Comments on: Something That Scares Me /2007/something-that-scares-me/ less helpful Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:55:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Dee /2007/something-that-scares-me/#comment-2062 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:36:32 +0000 /?p=182#comment-2062 the danger here is not just the texting that happens in house but the messages that go out. You are right in that the school admin has to respect federal confidentiality regs. The worst part is that each kids only sees “their part of the elephant” and the messages end up quoted in public media and entire legal situations end up “tried” in newspapers and blogs.

Information is out there, it’s just not always accurate.

]]> By: Jo Barngrille /2007/something-that-scares-me/#comment-1933 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:58:59 +0000 /?p=182#comment-1933 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262647,00.html

Police: Teens Used Mobile Phone to Film Rape of 12-Year-Old Girl
Friday, March 30, 2007

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VIENNA, Austria – Three teenage boys took turns raping a 12-year-old girl, filmed the assault with a mobile phone camera and showed the video to classmates, Austrian authorities said Friday.

Police said the rape happened after a birthday party in Freistadt in the province of Upper Austria, and that the girl was assaulted after she became intoxicated and fell asleep. It was not immediately clear when the crime occurred.

Investigators detained the three boys, ages 13, 15, and 16, after they showed a clip of the rape to classmates at school and a student who saw it alerted authorities, police said.

The two older suspects would be formally charged in juvenile court with sexual abuse, officials said. They said the youngest could not be held criminally responsible.

]]> By: Jeff /2007/something-that-scares-me/#comment-1931 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:54:39 +0000 /?p=182#comment-1931 Well, and that’s the thing–you can’t squash it, and if you hijack it for legitimate/Establishment purposes they’ll just find another network to use. It’s a reality of our world, just another bit of reality coming into our classrooms and for which we need to prepare our students. No more bubble.

]]> By: dan /2007/something-that-scares-me/#comment-1926 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:56:04 +0000 /?p=182#comment-1926 The issue there is that the administration must respect issues of privacy and legality while student text messaging does not. The office e-mails were extremely veiled and intentionally white-washed while text-messaging had no similar constraints. I mean, if you were a kid, which would you rather read?

]]> By: Steve /2007/something-that-scares-me/#comment-1924 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:11:39 +0000 /?p=182#comment-1924 This sounds like one of those things that’s too distributed to squash, unless they bring the sledgehammer down and outlaw cellphones. Seems a bit Orwellian and probably tough to enforce. Although I’ve heard about cell jamming for theaters or something, I would be hesitant to suggest it as a solution.

Just brainstorming here: what if the school administration leapfrogged the whole gossip circuit and tried to blanket the facts on a given crisis via a blog or something? It’s kind of the “let’s legalize marijuana so kids won’t get a rebellious kick out of smoking it.”

Steve

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