The next day the principal suspended him for three days. According to the referral, it was because he was part of an "incident" where a "weapon was present."
The principal sent the teen's family a new referral on Saturday. This time a line was added to say he was suspended because he was "uncooperative" and "lied repeatedly" to school officials and law enforcement. He says he feared for his life and didn't want to be seen as a "snitch." "You don't talk around here," he said. "Because then what?," asked Grant. "You get a bad reputation?" "That," the teen said, "or you get killed." . On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > According to the article, he was suspended for not cooperating with the > investigation not because he got involved. > > Where did you get that he was suspended for 'not going public'? > > To continue a point Zaph made, using your logic the following would also be > 'true' headlines: > > "Cypress HS student suspended for getting on a bus?" > "Cypress HS student suspended for breathing?" > "Cypress HS student suspended for being human?" > "Cypress HS student suspended for having legs?" > > All 4 are accurate - he got on a bus, he was breathing, he is human and he > has legs - all of these must have lead to his suspension! > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> No matter how you slice it, he was suspended because he got involved. >> If you want to add a technicality to help you sleep at night so be it. >> There is no excuse to suspend anyone for not going public. >> >> . >> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I just realized what they did to cover their asses....they added a '?' at >> > the end of the headline. >> > >> > It is not making a statement, rather, asking a question. The implication, >> > from the headline, is that he was suspended because he disarmed a >> student, >> > even though the first paragraph of the article states otherwise, but, by >> > then, most readers are already convinced he was suspended for disarming >> > a fellow student because the headline has steered them towards >> > that conclusion. >> > >> > Very tricky. >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
