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Damn these people are idiots.
from his mom who's in Iraq
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Student suspended over call from mom in Iraq
COLUMBUS, Georgia (AP) -- A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a cell phone call with his mother, a soldier serving in Iraq, school officials said.
The 10-day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was "defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said.
The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.
Cell phones are allowed on campus but may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."
Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.
"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said. "When a kid becomes out of control like that they can either be arrested or suspended for 10 days. Now being that his mother is in Iraq, we're not trying to cause her any undue hardship; he was suspended for 10 days."
Damn these people are idiots.
Umm.. what part of "no cell phone use during school hours" is not being understood here?
If talking with his mother is important to him, then let him take his suspension like a man.
I think 10 days of suspension is ridiculous.
He could have reacted better, obviously, but I wonder how the teacher *told* him to get off the phone and how persistent she was about it?
Mom in Iraq >>>> Teacher. I probably would have reacted the same way.
And yes, taken my suspension like a *man*.
That is pretty dumb. He should have just walked out. Or the teacher just excused him. No big deal really. The kid might have kept his cool better, but the adults definately should have.
thats a great connection my dads in iraq and i cant even hear him on a landline
extenuating cir stances, even I wouldnt suspend him
If? The kid's mom is in a war zone.If talking with his mother is important to him, then let him take his suspension like a man.
10 day vacation? Good deal.
I wish cell phones would have been allowed when I was in school.
I wish they HAD cell phones when I was in school.
Damn I'm old.
But at least you look younger than S y.
That's because he IS younger than me
Younger men rule!
"You mess with the bull, you get the horns!"
this school is going to get lit up in the media soon if it hasn't already...
What a farce. I hope when his mom comes back she goes up there and puts a boot in the principal's ass.
some more great fantastic public schooling.
Funny how you people are usually on the side of "law and order" now you're so conflicted.
New feelings brewing in duffman!patriotic...jingoism....trumps......oppres sion...what...would....jesus...do. bunch of hypocrites.
that is the biggest jumble of nonsense I've ever seen.patriotic...jingoism....trumps......oppres sion...what...would....jesus...do. bunch of hypocrites
Kids these days have no respect for authority.
You might have a point about a kid talking to his mom in Iraq inciting Iraq, if he was standing in the middle of the Democratic National Convention."law and order"
The kid was wrong, but then again it I would have done the same. My brother was over there and when he would call all things were dropped and I said " off" to those who interupted my conversation with him. I think the kid feels that the 10 day suspension is well worth it. He got to talk to his mother, who knows if that would have been the last time.
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