San Francisco Chronicle
January 29, 2010
By Bob Egelko
SACRAMENTO COUNTY – A high school sophomore suspended for calling his teacher a “fat ass” on Facebook had the infraction erased from his record after his principal conceded that the posting was not disruptive to the school environment. The American Civil Liberties Union had argued that the boy’s speech was protected under the First Amendment as it did not create “a material and substantial disruption” at school. -db
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I believe that the student shouldn’t have posted anything about the teacher in the first place. Second, I think he should have gotten introuble, because either way he’s disrespecting his teacher even if it wasn’t face to face. Last, people shouldn’t be abusing the fact that they have freedom of speech just because they’re angry.
the school did the write thing because he is insulting a teacher the kid has to know that there is consequences for he\’s action. people should not trust the internet because you don\’t know what could happen with the words you say.
that’s crazy that a student gets in trouble for calling his teacher something that’s wasn’t called for it was his fault but then again shouldn’t have call his teacher something that would get him in trouble
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