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Schoolmates facing possible expulsion
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Schoolmates facing possible expulsion

Hello. Let me get to the point.

Four guys from my high school, one of whom is part of my class, are about to get kicked out of school.

The reason?

They made a blog up on blogspot and used it to badmouth the teachers and the new stuff that's going on. They said some funny stuff about the new headmistress and her iron rule.

Our ex-English teacher somehow stumbled onto this blog, and, being head of the student punishment council, is threatening to expel them for "belittling the highschool's name."

On one hand, this seems outrageous. If we ended up just like in America, with all our movements carefully recorded, then this is a dark path we're meandering down... On the other hand, if they were stupid enough to post a link to their profiles, which contain their personal pictures and information... I think they deserve a small punishment for being so retarded. Nothing as extreme as expulsion, though.

Sad thing is, they could have waited a few months... They're all in the twelfth grade, and to get kicked out with the end so close within sight...

Oh, and they're begging Google to remove their site's cache

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10-15-2010 03:25 AM
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I laughed so hard because this just sounds so stupid.

They are trying to expel them because of something they posted outside of school.
Anything that happens outside the gate is outside of the schools control and its still free speech.

Tl,dr: You're school is full of shit.

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FREE SPEECH IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN GLORIOUS HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING
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HeartofShadows Wrote:Tl,dr: You're school is full of shit.

Tell me something I'm not aware of. It's the last year, though, thank jebus.

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Faby Wrote:
HeartofShadows Wrote:Tl,dr: You're school is full of shit.

Tell me something I'm not aware of. It's the last year, though, thank jebus.

Wow I forgot this was you faby.

Hows everything going man?

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