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glatt · 05-19-2004, 03:00 PM

As others have mentioned, it depends entirely on intent and context.

Radar is wrong (once again.)

If there was a history of problems between the students and the teacher, the students were probably trying to settle an old score under the guise of a prank. That would be assault, and jail is justified.

If the students had no history of problems with the teacher, and they were approaching the teacher in a lighthearted friendly manner, I would say it falls in the unfortunate prank category. It's disrespectful, but it's not worthy of a criminal record and time in jail. Suspension would be appropriate in this case.

The teacher's point of view is critical here. We can only speculate.

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05-19-2004, 03:00 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	As others have mentioned, it depends entirely on intent and context. Radar is wrong (once again.) If there was a history of problems between the students and the teacher, the students were probably trying to settle an old score under the guise of a prank. That would be assault, and jail is justified. If the students had no history of problems with the teacher, and they were approaching the teacher in a lighthearted friendly manner, I would say it falls in the unfortunate prank category. It's disrespectful, but it's not worthy of a criminal record and time in jail. Suspension would be appropriate in this case. The teacher's point of view is critical here. We can only speculate. Another news source [IMG]http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0518/3320314_200X150.jpg[/IMG] Last edited by glatt; 05-19-2004 at 03:06 PM.