A couple years back when I was a sophomore a kid got kicked out of all sports and clubs for the whole school year because he got into trouble with the law. This was his second offense but it was during the summer, off of school grounds. To me this brings up the argument of whether the school had the right to do this. I personally believe the school had no right to interfere on the matter since it had absolutely nothing to do with school. I believe it as more of a family matter more than anything. Their punishment should be dealt by the law and the parents. Why does the school feel like they have to intervene? What good comes to the school for punishing one of their top athletes and club leader? From what I understand the kid was punished because of the schools handbook but in my opinion the handbook can not cover every single circumstance and there are special circumstances that the super attendant or school board have to personally decide on. One of the clubs he got kicked out of just so happen to give him a .25 worth of credit every semester. Should this exclude that one club? I feel it should since that goes towards his overall credit for high school. I know every school is different and each one has there own set of rules but the line has to be drawn somewhere. The school should not have to power to even further complicate someone’s life because of they did in the summer. Plus isn’t the whole purpose of school to brighten someone’s future rather than put it on hold?
This seems to be a really pertinent topic right now with the focus on cyber bullying. It seems like the schools are trying to decide how much responsibility to take for these actions that are happening outside of school.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic.