After reading up on the situation, it sounds like things are being misrepresented a bit; apparently, the kid was arrested for threatening to "beat the teacher" and being generally disruptive after the incident with the pledge. It sounds like the kid has some behavioral issues which added to the escalation of the situation. However, the teacher was also completely inappropriate and should never have been making comments toward him like, "Why don't you go find another place to live if it's so bad here?"
That's totally out of line.
That all being said, when a teacher tells you to leave the class, just leave the class. When you're told to go to the principal's office, just go. School's can arbitrarily decide to give you detention or suspend you for "insubordination" at their discretion. Like it or not, they have the power to do that.
I really doubt anything will come of the lawsuit as they technically didn't arrest the child for not standing for the pledge. I really think we need to be careful about saying shit like this without looking into the situation because a 30-second scan of the article will tell you he was not arrested for refusing to stand for the pledge. It just seems like the kid was acting up after the "incident" (which shouldn't even be an incident in the first place) and the school totally mishandled it afterward.
That's totally out of line.
That all being said, when a teacher tells you to leave the class, just leave the class. When you're told to go to the principal's office, just go. School's can arbitrarily decide to give you detention or suspend you for "insubordination" at their discretion. Like it or not, they have the power to do that.
I really doubt anything will come of the lawsuit as they technically didn't arrest the child for not standing for the pledge. I really think we need to be careful about saying shit like this without looking into the situation because a 30-second scan of the article will tell you he was not arrested for refusing to stand for the pledge. It just seems like the kid was acting up after the "incident" (which shouldn't even be an incident in the first place) and the school totally mishandled it afterward.
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