Comments on: Student Eliazar Velasquez Suspended for Posting Photos of Principal Smoking on Internet

By: Marge

Marge — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:44:46 +0000

Maybe something really good will come out of this and the principal will recognize her addiction and do something about it.

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:06:54 +0000

Seems to me a zero tolerance rule applies to everyone
regardless of age or position.
After all, as the old adage states,”What is good for the goose, is good for the gander.”

By: ferriswheel

ferriswheel — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:09:26 +0000

This is a great example of the kinds of things students learn in school that are not taught in classes and do not appear in textbooks.

By: LEE

LEE — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:46:48 +0000

Welp, 1st its perfectly legal to take picture “in public”,such as outside. 2nd, if you can get a picture “in public” of someone breaking the law, thats a real bonus. At that point the educator should have been punished,but after carrying as far as it went, the educator should have been fired. The flyers were a bit over the edge, but still. Myself, in Velasquez’s shoes, I probably would have kept it quiet,and used to pictures to blackmail the principal for priviledges and grades. But that just me. ;)
(see how I am!)

By: red herring

red herring — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:22:10 +0000

Uh, handing out flyers is going too far? What do you think the Framers were referring to when they wrote the First Amendment? The earliest newspaper publishers were basically a bunch of guys in white wigs handing out flyers.

By: Mad Eye

Mad Eye — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:27:20 +0000

Um, nybbles, note that the student was suspended for disrupting “the learning environment at the school by posting the photos on the Internet.â€?, not for distributing the flyers.

Under schools ‘zzero-tolerance’ policies, shouldn’t the prnicipal have been fired immediately? (sic)

By: nybbles

nybbles — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:30:44 +0000

OK, I play devil’s advocate… The student handing out flyers… that’s going too far. If he told students by word-of-mouth or handwrote out pieces of paper to other students saying check out this site, then it wouldn’t have “distrubted the learning process.” Flyers on the other hand are obviously meant to “disrupt”. However, don’t get me wrong, they have similar laws where I’m from, and the principal did break the law and “should” be punished for that. The student, however, needs to learn the appropriate way to “report” wrong doings. I would have to agree with the above commenter, he WAS being a smart alec and should have been punished for “creating disturbance” (maybe not suspension, maybe a couple hours of detention), but not because he got the principal in trouble…. //end rant

By: Mad as Hell in Atlanta

Mad as Hell in Atlanta — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:12:13 +0000

Another example of Nazi and Soviet ideas running rampant in Western Democracies. The Middle is lost. The USSR won the Cold War with its protocols intact.

By: Danaan

Danaan — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:09:23 +0000

If the kid is nothing special… and personally, I think it *is* smart to smack down those in power when you catch them doing wrong, any disagreement? … then the ‘Principal’ in this case really *is* special. So special I hope there are no more like her out there. I wouldn’t hire her as a housemaid.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:07:38 +0000

Maybe the kid was a smart a$$..but she still brok e law..it should apply to all..abuse of power is untolerable regardless.those with wise comments about lawmakers need to wake up..things & times have changed.although I dont always agree.Schools should be smoke free for those attending, or at least a designaed area like when I was in school in NYS..yest janitors & such smoked freely in building. Should the student posted the web photos maybe not.. but its def one way to get attention!