What would you have done?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>We were in the computer lab last week in my English class and the whole class was using a Google doc. As a joke one kid posted "This is really bad --Dr [Teacher]" then deleted it. Someone saw it and asked the teacher, thinking she, our teacher, had posted it. Well, our teacher seemed a little upset and asked a few times who had done it and no one answered. Since we were on Google Docs there was a revision history, so another student went into it, screenshotted the revision, and sent it to the teacher later. In the end the kid who posted it has a suspension on his record for impersonating a school official and today missed a swim meet (he's one of the school's top swimmers). </p>

<p>The kid who sent the email feels what he did was completely justified (but hasn't told anyone else, except for a few people, he was the one who told our teacher). Do you think telling the teacher was right/justified in this situation? Would you have done it?</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t have
I feel like it’s not really a big deal, nothing worth getting someone suspended over, and it’s not like it harmed anyone, it was a joke after all?</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t have either. If I did, I certainly would not have emailed the teacher.</p>

<p>But like why did that one person have to call it out (the one who asked the teacher, not the emailer)? They don’t sound very fun.</p>

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Not the worst reason I’ve ever heard for academic discipline, but wow.</p>

<p>That teacher should expect a tire slashing.</p>

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<p>What exactly was posted by him? Just saying it was bad?</p>

<p>And regardless, I’d say turning him in was right. It’s a bit harsh, but people need to be capable of facing consequences for impulsive decisions.</p>

<p>Even so, if that’s all, he doesn’t deserve too harsh a punishment. It’s still not right that he did it, though.</p>

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<p>If I had known the kid would get suspended for it, I wouldn’t have done it. If it would just result in the teacher talking to him and getting a slap on the wrist, sure.
But really, it seems like the reaction was really overkill in this situation. Without knowing exactly how it went down, though, it’s hard to make a fair judgment.</p>

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<p>The punishment was completely justified. Good that he missed a swim meet! Perhaps he’ll learn a lesson. </p>

<p>The bond between teacher and student is very sacred. The student entrusts his work, sometimes very personal work, in the hands of the teacher and expects to be evaluated in a manner that will progress his education and development. Manipulating and distorting that bond is, at best, damaging and, at worst, downright dangerous. </p>

<p>Would I have told the teacher? I’m not sure. It would depend on my relationship to all three parties. It behooves you to keep your friends powerful and your enemies powerless.</p>

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<p>Yes, but the school’s choice of punishment wasn’t. </p>

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<p>Nah.</p>