a tiny ray of the sun
greeting lj land with tuesday whatthefuckery. you say it's too early? well, i say it's too early. my whole day has been warped into a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. i've taken a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. aaand i'm inviting you with me.
have you heard about this supreme court case? Strip Search Case Tests How Far Schools Can Go
this girl was stripped search by a school nurse and a secretary when she was 13. because they suspected she had prescription strength ibuprofen. -___-
two words jump out at me: "13" and "ibuprofen."
i am awash in astonishment. there are so many things wrong with this, it's hard to begin, but i'll start by saying that i remember when it became against school policy to bring in your own prescriptions, or over the counters like benadryl and advil. the beginning of a school year meant checking in with the school nurse to supply her with my inhaler since i wasn't allowed to carry it with me. if you were suspected of having something on you, you got searched. but no one had the right to search your physical person. your locker, book bag, pockets were up for grabs, but nothing else. any procedure that would be protocol for police officials would be left to those officials. in short, school staff never overstepped their boundaries. how did this school district honestly think it was a-ok to have their faculty and staff strip a minor???
she was 13. police don't even bring a minor into questioning without the parent or legal guardian. call me crazy but i think a strip search is on a higher level than just questioning, and (forget about how i think it was inappropriate for school staff to conduct the search) her parents should have been notified and present with her at all times during this process.
not only was the poor girl humiliated, but she suffered this for ibuprofen of all things. let's get our priorities straight here! why would ibuprofen (which, prescription strength or not, poses no real threat) warrant a strip search? i understand efforts to keep drugs out of school, but policy and procedure should match up with the drug. the zero tolerance policy just doesn't cut it because kids aren't that stupid. they know that ibuprofen isn't as harmful as, say, oxycontin. and when you make the consequences so severe over a simple painkiller, it cheapens the "drugs are bad" message and makes kids resentful and dismissive.
i normally don't support lawsuits and what have you, but this school should hurt badly for this. if the supreme court rules in favor of this girl and her mom, it may set a precedent for parents suing schools, but who cares if it establishes where the duties lie between schools and law enforcement. i honestly think the school crossed a line, and the supreme court should define that line so stupid shit like this doesn't happen again.
omg my head hurst for how dumb this is.
oh and she didn't even have ibuprofen on her...
have you heard about this supreme court case? Strip Search Case Tests How Far Schools Can Go
this girl was stripped search by a school nurse and a secretary when she was 13. because they suspected she had prescription strength ibuprofen. -___-
two words jump out at me: "13" and "ibuprofen."
i am awash in astonishment. there are so many things wrong with this, it's hard to begin, but i'll start by saying that i remember when it became against school policy to bring in your own prescriptions, or over the counters like benadryl and advil. the beginning of a school year meant checking in with the school nurse to supply her with my inhaler since i wasn't allowed to carry it with me. if you were suspected of having something on you, you got searched. but no one had the right to search your physical person. your locker, book bag, pockets were up for grabs, but nothing else. any procedure that would be protocol for police officials would be left to those officials. in short, school staff never overstepped their boundaries. how did this school district honestly think it was a-ok to have their faculty and staff strip a minor???
she was 13. police don't even bring a minor into questioning without the parent or legal guardian. call me crazy but i think a strip search is on a higher level than just questioning, and (forget about how i think it was inappropriate for school staff to conduct the search) her parents should have been notified and present with her at all times during this process.
not only was the poor girl humiliated, but she suffered this for ibuprofen of all things. let's get our priorities straight here! why would ibuprofen (which, prescription strength or not, poses no real threat) warrant a strip search? i understand efforts to keep drugs out of school, but policy and procedure should match up with the drug. the zero tolerance policy just doesn't cut it because kids aren't that stupid. they know that ibuprofen isn't as harmful as, say, oxycontin. and when you make the consequences so severe over a simple painkiller, it cheapens the "drugs are bad" message and makes kids resentful and dismissive.
i normally don't support lawsuits and what have you, but this school should hurt badly for this. if the supreme court rules in favor of this girl and her mom, it may set a precedent for parents suing schools, but who cares if it establishes where the duties lie between schools and law enforcement. i honestly think the school crossed a line, and the supreme court should define that line so stupid shit like this doesn't happen again.
omg my head hurst for how dumb this is.
oh and she didn't even have ibuprofen on her...