If a kid in my class, steals my pencil ... can I (parents) charge him or her with theft?
929000
That is so petty. The trial alone would cost like over 500 times as much at a measly pencil or haircomb.
707023
This isn't about fair. It's about two different perspectives of what happened. It's about getting through this and getting the best grade you can while keeping your relationship with your teacher intact (you do have to stick with her for a while, right?)\n\nThe best way to handle this, in my opinion, is to ask the teacher which assignments are missing, and ask if there is a way that you can either do an oral re-cap of what you wrote on your assignments, or if you can do them over and turn them in a little late. Or, perhaps she can come up with another solution, especially if you seem intersted in working with her.\n\nDefinately don't try to make this into and "I'm right and you're wrong" situation. And certainly don't cry "not fair." Try to negotiate and find a middle ground where you can both be happy. Not only will this be a happier way around the situation, your teacher might actually be so impressed by your maturity that she'll be really nice and give you the benefit of the doubt! (Don't count on it tho :)\n\nIf you find that talking with your teacher is upsetting for you, ask a friend or family member to role-play with you before you go in and talk to her. I know, it sounds lame, but it really does help. In your role playing, you not only will you get a chance to practice steering the conversation to the positive, but you might also come up with some other ideas on how to work everything out.\nGood luck!
1140166
you could ask the person it was stolen from!
1123855
No there is not, tell them to stop or else, what they are doing is called harassment and they could get in some serious trouble for it, they can even get into juvy, if it doesn't stop tell a teacher
733462
Stealing is taking something that doesn't belong to you.  Do the pens and paper belong to you?  No, they belong to the company.  So, yes, you are stealing.\n\nPeace.\n\nI just love the answers that say it's stealing but it's OK.  The same logic that all criminals use.  Everyone can justify their criminal behavior, whether it be stealing a pen, writing a check when you know there are not funds in the bank to larceny and murder.  Surprising how many people think it is OK for them but not for others who are condemned and sentenced to jail or even death, but for me, it's OK.  I do hope people will remember their own sins the next time they are answering a question like should we bring back hanging, or any death penalty option.  \n\nPeace.
257610
Well first thing I'd do is make sure the kid that pushed you stops messing with you. I would start by letting one of your parents know about the problem or you could go to the Principle of your school since it happened at the bus stop.  Which ever you decide I think the guy who caused the problem should have to pay the price not you. If nothing else works I'd open a can of whup-ass on the fool who pushed you. You might still have to pay for the torn pants but the guy might not mess with you after that.
273414
You might be able to go through legal channels and the police?  You could also just come right out and ask the school but I'm sure that you may not trust that source.
761965
Phone other parents or the school to find out...;
802500
BE CONSISTENT!!  Don't let them wear you down.  If you said you were taking recess for a month, then by golly take recess for a month.  I have a color system which correlates to their conduct grades (this works K-6). Green-great day. Yellow-warning.  Purple-loss of priviledge, loss of points.  Orange-phone call home, loss of points.  Red--minor referral (note home), loss of points.  Black--principal's office, conference with parent and loss of points.  Note that if one is on black everything above it occurs as well, etc.  I also have a ticket box.  Anytime I see good behavior, i tell them to get a ticket.  Anyone staying on green that day gets a ticket as well.  Every Friday, I pull one name out of the box for a prize out of my toybox.  We discuss the probability of pulling their name if they have only 1 ticket as opposed to 10 tickets.  Whoever makes a 100A with no warnings recieves a certificate and a prize out of my box. (I also have a record sheet for the week.)   Granted, I do have first grade but out of 17 students 15 made an A in conduct on their report cards.  1 was a B and the other was a little thief who is now making an A!
109008
we get what are called 'white slips'. They are really bright yellow. get 1, your parents gotta sign it and bring it back and show the teacher that 'wrote you up'. then show your homeroom teacher and give it to her. get three white slips and get a detention. get 3 detentions, or 9 yellow slips, you get an in-school suspension, which involves them giving you and a sub a room for yourselves, and him/her teaching you everything you would normally do that day. also, you must pay WITH YOUR OWN MONEY, not your parents, for the sub. get 3 Inschoolers, or 9 detentions, or 27 white slips, you get a 2-day, (i think), out of school suspenion. I have 1 white slip this year and one last.
775542
I actually had this problem in the tenth grade when I was attending high school. The difference was that I was the one who was constantly asking friends to let me copy their work, and it was only because I wouldn't do my homework and used people. It got to the point where my friends refused to let me copy offf of them and then one day a friend snapped at me telling me to do my own damn work! when my friend showed how annoying I was, it really hurt, yet I knew what she was talking about. So I didn't ask anymore and instead I did my work. Last attempt though, if the girl keeps on, tell her that you don't have time to help her, but if she really doesn't understand it, tell her to get tutoring. You could talk to your teacher after class and exlpain the problem while not making it out like your friend's a cheater, and encourage your teacher to call a one on one tutor session to break the ice. The important thing is to stand up for yourself!
337471
YES!!!\nAnd it was not my doing :) I was not at fault ! lol had to say it. But really. i have , My daughter had stopped going to school.. well Thye aressted me instead. there 3 days.. That was soooo wrong, I paid fines and she still quit school I sent her to Job corp. SHe got her ged, But I still had the fines. I think that is soooo wrong. I love her but, sometimes they should make the child responsible too.. I mean, c'mon. I could send her, and she leave on the bus, she leaves the school yard.... How is that my fault?
400001
In Oklahoma, a teacher can take a cell phone and keep it ONLY until the end of the school day. If the student's parents go to the school to get their child's phone, the school has to give it back. I am not sure about the charging of $15.00 to get it back. States set their own rules. I am sure that it wouldn't be legal to destroy the phone with a hammar, though. If a student destroyed school property, there would be severe punishment.
170941
You should report it immediately to the Principal, if you don't feel comfortable identifying yourself, contact the board of education or the police, especially if the student is underage.
333023
To be honest, you would be better off to get through the quarter and forget about it unless the teacher is doing something illegal.\n\nIf you try and "frame" the teacher as one genious proposed, you may end up in a huge lawsuit in which you and your parents could get taken to the cleaners (not to mention expelled from school and a nice ding on your record).\n\nIf the teacher is doing something illegal, then you need to speak to your parents and the administrators.
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The general rule is: it's plagerism if you take credit for someone else's work.  It's stealing their words.\n\nI believe the penalty is usually a failing grade on the paper you turn.  If the paper is weighted enough you could fail the course.  I guess a school could take it to the next level and suspend you or the law could fine you.\n\nIt's easy to use someone else's words - just put " " around the text and site you source.
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When my daughter would get books at the beginning of the year, she always brought them home so that we could go through them together.  Because I didn't want this to happen!  Well, her senior year, she didn't bring them home, and I didn't really think about it.  At the end of the year, she had that same thing happen with one of her books (I think it was written in).  I tried talking to the teacher, but it too fell on deaf ears.  At our school, we had a book fee that we give when entering high school.  I gave up and let them apply the charge to that fee and chalked it up as a loss!  They were threatening that she wouldn't get to graduate if we didn't pay!  Amazing what they'll do for $10.00 isn't it.  Pay the money... it's a losing battle and not worth the hassle.