POINT IS - The teacher had no right to stop this phone conversation. This boy is suffering by not being with his mom to further the freedoms this stupid teacher enjoys. I can't believe that anybody would be so hateful to hang up on this guys mom serving in Iraq.
How dare this boy break the rules and use school time for talking to his mom risking her life in Iraq. Wouldn't that time be better used getting a Lewinsky in the back of the classroom while the teacher sleeps or sitting in a classroom learning nothing and being socially promoted. I completely understand the schools position - bunch of morons!
What I don't see is the young man, as soon as he got the call, asking the teacher if he could be excused...his mom was calling from Iraq and could he take the call. Now, if he had, and the teacher refused and this escalated, then yes...I would say the teacher and administration reacted badly...but this young man is old enough to know he should have asked permission first.