<p>Something tells me the news story doesn’t tell the whole story.</p>
<p>While I imagine the kids did think it funny to pull this off–and did intend on this…and knew the C and L were missing…
isn’t it equally possible that the C and L were part if the stunt? So why only punish the A and 2 S s…</p>
<p>Costly retouching…it is unfortunate…but how did no one at the photo shoot not see this–the photographer, teachers, administrators, while the photo was being set up…</p>
<p>a knuckleheaded stunt for sure–and deserving of punishment
but I am not sure suspension was the way to go…(however I would expect my teen to respect it)</p>
<p>This is as deserving of suspension as marijuana is of legal penalty. It’s arguable (and by that I mean I can’t think of a scenario in which suspension would be the right step).</p>
<p>This is stupid. Yes, the kids should probably pay for the retouching, but suspensions? Come on! </p>
<p>Besides, aren’t there supposed to be people monitoring the kids during the pictures? I’m just going to assume that the kids are the scapegoats because the administrators missed this and it’s going to make them look bad.</p>
<p>Americans are so uptight about things like this. It’s just a word. And it means donkey. Perhaps one of them recently acquired a pet donkey and was celebrating his “Donkey” of 2010 :).</p>
<p>It is when adults make a huge deal about a word that the kids chose to exploit it. I got $10 that says these kids are now heroes to a few hundred students who would never have known their names or probably noticed the picture anyway.</p>
<p>3-day suspension for profanity (which is what this comes down to)? What was wrong with a couple of days of detention?</p>
<p>It was the informal shot. I could see being fussier about this if they had done it during the formal shot (though I still don’t think suspension would be warranted), but they don’t <em>need</em> an informal shot. I always hated those…who wants to stand around getting photographed longer than necessary?</p>
<p>On the surface it is quite a funny prank and definitely gave my H and I a chuckle. Shame on the “adults” who should have caught it and now are “reacting” and perhaps over reacting with suspensions. In terms of ‘costly’ retouching has no one in Houston heard of Photoshop?</p>
<p>Things have become so serious in the last 15 years. I can think of some things that students did during my school days, and by todays standards they would be in jail.</p>
<p>I actually thought this was pretty funny…I would not it if it was my kid who did it, but it is funny.</p>
<p>Thats how I read it…the kids prank wasn’t nearly worth a suspension?
–detention yes
–suspension? uh no…
I am all for responsibility, respect etc…but I feel for the kids in this one…</p>