[Heatseeker]

If I was the teacher or administrator I would have made an exception in this case - tell the kid he can stay on the line but go out in the hall or something.

I get the sense there may be more to this than is in the story.

[clee1]

Oh yeah, there is more to this story.

A student, while not bothering anyone or anything, decided NOT to give in to power-tripping "authority figures" and their senseless dictates.

Good for him.

[Tallguy]

If I was the teacher or administrator I would have made an exception in this case...

We see this type of story all the time. Unfortunately in today's public school system there is not room for common sense, compromise or, as you put it, "exceptions." The game is "one-size-fits-all" conformity.

If the teacher in question had the least bit of common sense, he/she would have known that it is not easy for a serviceman to make such a call at a time convenient to the recipient.

[TXBSAFH]

Agreed, maybe detention if punishment is warranted, but I would cut hims some slack. In respect to his mother.

[Kozak]

If I was the teacher or administrator I would have made an exception in this case - tell the kid he can stay on the line but go out in the hall or something.

What, and let common sense interfere with the schools one size fits all no tolerance policy? what do you think, they are trying to teach kids to use logic and reason or something? /sarcasm

[auggy]

"If I was the teacher or administrator I would have made an exception in this case - tell the kid he can stay on the line but go out in the hall or something. I get the sense there may be more to this than is in the story."

He was already outside.

They didn't tell how irate the teachers were when he refused to hang up. That's what is missing in this story.