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Mar. 17th, 2008 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksAs a contrast to my last post related to schools and discipline, This incredibly
short article mentions a 15-year old girl who stopped a bus after the driver
hit her head dsurring a turn and was "rewarded" with detention. The
headline's a little misleading though: the girl wasn't supposed to be on the
bus, and had asked for a ride because she was "feeling sick." (Presumably
it was a bus for kindergarten-aged kids, who would be leaving the school
earlier.) Now, stopping the bus with no injuries (other than, obviously,
the driver) is a very good thing. But if she wasn't really sick and/or
hadn't been excused for being sick, then yeah, she was cutting class and
"shouldn't" have been there. So, the detention isn't unreasonable
(though it could be argued that, under the circumstances she could maybe be
forgiven her indiscression) and that's the distinction I'd like to draw
here.
short article mentions a 15-year old girl who stopped a bus after the driver
hit her head dsurring a turn and was "rewarded" with detention. The
headline's a little misleading though: the girl wasn't supposed to be on the
bus, and had asked for a ride because she was "feeling sick." (Presumably
it was a bus for kindergarten-aged kids, who would be leaving the school
earlier.) Now, stopping the bus with no injuries (other than, obviously,
the driver) is a very good thing. But if she wasn't really sick and/or
hadn't been excused for being sick, then yeah, she was cutting class and
"shouldn't" have been there. So, the detention isn't unreasonable
(though it could be argued that, under the circumstances she could maybe be
forgiven her indiscression) and that's the distinction I'd like to draw
here.
