okay...so high school. i photoshopped some pictures of a few people [most of friends] nothing sexual nothing drug related... just made people look "larger" you could say "obese". but they weren't even meant to be seen by anyone but a few buddies of mine, and these pictures got out. [paper copies on school grounds] but... SO WHAT, right?
well someone told me theyre going to "turn me in" for it.
i didnt think much of it then... but, you know, i really dont need to get in any $hit for something like this. i mean...what if they were of a celebrity? and not a student? where's the line between school-rules and rights infringement??
thanksss
2007-10-01 06:55:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think you are going to be sorely disappointed. The laws are really really really backing schools now when they come down hard on bullying behaviors. What you did can be interpreted as bullying because you offended someone. It is best to steer clear of making fun of people.
Here is what happened to my son. We live in rural Missouri and my son hunts and fishes all the time. He was at friends house doing homework. He came back home and got his new knife that his Uncle gave him, to show to his friend (thanks Uncle Dave... sighhh)....
When he gathered up his homework to come home ... he just shoved the knife in the zip up part of his bookbag. (my son is very absent minded but doesnt have a mean bone in his body)
Next day, on the way home from school, he went to get out a pencil to give to someone on the bus.... and someone spotted the knife.
The school wanted to expel him. I talked them into a 10 day suspension and let him get his homework so that my straight A honoroll student wouldn't have this black mark and bad grades over such a stupid mistake.
Probably they will suspend you for the pictures. I know it is excessive but they just dont play around with this stuff after Columbine. In their eyes, these little things get out of hand very quickly and can lead to school violence. So, they come down hard and fast on anyone who dares to break their rules. It sucks.
Try to apologize to this girl/guy that got offended. Buy them something nice, and convince them that it was all just some harmless fun. You DO NOT want this to go to the principle... at that point they have no choice but to react.
***DESTROY THE PICTURES... ANY COPY OF THE PICTURES... AND GET THEM OFF OF THAT COMPUTER!
2007-10-01 07:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by pink 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to tell with schools these days. Some relative minor things are taken way too seriously.
And there are a lot of factors which could affect the school's reaction: Were the pics ones YOU took, or that were given to you? Were they pics taken from the web? Did you take them candidly? Did the subject(s) know you were taking them?
And then there is the attitude of your actions in distributing them: Did you do it maliciously -- to degrade or annoy someone? Did you only target one subject, or were there many --- many would indicate it was more of a global sort of prank rather than picking on one individual.
These kinds of questions will (or should) be going through the school officials' heads when determining if any punishment (and how severe) should be delivered.
And publicity regarding celebrities is a totally different issue than that of a general citizen. And the issue of infringement is not pertinent here.
At this point, I would not worry about the matter. If you are called to answer for it later, you should be plain, honest and frank about it though.
2007-10-01 07:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought it was funny did ya?
If those pictures were of people who did not give you their consent to alter their images and you did for the purpose of mocking them or humiliating them - even in private to your lame little buddies - then this is a form of bullying.
What you and the doofus gang failed to take into consideration is that freedom does not allow you to hurt the feelings of others. You had no right to make things that would hurt other people even for your own amusement. It was pathetic and childish, and your school can enact a punishment if those pictures made it on to school property and caused distress to another student.
That's the difference between using a classmates photo and a celebrities photo - a celeb is not going to know you made fun of them (which is still not right) but a classmate can (and DID) find out you made fun of them.......you attacked a living breathing human being and caused them distress because you don't have the common sense and decency to act like a decent human being.
Bet Mommy and Daddy are so proud - their son is the class ***.
2007-10-01 07:12:09 · answer #3 · answered by Susie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody knows that IPL is a center of match fixing and corruption. So there should not be any shock by latest spot fixing scandal and Sreesanth or two other cricketers are not isolated case. What will you say about a big no ball by RP Singh or three catches dropped by Pollord in a row. Why, even in yesterday's match between Rajasthan and Hyderabad, players of Rajasthan did not go for run out appeal in a clear run out. IPL is all about vulgar money. We audience have our daily fix of cricket-entertainment. Not only there is spot fixing but also matches are scripted and it is pre decided which teams are going to play off round and which team is going to win the trophy.
2016-05-18 01:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by alexandra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has nothing to do with in loco parentis. Sometimes, I think that poster puts up nonsensical drivel to see how much gibberish he can inflict on the Yahoo community.
Using school property to cast other students in a false light is a subject that the school can regulate, and for which an appropriate punishment may be imposed.
Act responsibly and responsibility will be given unto you. Act childishly and the prerogatives of maturity will be withheld from you. Your choice, your life.
2007-10-01 08:30:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In loco parentis
Latin for "in place of a parent." A person or institution that assumes parental rights and duties for a minor.
The school officials are responsible for not only your safe being but for the other students, including the obese children that you made such fun of by making such pictures in the first place. Look at it in a parents/officials way of thinking, with the pictures you made, you are sending a message out that you are making fun of obese students.
2007-10-01 07:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you were esentially making fun of people. That's not cool. Bullying behavior is not acceptable by most schools. Your school has the right to make that decision for you.
2007-10-01 07:00:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the images were "harmless", as you suggest, you should admit responsibility for your actions and apologize to those publicly ridiculed by your images.
There are often unintended consequences, but copyright infringement is unlikely one of them.
2007-10-01 07:06:40 · answer #8 · answered by Philip B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smoooooooooth
just explain to them that you were just having some fun, now makeing fun of them, and then in a couple days people will forget all about it
2007-10-01 15:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by ~LaurenRose~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What school rules would you have broken?
2007-10-01 07:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by Michael C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋