I've gotta ask..

[izembo]

does your school have a policy concerning scaring people with diseases etc? some places if they have a policy about it it could be the reason. say if he knew mentioning was a suspension, as stupid as it sounds, it would be justified.

[Darus Grey]

I was homeschooled for 5 years (6th-11th grade). School didn't believe I was educated well enough for their HS so they made me a freshmen instead of a junior.

Wait...wtf? That has got to be the stupidest thing I have read in ages, not only that, I can't possibly believe it's true.

So you got home-schooled for 6 years...to the age where you can take your states home-school equivalency test or the GED, decided to...re-enroll in HS(god knows why...makes no sense) and start completely over?

Dude...you could of "finished" Highschool at 16 and been in college for 4 years now.

If it is true you need to go punch your parents for wasting 4 years of your life...I can't fathom such a level of ignorance as to why they would do that to you, and you would go along with it.

[Qalbert]

what a dumbass

[Melchiah]

Also lol at suing too, but I remember my Civil Law teacher had actually said that it's a breach of my first amendment rights to not allow me to say swine flu.

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this but...

I'm pretty certain minors have no constitutional rights.

Can't vote, can't own property, so on and so forth.

[Darus Grey]

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this but...

I'm pretty certain minors have no constitutional rights.

Can't vote, can't own property, so on and so forth.

Minors have all rights accorded to the constitution, the only contest in this arena is if schools have the right to suspend those rights on school grounds.

Legally the answer is no, but it's one of those "the supreme court won't take the case cause no one wants a final answer" situations, since many politicians believe it would cause chaos in schools if children were allowed their full rights.

[Fayttt]

Wait...wtf? That has got to be the stupidest thing I have read in ages, not only that, I can't possibly believe it's true.

So you got home-schooled for 6 years...to the age where you can take your states home-school equivalency test or the GED, decided to...re-enroll in HS(god knows why...makes no sense) and start completely over?

Dude...you could of "finished" Highschool at 16 and been in college for 4 years now.

If it is true you need to go punch your parents for wasting 4 years of your life...I can't fathom such a level of ignorance as to why they would do that to you, and you would go along with it.

My father wanted me in a social environment again; I was literally cut off from civilization living 2 hours on foot to the closest town. My dad was always at college and couldn't really bring me anywhere.
I have no qualms about starting late; if I hadn't, I probably wouldn't have remembered how to act around people in reality. I literally always did schoolwork for an hour, and played FFXI or EQOA for about 12 hours straight every single day.
After he finished college we moved to a more inhabitable place (You know, where I could see a person without walking for 2 hours) and so we put me back in HS. I was angry they would only accept me as a freshmen but I really didn't have a choice.

Anyway, OT: I probably won't sue, yeah, it was just in my mind because my Civil Law teacher had actually mentioned it a couple weeks prior to this happening that if he was ever suspended for something as ludicrous as saying swine flu he would probably sue.
I never saw anything about a policy concerning diseases; I've read the school's handbook quite a few times.

[Darus Grey]

You "didn't have a choice" uh...yeah you did.

I'm glad you've managed to rationalize it, but you could of "socialized" without wasting 4 years of your life with un-needed schooling. Seriously I'd be fucking pissed at throwing away such a large amount of time for...NOTHING.

[Qalbert]

like i said, what a dumbass

[Fayttt]

You "didn't have a choice" uh...yeah you did.

I'm glad you've managed to rationalize it, but you could of "socialized" without wasting 4 years of your life with un-needed schooling. Seriously I'd be fucking pissed at throwing away such a large amount of time for...NOTHING.

No, I really didn't have a choice. When my father wants something, he gets it. If he wanted me to go to a public school to be back into a social environment, it happens. It doesn't matter what I think. He doesn't CARE what I think. My mother is long gone, and so it was his choice. If I combat him on anything, he goes to really far lengths to make sure he gets his way.
I know I could have socialized without wasting 4 years of my life, he didn't get it. I'm not saying I'm not pissed but i really didn't have an ounce of a choice.

[Qalbert]

yes you do

[Tricen]

Public schools are fucking stupid. No reason to suspend over that. The shit I've said in highschool with teachers around woulda got me expelled then. Some schools need to calm the fuck down.

[Darus Grey]

No, I really didn't have a choice. When my father wants something, he gets it. If he wanted me to go to a public school to be back into a social environment, it happens. It doesn't matter what I think. He doesn't CARE what I think. My mother is long gone, and so it was his choice. If I combat him on anything, he goes to really far lengths to make sure he gets his way.
I know I could have socialized without wasting 4 years of my life, he didn't get it. I'm not saying I'm not pissed but i really didn't have an ounce of a choice.

Keep telling yourself that, playing the victim is a great way to live life.

[Afrohatch]

So the school wasted three years of your life, and somehow your teacher knew about it, so he found an excuse to give you a day off! What a nice dude

[Fayttt]

Keep telling yourself that, playing the victim is a great way to live life.

Okay then, I'd LOVE for you to tell me how I did have a choice.
Please, do.

[Stiker]

Meh, enjoy your day off, then ask to get it taken off your record. Risk you take for making a joke, shit happens and this really isn't anything to get all too upset about.

[Plow]

You "didn't have a choice" uh...yeah you did.

I'm glad you've managed to rationalize it, but you could of "socialized" without wasting 4 years of your life with un-needed schooling. Seriously I'd be fucking pissed at throwing away such a large amount of time for...NOTHING.

I hate to be the one to say it, but if you go to an American public high school and they test you and say you're not ready to be more than a freshman...

You're not fucking ready for the real world, and you NEED that time spent, not "thrown away."

[Avlon]

No matter what the situation, it is not a breaching of your 1st amendment rights since you are in high school, or middle school and under the age of 18, you really don't have any of those rights to begin with. So yes you can get suspended for just saying swine flu, and if you did bring it to court you would also have started a clear and imminent danger in a classroom, disrupting the schools goings, so they have all the right to suspend you. Enjoy the time off bro.

[miokomioko]

When you get arrested on the street for saying "swine flu," then make a poll thread. If it has anything to do with highschool, wait 5 years and you'll understand why no one cares.

[Ehran]

I am eating my punishment.
And to be honest, I'm quiet in class; it was maybe the fourth or fifth time I've actually said something in class. So I really don't see how I could push his buttons that much.
But even still, I don't care about him; he sent me out, whatever no big deal. I'm more concerned with the administration aspect; teachers can't assign suspensions so I'm more PO'd at the administration, though I'm really not PO'd at anyone. More just irritated.

Back ground information on your school please?

I teach in an upperclass school in south Orange county. The students and the parents have more money than they know what to do with. I had a student who was expelled for smoking weed on campus. This kid paid his lawyer (who he still had on retainer for his sexual harassment charges filed by another student from the year prior) to argue with the school administration about whether or not he could go to Prom at the end of the year.

The school I work for has been sued over content on student's myspace pages that is derogatory towards other students.

Legal action is certainly not something that schools in my district take lightly.

Speaking as a high school teacher certain things are taboo in certain schools and districts, and carry a zero-tolerance policy.

To bring this home to your case specifically, the swine-flu epidemic has produced quite a stir in our district, and several parents have been hesitant about sending their students to school. If a school has an outbreak of swine flu (or is even rumored to have an outbreak of swine flu) it could lead to a significant loss of revenue to the school if enough parents keep their children at home.

Just from what you've said here, it sounds to me like your teacher handled things poorly. Unless he was acting under direct instructions from the school administration (which seems unlikely to me).

[Plow]

Just from what you've said here, it sounds to me like your teacher handled things poorly.

At least until he admits that it was a fat Mexican chick that's been getting made fun of by all the white kids in her class about swine flu, and he specifically knew that and was playing on it after a multitude of warnings.