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A prestigious British girls' school suspended 29 pupils after a Facebook page targeting a female teacher was printed and passed around. The teacher was reportedly so upset by the malicious comments made by a group called "The Hate Society" that she required counseling.
"Dozens" of students at The Grey Coat Hospital School in a tony section of London subscribed to "The Hate Society" on the social-networking site, and school administrators said the "deeply insulting comments" posted there caused them to temporarily suspend the girls from two to 15 days just prior to the Christmas holiday.
The group has since been removed from the site.
The school is among London's finest, and graduates include children of former prime ministers and British celebrities.
One of the students who was punished said her school handled the situation "very badly" and that everyone involved knew it was just a "stupid game." She added that the girls said they were sorry, implying that an apology should have been sufficient.
Stupid game? Stupid? Call me stupid, but I think the people who are handling things "very badly" are these (privileged and entitled) girls. It's one thing to gossip among yourselves -- and girls do that -- but it is another thing entirely to write that vicious gossip down in a public medium. It's bad enough that they posted it in the first place, but then to print it out and pass it around?
The school may be a prestigious one, but its students don't seem to be very bright. And remember what your mother said -- if you don't have anything nice to say, don't post it on Facebook, print it out and pass it around school.
I mean, like, duh.
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1-13-2009 @ 7:39PM
Kate said...If these pampered girls think what they did was just a stupid game, let's have their names posted and see what people think about them. Cruelty deserves more than just an apology and if they can't see that they got what they deserved, the world is in for a boat load of trouble when they "grow up."
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1-12-2009 @ 8:45PM
Bonnie said...I am afraid that is what the problem is. Discipline has been taken away from the teachers and the students feel they can do no wrong and they take no responsiblity for their actions.
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1-13-2009 @ 9:38AM
Clarissa said...Discipline starts at home, not at the school level. Even if the school could dole out harsher discipline it would do no good because the parents won't back the school.
These girls are the way they are not because of school, but because of their upbringing. Teach your child to be kind and respectful and your child will kind and respectful at school. Teach your child to be a spoiled snot and they will behave that way at school.
I blame the parents for being uninvolved in their children's lives and for leaving it up to the teachers to raise the kids, or worse the kids to raise themselves.
Put blame where blame is due, ON THE PARENTS, not the school.
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1-13-2009 @ 10:11AM
Mihir said...you say "(privileged and entitled)" as if it's a bad thing. it's not. i work hard and save money in the hopes that my future child will get a chance to grow up privileged. it doesn't mean i won't reach him/her proper respect and manners.
quit being so classist.
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1-18-2009 @ 10:25PM
Sam said...They had a club like that about me in grade school. fortunately, that was before schools even had computer classes, so no facebook nonsence. people who do that oughtta be shot. (Figuratively, of course.)
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