Student says T-shirt slogans got her a day's suspension

http://www.accessnorthga.com ^ | 5 24 05

[Not A Snowbird]

My brain is still at the beginning of the school year. Seeing how it's nearly June, if she just recently turned 18, that would explain it.

I guess my daughter's friends came to mind... most of them have had to repeat a grade. Or two.

[airborne]

Considering that her t-shirt is actually challenging the authority of the principal and is directly targeted at his DUI, I'd say that the t-shirts are more than just individual expression of the girl's philosophy.

Wher does it say that?

[adam_az]

LOL.

I used to have one that said

ABC
DEF
U*K

with the * replaces by another letter that rhymes with "sea."

Mom didn't like it too much.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"The courts give me the authority and the right to make those decisions and as long as I'm sitting in this chair that's what I'm going to do."

Well, that's a telling statement. Seems that Herr Hypocrite Principal von Duck forgets that his particular chain of command ends with voters and the state legislature rather than the courts. Typical do-as-I say-and-not-as-I-do liberal attitude...

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I can only imagine if mom had seen my shirts.

[T.Smith]

I had one that said, "We don't care what you say, F**K You!" (bonus points if you can ID where that line came from).

Appears you and I may have been cut from the same cloth.

[MEGoody]

I wonder. . .what is the school's policy on other types of tee shirts with slogans on them? If all are banned, then I don't have a problem with this. If the principal is singling out this message, then he should be disciplined.

[jude24]

Personally, I'm all for school uniforms. That solves the issue pretty quick.

[monday]

"Does that message, and that type of attack on the administration of the school, constitute a disruption. I would say that it does."

I have a "don't drink and drive" bumper sticker on my car. Should I be worried that it may cause a disruption when people like you and Principal Duck see it as an attack upon drunk drivers?

Your objections are silly.

[xzins]

On Friday, Smith wore a different T-shirt, this one reading "Don't Underestimate Individuality," her mother said. The first letters of those words spell "DUI." Her mother said the teen plans to wear the banned T-shirt again on Monday.

Here.

The earliest messages + the above will be seen through by a court.

I think they'll rule against the girl.

Finally, I agree. School uniforms would quickly solve this issue.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I have heard that before, but the source escapes me at the moment. No bonus points for me. :o(

So, you like to be a trouble making wise ass too. It's a tough job but someone has to do it. I used to have a button on my purse that said "Find A Purpose In Life, Be A Bad Example."

[xzins]

You do not attend that school. I think the court will be compelled to consider the "disruption concerns" of schools. If this principal isn't perfect isn't the issue, imho. I think they'll see the issue as whether this distracts the educational purpose of the school.

[MichiganConservative]

Is it from the band Overkill?

[T.Smith]

Ding ding ding!!! Well done! Now, let's mosh!

[TChris]

A teen continuing to grind on the principal's DUI? Sounds like a perfectly good project to me! :-) You go girl!

[TheForceOfOne]

Reminds me of a comedy bit from 98Rock in Baltimore.

Dwayne Stomp PSA

http://www.98online.com/twisted/dwaynesomp_psa.mp3

[sharktrager]

If the issue is disruption they have to fire the principal. It is his record that makes the shirts disruptive.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Thanks for the reminder. I have not had the Overkill out in a long time. I guess I am in need of a refresher session. I try not to Mosh any more, the last time I broke some guys nose.

[DocRock]

"They want everyone to fit into a mold and there's no room for individuality."

[xzins]

I imagine that if they were going to fire the principal they would have done so already. I'm also assuming the principal had to deal with the law.

That said, I still think that running around saying that their principal's a drunk driver is a distraction to education. I don't think one can argue against that.

If the principal were a 3 ft tall midget and some kid decided to find cute ways to make fun of that, it could always be argued that the kid's point is true because it WOULD BE TRUE.

However, harping on that is a distraction from the school's education mission.