<p>Before you say anything, I truly regret my actions and it was a stupid, stupid mistake. </p>
<p>So here's the story
In the common room table was a 2000 piece puzzle the entire floor was working on for a couple of weeks, me included
It was finally complete and left on the table when me and my friend saw it
I decided to do a joke by pouring some lighter fluid onto the puzzle and light it up
The fire wasn't too big and it withered down in less than 10 seconds and the puzzle was spotless. Nothing around it was damaged and no one could tell that it was lit up
I've worked with fires before and I knew that lighter fluid wasn't hot enough to set the puzzle on fire or cause any smoke for the burning point is much lower than the puzzle itself
My friend took a picture and uploaded on FB where the RA saw it through one of the tagged people and reported it a entire week later </p>
<p>Now I have to face a trial with the Board of Directors of the school
The worst punishment I heard was suspension from the school or dorms </p>
<p>I know it was stupid and I didn't realize the harm it could have potentially brought
What do you think that the consequences might be ?</p>
<p>I would think suspension from the school and/or the dorms might be a little harsh, however there SHOULD be some form of consequences for your action. Perhaps they will put you on some form of probation, give you work duties, or restrict your free time outside the classroom for a period of time. I would make sure you show some serious and sincere remorse over this. This could have caused a lot of damage and luckily it didn’t.</p>
<p>The range I heard was
Suspension --------- Probation
There was no damage at all, no one knew about until the pic was uploaded
The RA found out a week later as well </p>
<p>Of course I am really regretting the stupid joke I did and hopefully they will show some mercy </p>
<p>But I asked the Resident Director (who doesn’t really have any power on my punishment) what he’d do if he had to choose and he replied that he’d suspend me from the dorms since apparently I am a danger to everyone around me and wouldn’t feel safe …</p>
<p>You have to wait to have a trial to get kicked out of the dorms? Usually schools do that immediately in cases like this. Besides being a moron for lighting the puzzle on fire to begin with, you let your friend post irrefutable proof that you were involved. I’d start packing my bags if I were you.</p>
<p>Ignorance of the law and school policies is no excuse. You should have read and understood all of the school policies before you accepted admission to the university. Furthermore, most dorms on campuses have you sign a form stating that you have read and voluntarily agreed to the terms set forth in the housing and school policies. </p>
<p>You have broken them and breached your contract, you are lucky they didn’t file criminal charges. You should be thankful if they let you off with a suspension, would you rather go to jail? I hope you learned your lessons. </p>
<p>PS: I think you should have a talk with your “friend.” Maybe one of your rivals or enemies had your “friend” infiltrate your network in the rival’s place, so they could sabotage your career. Nevertheless, arson was your doing and you shouldn’t have done it.</p>
<p>How have you worked with fires before? And will proving that knowledge help you at all? Or hurt you? </p>
<p>Yea, stupid move. Be humble, apologetic, promise not to do it again, and PROVE you knew you were not putting anyone in danger by doing this. It may be your only saving grace. Then keep your nose clean for the rest of your time at school. If you get off easy with this one, it is not likely you will get a second chance. </p>
<p>FWIW- as a parent, I agree with the RA. But I do not have any undersatnding of fires and the fact that this one would not be hot/dangerous…so lots of other people may not realize that either.</p>
<p>LOL Yonder, I get that. And i fully agree. </p>
<p>I was just wondering if he may have had a position/job in research where he could prove his educational knowledge of fires. OR if he was a jr. vol. fireman who would have seen lots of “stupid” acts that turned bad, therefore should have been more cautious than the regular citizen/student. That being said, many firemen I have known love to play with fire.</p>