All I put on the myspace was the person's name, picture, and where this person went to school. I wrote that this person was a genius and was going to be a pharmacist in the future. I didn't write his home address on the page or anything to ruin his reputation.
2007-01-04 18:09:36 · 18 answers · asked by texanpride 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You are lucky that is all you received. You better hope there is not a civil trial where he sues you for posting his picture and school.
2007-01-04 18:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by davinm23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume this was a private school? Did you create the myspace account while at school? Even so, since when did policing the Internet fall under the jurisdiction of a school? You got a raw deal. If it was a public school and you did the deed at home talk to a lawyer about it. A lawyer may take the case for the "free" PR. You might get your sentence reversed...removed from your record...and even an apology from the school???? But if it is a private school, you are probably boned, they make their own rules. I am not trying to say what you did was right or wrong, I just don't think the school has any right to punish you for something you didn't do at school.
2007-01-04 18:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Ann Arkee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is a fair punishment. Using another's identity is a very poor choice. By putting the school's name in it, the school is able to suspend you. At some private schools, you likely would have been expelled.
Punishments at school generally are to help you learn from your poor choices and not do them again. The hope here is that you learn not to use someone else's identity in the future. Punishments become much much worse when you are done with school. Thank your principal for teaching you now so that you don't make the same mistake in the future.
2007-01-04 18:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you did this during school hours, then you probably shouldn't be doing anything like that. Being suspended was probably a little harsh, perhaps you've been in trouble already.
If you did this at home in your own time, then it really has nothing to do with your school and they should stay out of your business. Your parents should object to your suspension. But personally, what you did isn't really funny, and the other person has the right to object and you shouldn't do that again to anyone.
2007-01-04 18:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Kesta♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the appropriate thing, had I been that person, would have been to talk to you directly about it and try to resolve the issue without going to the authorities first. But that's just me. Perhaps your administrators wanted to send the message that, if you have a problem, you should always run straight to the authorities/bring a lawsuit/report it to the boss, instead of trying to come to an understanding with the other person.
My new year's resolution is to have a better sense of humor about things. I would recommend the same resolution for your school.
2007-01-04 18:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st. 7 days is a bit much.
2nd. Unless this directly involves school, there really is no connection to school other than maybe you constructed the site "using school property" or some such nonsense.
3rd. In all likelihood, you were disciplined by a minimally educated, overweight, underachieving female bureaucrat intent on leaving her mark on the world. Kind of like when dogs urinate to mark their territory. Just get on with your life. That you will find to be unfair, and the sooner you learn to accept the unfair nature of life itself, the sooner you will become a mature, adjusted adult, very much unlike the folks that saw fit to take you out of the one place you need to be most- school.
2007-01-04 18:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by sdemed2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you did this on school property or using school equipment, they probably have a right to complain. Schools are getting sensitive after so much violence, but sometimes they reach out beyond their borders when they are concerned. I don't think they have a right to interfere in matters outside their jurisdiction. Of course they can report possible threats to the authorities.
2007-01-04 18:14:26 · answer #7 · answered by doktordbel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, without any self-serving self-pity, how would you want someone who did the self same thing to you punished? They didn't ruin your reputation, but they took your likeness against your will and used it to broadcast false info to the world. What is an appropiate punishment in your own mind?
2007-01-04 18:27:37 · answer #8 · answered by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how is it the schools responsibility to suspend you? its like if i run a red light i get a detention. id rather take detention thatn a ticket, but it shouldnt be the schools job to suspend you. what did they say thier reason for suspension was? it seems like a waste of school money and time to give you a vacation, worse to actually browse myspace looking for bad students. someone has too much time and government funding on thier hands...
2007-01-04 18:13:00 · answer #9 · answered by Bob7k 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Looks like that someone didn't like what you did. Tough to say whether the punishment you got was fair or not - but was it fair on your part to setup a fake profile or account?
2007-01-04 18:12:57 · answer #10 · answered by pragyana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think that although what you did was legally, morally and ethically wrong, you shouldnt have been suspended (unless you had a history).
I think a little lecture about responsible and appropriate behavior should have been sufficient.
2007-01-04 18:14:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋