Fighting in Schools

summalovaable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQpkbqExZ0&sns=fb

The link I posted above was filmed at a catholic high school in my local town. The girls involved in the fight we're given 3 days suspension and the uploader was given a "talking to".

http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111209/woodstock-high-school-brawl-youtube-111209/20111209/?hub=SWOHome
(^news posting talking about the fight)


Should the girls, as well as the uploader, be more severely punished? Or is it just simply another school issue not worth fixing?
Also, do you think police (who are perfectly aware of these videos) should have the right to take them down?

poisongirl6485

Well there's nothing against the law about uploading a video, especially if said content is uploaded on a non-school computer/device. And no, police should not have the right to have the videos taken down. That's a very slippery slope to start down in terms of censorship.

I am not sure if I agree with the uploader being in trouble. There were several other students video taping it as well, so I hope administration was at least consistent and 'talked to' them in addition to the one uploader mentioned.

It's not against the law to upload videos. Now if the uploader violated some school policy about video-taping on school grounds or something, then that's a different story. Although now that I'm reading the story, it seems the fight didn't happen at the school but at the Woodstock District Community Complex, which is only NEAR the school. In that case, I think it's interesting that the school was able to suspend students for something that occurred off school grounds.

summalovaable

Well there's nothing against the law about uploading a video, especially if said content is uploaded on a non-school computer/device. And no, police should not have the right to have the videos taken down. That's a very slippery slope to start down in terms of censorship.

I am not sure if I agree with the uploader being in trouble. There were several other students video taping it as well, so I hope administration was at least consistent and 'talked to' them in addition to the one uploader mentioned.

It's not against the law to upload videos. Now if the uploader violated some school policy about video-taping on school grounds or something, then that's a different story. Although now that I'm reading the story, it seems the fight didn't happen at the school but at the Woodstock District Community Complex, which is only NEAR the school. In that case, I think it's interesting that the school was able to suspend students for something that occurred off school grounds.

I do agree with the issue with censorship. It becomes difficult to define what is wrong or right to everyone (as we see constantly occurring on this board....) However, each of those student were minors and I would think this breaks several privacy issues.. If the police cannot personally pull videos, they should be able to request it. The uploader even admitted he was hoping he would get a lot of views for it.

And as for the suspension, if you are fully dressed in a school uniform (or have any sort of school wear on) you are punishable for any actions as though it was performed in the school. The school wear is "representative of the school" and so you must behave accordingly.

macpatti

I work at a private school, and the boys would have to go before the Discipline Board for a fight even if it's off campus. If the person who recorded and posted it was also a student, he'd go before the board as well.

I don't know that the police can do anything about the video, though.

adrian_indy

I work at a private school, and the boys would have to go before the Discipline Board for a fight even if it's off campus. If the person who recorded and posted it was also a student, he'd go before the board as well.

I don't know that the police can do anything about the video, though.

I also do not agree with the censorship. If anything, taping these fights is good evidence of who starts it so there can be none of this he said/she said stuff. When I was in school, the times I was suspended for fights, the attacker was given 3-5 days depending on their history, the defender was given 1 day if he fought back. It wasn't perfect, it's hard to tell any one just to curl up in a ball and take it, but I think that it served it's purpose.

summalovaable

I work at a private school, and the boys would have to go before the Discipline Board for a fight even if it's off campus. If the person who recorded and posted it was also a student, he'd go before the board as well.

I don't know that the police can do anything about the video, though.

I also do not agree with the censorship. If anything, taping these fights is good evidence of who starts it so there can be none of this he said/she said stuff. When I was in school, the times I was suspended for fights, the attacker was given 3-5 days depending on their history, the defender was given 1 day if he fought back. It wasn't perfect, it's hard to tell any one just to curl up in a ball and take it, but I think that it served it's purpose.

welll looks as though no opinion was needed, the video was pulled