tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post7981343629871086279..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Have I Mentioned Lately...blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-86782774519549933632009-03-24T23:35:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:35:00.000-07:00This, now, this is really cute:The school district...This, now, this is really cute:<BR/><BR/><I>The school district does not contest that Ms. Redding had no disciplinary record, but says that is irrelevant.</I><BR/><BR/><I>“Her assertion should not be misread to infer that she never broke school rules,” the district said of Ms. Redding in a brief, “only that she was never caught.”</I><BR/><BR/>Closer to <I>1984</I> with every passing moment.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-36346901045375731162009-03-24T23:21:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:21:00.000-07:00Cross-posted.Cross-posted.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37391547361769582462009-03-24T23:16:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:16:00.000-07:00Just read the NY Times article linked from the Hot...Just read the NY Times <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/us/24savana.html" REL="nofollow">article</A> linked from the Hot Air piece that you linked. <BR/><BR/>So I was right about Heathers: <I>Ms. Redding, now 19, described the middle-school cliques and jealousies that she said had led to the search. “There are preppy kids, gothic kids, nerdy types,” she said. “I was in between nerdy and preppy.”</I><BR/><BR/><I>One of her friends since early childhood had moved in another direction. “She started acting weird and wearing black,” Ms. Redding said. “She started being embarrassed by me because I was nerdy.”</I><BR/><BR/><I>When the friend was found with ibuprofen pills, she blamed Ms. Redding, according to court papers.</I><BR/><BR/><I>Kerry Wilson, the assistant principal, ordered the two school employees to search both students. The searches turned up no more pills.</I><BR/><BR/>When you have rules, there's no need for judgment. <BR/><BR/>But I get so confused, sometimes. You have to take the Ritalin, but you can't have an Ibuprofen or a Midol.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-53217856768517620112009-03-24T23:06:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:06:00.000-07:00Hector,IIRC, a girl was caught with ibuprofen and ...Hector,<BR/><BR/>IIRC, a girl was caught with ibuprofen and deflected the wrath of the authorities by saying she got them from the accused.<BR/><BR/>This set the chain of events in motion.<BR/><BR/>As it turns out, the accused has a lawyer for a mom.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-48147025814576313922009-03-24T22:33:00.000-07:002009-03-24T22:33:00.000-07:00Someone suspected her of having brought something ...Someone <I>suspected</I> her of having brought something completely innocuous to school. Heathers, playing halfwits for fools. "Zero tolerance" is nothing but a way for bureaucrats to avoid having to use judgment. Got a tip — got to strip-search you. Joys of the prohibition regime. <BR/><BR/>If the girl has good lawyers who can get plenty of discovery testimony, it may come out that the school administrators have done this sort of thing before.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-41117802135889773872009-03-24T19:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T19:43:00.000-07:00Yes, so you can see why they felt it was necessary...Yes, so you can see why they felt it was necessary to humiliate her and take actions that would necessarily be expensive for everyone.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-3035975943951884112009-03-24T19:38:00.000-07:002009-03-24T19:38:00.000-07:00wow. ibuprofen.wow. ibuprofen.Joe M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06787124845441195993noreply@blogger.com