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Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amendment rights

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Re: Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amendment rights

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good ones. Also search for: The suit was based on a claim by sophomore Blake Robbins that school officials reprimanded him for “improper behavior” based on photos the [school issued] computer secretly took of the boy at home last fall. Granted it's not zero tolerance because he wasn't expelled.

Lets be clear: neither of those stories do what I said. I'm not, and never was, happy with the overreaching disciplinary actions taken by school systems. I think it tends to be reactionary and counter-productive. But your claims are still not accurate. While I disagree with the policies, and I think they are bad, they are as bad as your claims.

"In recent years, public schools have been disciplining students for the trouble they get into away from campus. Many schools suspend or expel students who are involved in any kind of violence. And some districts have expanded their involvement to misdeeds surrounding the things kids say online or drug arrests."

That's pretty close to what you say. Of course you set out an impossible claim of the school stating that it has "nothing to do with school." The argument from the school system in cases like these is roughly that out-of-school behavior has an impact on the school, so all behavior can be punished by the school system.

Re: Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amendment rights

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Assuming he's a public school teacher, he's very unlikely to be fired over this, or anything.

More like Reddit to be downvoted for the truth. Public School teachers in the USA generally have very good job protection, it's a fact. You can say it's fine, there's good reason for it (for instance perhaps in this case), but why downvote a fact?
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