http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/0...n.ap/index.html

COLUMBUS, Georgia (AP) -- A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a cell phone call with his mother, a soldier serving in Iraq, school officials said.

The 10-day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was "defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said.

The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.

Cell phones are allowed on campus but may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."

Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.

"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said. "When a kid becomes out of control like that they can either be arrested or suspended for 10 days. Now being that his mother is in Iraq, we're not trying to cause her any undue hardship; he was suspended for 10 days."


The teacher needs a kick in the junk.

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I would have just ignored her and ran off...
she was prolly fat

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Originally posted by jonSun The teacher needs a kick in the junk.

edit: and I would've used profanity too if they made me hang up on my mother, who happens to be in Iraq.

Just place the phone in your pocket and mosey on over to the lavatory to continue the discussion.

The school code has no expections for "special" cases like this.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH edit: and I would've used profanity too if they made me hang up on my mother, who happens to be in Iraq.

Agreed. I can see them suspending a kid for 10 days because he used profanity when they made him hang up on his friend, but suspension because he's talking to his mom, who happens to be in one of the most dangerous spots on the world? Cruel. Fucking cruel.

Pretty lame sauce. It's hard though, because they are rules. At least they didn't arrest him. That would have been !

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I would have my mom call in an air raid on the school.

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i would have just said no

and walked off.

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This is why America sucks.

Hate these dicks who just apply rules without any thought fucking arseholes. Get them everywere though.

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Originally posted by auranaut This is why America sucks.

Yes. Exactly. Base your entire opinion of America off of one school's action against a kid that broke the rules.

School = Communist

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