Student suspended over cell call from mom in Iraq

[MickeyD]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Clearly some people have never learned the utility of the "mommy note." For example, in jr. high we were only allowed to eat during lunch -- no food or drink at any other time of day. I'm slightly hypoglycemic and have to eat small snacks more regularly throughout the day or I get dizzy spells and pass out. A note from mom was all it took for me to be allowed to nibble some crackers and cheese at my locker between classes. In high school, we weren't permitted to use the bathroom at all between classes. I wasn't a big fan of using those bathrooms at ALL anyhow, and I was in honors classes where the teachers assumed that we were responsible and if we said we needed to go then we actually needed to go and weren't fooling around. But I carried a note from mom anyhow. Oh, and a note that I was allowed to have Advil whenever I wanted.

Wow, your schools had some strict rules!



Personally, I'm happy for the kid that he had a chance to talk to his mom.

[wendybeth]

The newspaper today said the school is re-thinking the suspension. The kid admits he swore at the teacher, but only after she grabbed the phone and hung up on his mom. (The teacher says he didn't tell her his mom was on the phone). His mom called back and left a voice-mail scolding him for hanging up on her......