is this illegal?

Question

I was suspended more than two months ago for swearing at a teacher, and yet the kid who stabbed a girl in the ear, which caused her to be temporarily deaf in that ear for over a week, and needs surgury, is still in school and didn't get in trouble at all. Even though several witnesses say that he told the girl that he was going to stab her, he claims (and the vice principal believes) that it was an accident.

ok, I need to clear some things up... my original suspension was set for 10 days, then extended to 2 weeks because I couldn't make it to a meeting, then extended until about two weeks ago, I was supposed to go back to school, but they won't let me go back.
As for the other kid, he stabbed her with a pencil in school.

ok, more clarification, I do own up to my mistake, I would apologize if I could, right now I'm not allowed near him. As for me showing respect to him: I have, I showed far more respect than what he did, I held out as long as I could and I simply called him an @$$ hole, if you asked nearly everyone else that was within earshot, they would have agreed with me

Answer 1

Listen, forget about what others have done and gotten away with. Own up to your own culpability. YOU did something wrong by disrespecting someone older, and someone who is there to help make you a better citizen and human being: an EDUCATOR. Right, wrong or indifferent, YOU were wrong and that's all there is to it. You're lucky that we have such sissy-protection laws today... years ago, a teacher would have whupped yo' butt and you and your parents would have had nothing to complain about... you got it too easy.

Forget about other people getting away with something and forget about trying to compare the severity of your actions to weasle out of what YOU did wrong. Grow up. If you feel that you're being used as an example, too bad! YOU put yourself in that position, in the first place. YOU should have kept your mouth shut! Would you talk like that to another kid in the street if you were alone and he outweighed you by 40 pounds and was known to be a tough guy? I don't think so.

You really want to know how to make the best of your situation? Show you're becoming an adult, own up to your own fault and apologize and take your medicine... and learn to respect those older than you and those in position of authority! You want respect? LEARN to give it so that you can expect it! Teachers have more things to do than put up rudeness.

I've had one teacher yell at me when I was a kid (and teachers used to hit kids with yard sticks, rulers and sometimes even slap kids back in the 50s) only to have to apologize to me in front of the other kids and the Principal... but I never answered by and I never, ever dared curse her out (out of RESPECT). I was respected by my peers and teachers, because I had enough respect not to argue but to wait until I was able to speak and I calmly explained my side of the story (which others confirmed).

If you learned to respond without disrespecting adults, without being rude and without resorting to foul language... you'd find that people would have a lot more respect and consideration for you, too. Yeah, it doesn't mean anything to you now but wait until you're older, and see how you like some snot-kid disrespecting you! How would you react if that teacher's kid or nephew was there and decided to "speak" with you on a more personal level for disrespecting his mom/dad or aunt/uncle?

EDITED: YOU are wrong by even getting angry! You have NO right disrespecting a teacher than any other kid has of disrespecting any of your parents. YOUR FRIENDS are sure to agree with you. IF the teacher was wrong and you were wrong... you take the greater share of blame for disrespecting someone OLDER, period. YOU should have learned how to speak with adults from your parents... THAT is the point you REFUSE to understand; YOU made your parents look bad in their absence by being rude and disrespectful... THAT is the point you do not yet understand. How about if you just RESPECT the teacher if for only because they're OLDER than you?

If you had kept your mouth shut and waited a while, then approached the teacher, you'd still be in school. The teacher has more things to do than put up with one kid's nonsense, or rudeness from a few students everyday! You'll discover this when you're older, I promise.

Be the better person, wait until your back to school and apologize to the teacher even if the teacher was wrong in your opinion; learn to "lose" in order to win!

Do you speak like that to your parents? HOW much respect would the other kids show that same teacher if YOU were allowed to get away with disrespecting him/her? HEY, put yourself in that teacher's position for a few moments before you even consider responding. Learn to "lose" in order to win.

Answer 2

You know, schools get too carried away nowadays when it comes to discipline. While it was certainly disrespectful of you to swear at your teacher, I think being made to go to detention or being suspended from a day or two of school should have been more than enough punishment for that. The kid who stabbed the girl in the ear, whether or not it was an accident, should have been suspended for a long time because he caused physical harm to another student which caused her to be temporarily deaf and she now needs surgery. I would definately talk to your parents about this. I am a parent of an 8-year-old and a 17-year-old. I know from my own personal experience that when a parent complains to the school about the way their kid was disciplined, they are obligated to try to resolve the situation in a manner that is fair to all. If they fail to do that, then you can complain to the school district. I had to go to the school district when going to the school did no good, and I can tell you that it worked for me. If that fails, then I would suggest either you or your parents writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and tell them exactly what you said here. No school wants negative publicity against them, and they may be forced to re-evaluate the way they punished you. Your punishment was unfair.

Answer 3

No. If you broke the "law" any other actions of a "badder" person are irrelevant.

Too bad the other kid is still in school, but that has no bearing on your suspension. You were suspended for swearing at a teacher - and the penalty for that has been served.

Sorry.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

If you feel you have been prejudiced, you need to give more information...if you are a minority, and the other person wasn't, or if YOU are supposedly NOT a minority, and the minority got away with it, you might have some kind of legal grounds to sue..if that is what you are getting at. However, you need to prove damages,...in what way have you been damaged, financially? Unless you are very wealthy, it is a waste of time and money, because you probably didn't lose any thing of monetary value.

Answer 6

There are two sides to most storys. Before I made a judgment I would like to hear the schools

Answer 7

So here's the lesson; life isn't fair. Get used to it.

The school can do what it wants within reason, and their actions here are reasonable.

And learn to argue a position without swearing. Using bad language just makes you look stupid and ignorant.

Answer 8

No, your are being made into an escape-goat as an example for others on how to behave in Class. It is not fair at all.

Answer 9

How can you accidently stab someone in the ear?!?!?!?!?

You need to plead your case to the school board.

Answer 10

Unless the girl and her family goes to the police dept and presses charges there is nothing you can do.