My daughter is in nursing school, and snapchatted another student talking about a teacher, all in fun. However, she was suspended and has to write a letter to the appeal board. What do you suggest she highlights in her appeal? She is currently in therapy to address this and a couple other things she was accused of. What are her chances?
I am going to flag this for the moderator as it’s in the wrong category. You’ve placed it in law school and it’s about nursing school. Being placed in the right category might help you get more replies.
I think it’s going to depend a great deal on the other things she’s been accused of, and how honest she was with you about the Snapchat. Students talk about their profs, and we get pretty thick skin. Hard to imagine talking about a prof alone is going to get her sent to misconduct. What she says really has address the accusations.
I think you need to post a lot more detail in order to get salient thoughts here. Why would using snapchat result in needing therapy?
Was this a threat (even in jest)? The nature of her Snapchat message and whatever else she’s accused of will definitely matter in how she approaches this.
What other things was she accused of? And did she do those things? If so, has she admitted it and resolved to change? What concrete steps has she taken to make sure she walks a better path in the future? Those are the things she should be discussing in her letter to the appeal board.
They are far more likely to listen to a student who says, “I made some very bad choices that I now regret and here’s how I’m going to do better…” than one who deflects or downplays or calls the bad actions “mistakes.”
Public or private nursing school? What was said? What are the other accusations?
I think a sincere and heartfelt apology will go a long way. Taking responsibility and avoiding excuses or blame will be key. I’d be inclined to tie in the hard work she’s done so far and how she hopes a single mistake won’t derail her plans. It will be important to address the issue in context of her desire to be a compassionate and sympathetic nurse, and how this mistake has highlighted some issues that are now being addressed in therapy. Above all, taking complete responsibility and showing remorse should be reflected throughout her letter.
Best of luck!
How does something on Snapchat get made public enough to be caught? Not my understanding of how this works. And there’s a default delete action. Not sure if something has changed, but once the sender and receiver have viewed a message, it can be gone. (Of course, one could do a screenshot.)
So, I agree something is missing here.
^Perhaps the other student screenshot it and reported it to the department, or sent it around to others. If the D posted something extremely inappropriate (racist, anti-semitic, anti-gay, etc.), the “I was just joking” is not the right thing to say. There is no acceptable joking about some things. Any young person who doesn’t know that by now …
OP- you will get more help from us if you can be a little more specific about what exactly went down.
There has to be much more to this story …
I agree…there seems to me more to this. Snapchatting a student talking about a teacher seems innocuous…but what was the student saying and who did she send it to? What else is she accused of? Is this a pattern.?
Does your daughter understand what the issue is?