Abigail Richards

San Antonio Student Punished For Face In School Picture



Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2009

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Sometimes schools just go a little too far. I am not even sure what happens. Maybe it starts with a power hungry principal or a fearful teacher, but sometimes they just go too far when it comes with dealing with kids.

Kids are kids and high schoolers are high schoolers. A San Antonio student is being punished for making a funny face in her yearbook. Check out the face here: http://www.khou.com/news/Texas-high-school-student-punished-for-making-funny-face-in-school-photo-78315767.html

The girl is active in her drama department and wanted to make people smile. School officials, of course are not printing her photo in the yearbook and are comparing it to gang signs. I have seen some gang signs and this is no gang sign.

What bothers me is this is innocent fun. It is a tradition. How many funny faces can you spot in your own high school yearbook?

School officials spend so much time regulating that officials fail to let kids be kids these days. My own son's school spends so much time making sure the kids don't talk that I think the kids have lost how to be social and make friends.

Kids are not allowed to even talk at lunch these days. They sit in a classroom the entire day and really have no social interaction or break. Then we sit and wonder when they have difficulties as adults communicating with one another.

I think school officials need to realize that these are kids and part of being a kid is making funny faces in pictures. Kids are under a lot of pressure and should be cut a little slack now and then.

I also think corporate punishment is a bad idea. Kids need to be considered at an individual level. Each kid is different and so should be their punishments. I have no doubt this girl is not a gang member. I am sure the officials know that as well. What is the motive behind this ordeal? Why make a big deal out of something that most likely would have gone unnoticed?

School administrations need to get a dose of reality. Kids need time to just be kids.

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» left by Marijo Phelps
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Strange - she looks excited and enthused and you'd think it was a good "ad" for the school....MArijo
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