My friend got caught texting in class and when she got her phone taken away the principal looked through all her text messages and her pictures. Why does the school have a right to do that? I mean if they had a tip that she was doing something worng and her parents agreed the school could look through her phone and I wouldn't be asking this, but they didnt. Why doesn't the consitution apply in school to students. It doesn't make any sense at all. When me and my friend asked a teacher about it he said the school can look through your purse if they wanted to. I know she shouldnt have had her phone out in the first place, but comeon. ITS AN INVASION OF PRAICY!! So why are schools aloud to do this?
2007-12-09 10:08:25 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because students have been caught engaging in activities they should not. Using cell phones to cheat is not uncommon. Also, cell phones with cameras are often used to invade other people's privacy.
Minors do NOT have the same Constitutional rights as adults. This is especially true in a public institution such as school.
It may be an invasion of privacy, but it is completely legal and proper in a school environment.
2007-12-09 10:16:51 · answer #1 · answered by AlexAtlanta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-21 09:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
woh! she can sue the school for invasion of privacy! we have constitutional rights, and your school just overlooked one! unless the principal had probable cause (such as priors, possible cheating, etc.) and there was a member of the law enforcement present, or if he had a search warrant, what the guy did is illegal and punishable by the law . no matter if the kid is a minor. also, what the principal did is also slightly freaky, because he looked into a females cell phone. uhhh...do i need to clarify any further...?
if she got into trouble for what was on the phone, her parents should go to the school board and confront them on the problem, making it known that unless the principal apologizes and their daughter is not punished, they will be contacted by an attorney.
but your friend should not have been texting. the school could use this as an excuse.
2007-12-09 10:19:53 · answer #3 · answered by hannamoor 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
because when you go to the school, you sign a paper that basically states that the school has the right to go through your stuff (my school has one of these). and you're right. she shouldn't have been texting in the first place.
2007-12-09 10:14:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um...they don't. Anytime a teacher asks me for my phone, I never give it. I don't care if they write me up. They didn't pay for it, and it's really creepy for a principal to be looking through a chicks phone. I would be super pissed.
2007-12-09 10:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i completely agree with you, though im not sure that they even had the right to look at everything on her phone.
2007-12-09 10:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by Brookeinspace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately is invasion of privacy! I didn't know that at all. sry
2007-12-09 10:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by allison e 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is not right because ur phone is like ur own private world.
2007-12-09 10:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by *Alyssa* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk really
they shouldn't be allowed
people at my school get phones and mp3 players taken away
and at the end of the day get them back and find out that they've been used.
the vps are just nosy .
2007-12-09 10:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by miiia.xo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't have the right, but they do it anyway. It's a messed up world, honey.
2007-12-09 10:11:23 · answer #10 · answered by Annie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋