While I guess it’s good to spot potentially violent behavior and threats in teens, especially since research has shown that teen brains process information differently, I’m not so sure that school administrators don’t cross the line.
It’s hard to tell what has been sensationalized by the press and what hasn’t these days. From this story:
On Thursday, a student at TeWinkle Middle School in Costa Mesa, California, was told he faces expulsion for allegedly posting graphic, anti-Semitic threats against a classmate on his MySpace site, according to the The Los Angeles Times.School officials said 20 of his classmates were also suspended for viewing the posting, and police are investigating the boy’s comments as a possible hate crime.
Suspended for viewing someone’s postings on MySpace?
Can someone wake me up when this country’s a little less fucked up? I need a nap.