Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Are Police & New Trier Taking "Inappropriate" Texts Too Far?

     I think that any New Trier high schooler would agree  that the current talk or gossip of the school is the recent "sexting" scandal that was made public to New Trier students and families last friday night. A few students were caught with inappropriate photos on their cellphones and in their emails. Few have been in serious trouble, but all involved will face the consequences of having their most personal item out in public--their bodies.     
         According to the Chicago Tribune,   superintendent, Linda Yonke, released an email to all New Trier families saying that they are doing "Extensive initial interviews and out of respect for student privacy and due to the ongoing police investigation, we cannot share any other details at this time". To read more click here. 
     Although this is considered child pornography because all the students are under 18, I don't think the school should be making this such a big deal because it is kid's private belongings that are being confiscated. If anything it should just be the police involved because it is breaking the law. None of the pictures were taken at New Trier or used on school owned devices, so I don't think they should be as involved as they are. There is still extensive interviewing to be done, but for now, do you think New Trier should be getting so involved?

3 comments:

  1. I agree with you that the school should be getting so involved in this situation. However, I still think disciplinary actions should be taken for the people involved. I think the threat of punishment could potentially decrease the amount of situations like this. That being said, I think it was completely unnecessary that the school sent out an email to everyone describing the "scandal." This just caused rumors to be spread about the people involved, because everyone knew about it.

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  2. Ya I agree with your ideas and I also think the school should incorporate the dangers of texting in school to make students more aware of what the consequences are of texting inappropriate or explicit material.

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