last weekend, there was an interesting story on BBC...
a 14 yr old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. The teenager was arrested at Wauwatosa East High School after she ignored her teacher's demand to stop texting. initally, the girl denied having a phone when confronted by their school security officer, but then, when she was frisked, the police found her mobile phone in her back pocket. The student was issued a criminal citation for disorderly conduct, had to post a bail of $298...and as every teenager's nightmare, her phone was also confiscated. The girl, is scheduled for an April 20 court appearance on the misdemeanor rap.
with this novel incident, would the US courts then say that texting in class consitutes disorderly conduct and as such punishable by say a fine or community service?
will texting in class be made an offense?
*sigh* i shudder at the thought that a kitikitext like me would end up in jail just for answering a text message.
check out: http://www.prisonplanet.com/14-year-old-wisconsin-student-arrested-for-texting-in-class.html
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