]

and the city does not have a large ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION problem.....they are here legally and they are becoming citizens.....You may have a few here and there that may not be legal but most of the citizens of the area are LEGAL
One of the students from our area, had sand thrown in his face at a track meet last year....

 

[C.Ann]

Here is the rub, not allowing the school to discipline based on FB material puts bullied/threatened students in a bad position.

It is a double edged sword here.

The reality of internet sites is that your employer and others (schools, organizations, scholarships, etc) will look you up and base decisions on your employment/volunteering or jail if it is a legal issue.

I am not saying what they did was the correct in this situation. However the school policy has blanket language of school conduct which would include FB.

Adults and children alike need to realize that people can access FB - in many, many different ways - and whatever shows up there can carry long term ramifications..

I cringe every time I hear about the "bullying" that takes place on FB.. The last thing we need is yet another way of mentally and emotionally abusing classmates; co-workers; friends; and/or family members..

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Adults and children alike need to realize that people can access FB - in many, many different ways - and whatever shows up there can carry long term ramifications..

I cringe every time I hear about the "bullying" that takes place on FB.. The last thing we need is yet another way of mentally and emotionally abusing classmates; co-workers; friends; and/or family members..

You mean like the stuff that we read here on the Dis every day?

 

[C.Ann]

You mean like the stuff that we read here on the Dis every day?

LOL..

On a more serious note.. The difference on the DIS is most posters here have "user names" - not their actual names - most aren't neighbors, friends, and/or relatives that are living in the same town - and although I've never ventured over to the "teen" board, here on the CB, I don't see "kids" being abused and pushed to the brink of suicide..

I know you were only joking around, but I've heard some really sad/frightening stories as a result of things posted on FB..

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

...I know you were only joking around, but I've heard some really sad/frightening stories as a result of things posted on FB..

I agree, which is why we don't allow our boys to use FB...

 

[golfgal]

LOL..

On a more serious note.. The difference on the DIS is most posters here have "user names" - not their actual names - most aren't neighbors, friends, and/or relatives that are living in the same town - and although I've never ventured over to the "teen" board, here on the CB, I don't see "kids" being abused and pushed to the brink of suicide..

I know you were only joking around, but I've heard some really sad/frightening stories as a result of things posted on FB..

Like everything though, one or two bad stories and all of the sudden EVERYTHING becomes bad about it. Our kids have been using Facebook for several years and have NEVER had a problem with bullies, fighting or even people saying bad things on there. I have their passwords and I check their sites frequently and have NEVER seen anything inappropriate. If the kids are saying mean things on Facebook they are mean in person too.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

We are just at the dawn of the age of cyberbullying. We don't have laws about it *yet*. The water is murky because of issues like Freedom of Speech and such. But we will be seeing LOTS more about it as times move forward.

Kids (and adults) need to understand how much their written words can hurt and that this stuff is out there forever.

Bullying has become increasingly common in schools throughout the United States.

The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center estimated that nearly 30 percent of American youth are either a bully or a target of bullying.

In addition, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, in a new review of studies from 13 countries, found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide.

"The incidence of bullying is getting more and more frequent and takes lots of forms," said Herbert Nieberg, associate professor of criminal justice at Mitchell College in Connecticut and a psychologist who specializes in adolescents.

And when the bullying moves to the Internet, the trauma to the victim is "astronomically" escalated, according to Nieberg.

"In the old days kids would threaten to beat someone up, but now it's gone into the cyberworld," he told ABCNews.com. "Kids go on to Facebook because they get a wider audience than in the hallway."

Cyberbullying also appeals to the crowd instinct, according to Nieberg. "Everybody likes to watch the action. Why do three girls on Long Island beat up another young woman and put it on YouTube? They vicariously enjoy identifying with the aggressor."

some advocates say Massachusetts, a typically progressive state, falls behind 37 other states that have taken action on school bullying. Several bills before the state legislature address school bullying.

House Bill 483, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of New England, would require schools to have anti-bullying training and procedures in place. It would also require districts to produce an annual report citing incidents for the state legislature and the department of primary and secondary education

"We take no comfort or false security that we grew up with bullying and what's the big deal, we survived," said Derrek Shulman, regional director of the ADL.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cyber-...-teen-irish-immigrant/story?id=9660938&page=2

 

[Mermaid02]

Interesting that the kids from the other school were also name calling- I would be interested to see what happened to them. I guarantee none will be barred from the state championship game......

 

[TheZue]

Like everything though, one or two bad stories and all of the sudden EVERYTHING becomes bad about it. Our kids have been using Facebook for several years and have NEVER had a problem with bullies, fighting or even people saying bad things on there. I have their passwords and I check their sites frequently and have NEVER seen anything inappropriate. If the kids are saying mean things on Facebook they are mean in person too.

Getting the password is smart. Just being their friend isn't enough because you can post things that only some of your friends can see (which I think is a great feature) so your child could be posting things to their friends and not to you.