Please Help Me

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Please help me with my situation, and I thank you if you read this long post..</p>

<p>Last Thursday we had an English exam. The day before the exam my friend facebook messaged me a link of a PDF of a released ap exam he found on google saying "good practice". This link happened to be the actual exam we would be taking. I did not see the FB message until the morning of the exam, and decided there was no point of even opening the link or looking through it. I did not know that the same released exam my friend sent would be the same as the one we took. During the exam I did not have my phone and took the test independently. After the test, I looked up the essays on my phone to compare the essay I wrote to the sample essays online. That is when I found out that the same link my friend sent me was the same link I was looking at. I did not close the page, and it was still open with the exam. Yesterday, my phone was taken up, and a teacher looked through it and saw the page that was open. She gave it to the dean and the dean has had it since last night. Today, the dean said that I have to call the school tomorrow and he will tell me if he is going to destroy the phone or give it back to me, because they have the legal right to do so. IPhone safari does not have timestamps (cannot see the time the page was opened) and so they might be able to see the day the link was accessed, if my history even goes that far. What should I do? Do they have the right to destroy it if I found the test on Google, and did not use it during the exam? My proctor knows I did not use it during the exam and said he would not accuse me of doing so. Also, I informed the dean that my friend messaged me the link before the exam, but I did not use it or open it.
Anything? </p>

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<p>Show him the facebook message of when you got the message</p>

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<p>@tigerman333 the message is no longer available. I deleted my messages over the weekend.</p>

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<p>What legal right does the school have to destroy your phone?</p>

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<p>@tigerman333 …how would that help even if I did show him the message?</p>

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<p>@skieurope That’s exactly my question! The dean word for word told me “I have the legal right to destroy your phone.” Is there any document or anything that is out there that would prevent the school from destroying the phone, if that is what they decide to do?</p>

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<p>@skieurope can they legally destroy my phone because there is an AP test on my phone that was not authorized to me?</p>

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<p>Yes. It’s called a lawsuit.</p>

<p>Unless there is something in the handbook, I cannot imagine any situation of how a school can destroy your personal legally-held property without compensation.</p>

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<p>It’s not cheating or illegal to have a released AP exam on your phone (I’ve looked at stuff before to study for something, only to have the same questions on a test), but you need to prove that you weren’t using it during the test. Then again, they also need to prove that you were cheating.</p>

<p>Is the proctor planning on speaking up? That would clear everything up.</p>

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<p>If it’s a released exam, I don’t understand the issue. We’ve all gone to the AP site and taken the exams for practice. </p>

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<p>@skieurope I guess I will file one if they threaten to destroy it and there is nothing in the handbook regarding destroying electronics. But I do not know if they will destroy it because there is a released un-authorized AP Exam on the device… </p>

<p>@CE527M The proctor told the dean in front of me that he did not see me using it. There is no proof that I was using the phone during the exam. They even sent the phone to the technician and iPhone Browsing History does not contain time stamps. Is there any document or anything that says it is NOT illegal to have a released AP Exam on your phone?</p>

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<p>One of my teachers only uses past AP questions for his tests and quizzes. I use past AP questions to study. I have seen some questions that are the same before I take the test. I don’t think you did anything wrong and even if you had used that ilk to study, I don’t think it would/should have been considered cheating.</p>

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<p>Some things are just common sense. You might want to get one of your parents involved.</p>

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<p>Any other comments?</p>

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<p>@skieurope tomorrow morning I am going with my parent to school. If they do not give my phone back and decide to destroy it, what arguments can my parent or I make?</p>

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<p>Threaten to file a lawsuit.</p>

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<p>I got nothing else. That’s why I wanted a parent involved. I would like the dean to explain to an adult the phrase “I have the legal right to destroy your phone.” because there is no legal basis to destroy some else’s lawful property.</p>

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<p>What does your handbook say?</p>

<p>If there is something in the handbook regarding this - which your parents can press the dean about the specific language and the implication.</p>

<p>Since you did not use the information, it was not used. This should release your phone to you.</p>

<p>Your parents can hopefully get your phone back. They can always say “Delay so we can have our attorney send you a communication letter”. Usually schools do not want to deal with a parent’s lawyer.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

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<p>@skieurope Thanks for your help, I’ll update you when I can</p>

<p>@SOSConcern No, there is nothing in the student handbook about this at all. </p>

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<p>Is the person you blamed it on aware that you did so?</p>