For that matter, I think we've all been privy to posting something taken the wrong way, and suffering fallout from others who misconstrued our intent.
Oh, absolutely! Additionally, posting also allows the "out" of "oh, no, i didn't mean to upset you" even if you damn well did because it's always possible to make a case that someone miscontrued something when they didn't. So it's all around a dangerous ground.
And, as i said, i think the punishment is preposterous all around but I can appreciate how schools are screwed "in this day and age" (old lady that I am) because it was one thing when it was a group of Mean Girls whispering and giggling in the back of a classroom compared to a 'for all the world to see' online LOL about it now. So I can understand that the crackdown has to start off total and then ease off instead of the other way around, as far as the enforced definition of "bullying" goes. Because the genie is out of the bottle and girls are going to be tweeting "can you believe she wore that dress? #omgsougly" from prom forevermore!
is being chosen as "starting it all" .
Well, yeah, and it did. And my personal opinion is that it was on purpose since he posted "let the flood of subtweets start!" right afterwards (just scrolled through his tweets)*. So, he did what people do online when that urge hits and that's start shit because he was in the mood to start shit. I'm not buying any after the fact "oh, i didn't know i was starting shit". He started shit. And in my world, THAT'S OKAY but there are nonetheless consequences to it.
*and, interestingly, when the subtweets did start, someone quoted him/that original tweet and said "oooh what a class president we have" and he responded with "I'm not class president anymore". And that was on the original day, in the original tweets, before any suspension or anything so what's up with that? and another kid said he was on both teams so to watch his mouth and Teague responded with "Chris, you have rings in both sports. Ain't talking bout you." So, he had an audience in mind specifically when he posted.
ANYWAY, all this long thing to say the kid isn't some misunderstood choir boy, he knew what he was doing when he did it (the "hah this is fun!" to the replying tweets nails that), and there it is. But I don't think he should get suspended for it!
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Oh, absolutely! Additionally, posting also allows the "out" of "oh, no, i didn't mean to upset you" even if you damn well did because it's always possible to make a case that someone miscontrued something when they didn't. So it's all around a dangerous ground.
And, as i said, i think the punishment is preposterous all around but I can appreciate how schools are screwed "in this day and age" (old lady that I am) because it was one thing when it was a group of Mean Girls whispering and giggling in the back of a classroom compared to a 'for all the world to see' online LOL about it now. So I can understand that the crackdown has to start off total and then ease off instead of the other way around, as far as the enforced definition of "bullying" goes. Because the genie is out of the bottle and girls are going to be tweeting "can you believe she wore that dress? #omgsougly" from prom forevermore!
is being chosen as "starting it all" .
Well, yeah, and it did. And my personal opinion is that it was on purpose since he posted "let the flood of subtweets start!" right afterwards (just scrolled through his tweets)*. So, he did what people do online when that urge hits and that's start shit because he was in the mood to start shit. I'm not buying any after the fact "oh, i didn't know i was starting shit". He started shit. And in my world, THAT'S OKAY but there are nonetheless consequences to it.
*and, interestingly, when the subtweets did start, someone quoted him/that original tweet and said "oooh what a class president we have" and he responded with "I'm not class president anymore". And that was on the original day, in the original tweets, before any suspension or anything so what's up with that? and another kid said he was on both teams so to watch his mouth and Teague responded with "Chris, you have rings in both sports. Ain't talking bout you." So, he had an audience in mind specifically when he posted.
ANYWAY, all this long thing to say the kid isn't some misunderstood choir boy, he knew what he was doing when he did it (the "hah this is fun!" to the replying tweets nails that), and there it is. But I don't think he should get suspended for it!
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