I definitely do not think that Khalidijah’s comments about her teacher were appropriate. Due to positions of authority, it is often hard for students to understand that teachers are indeed humans. Being humans, they possess emotions. It is obvious that Khalidijah was unaware of this. When she made the inappropriate comments, she was disregarding her sense of humanity.
I personally think that the appointed suspension was a just punishment for the students’ actions. It was reasonable for the school board to enforce this punishment because, had the incident occurred on school grounds, the students would have received a punishment of equal severity. Just because the bullying occurred online should not diminish its wrongness. Also, since the school board is entitled to create a safe environment for all students to learn and be educated, they are expected to protect every person in the school. Since the comments made by Khalidijah and others were offensive to people within the school community, the board had the right to take action in order to maintain a safe environment.
I do feel that students should be able to express their opinions freely; however they should not do so on public forums online. This is equivalent to public declarations within school grounds. If the students wanted to express themselves, they should have done so privately or without specifically calling out the names of their teachers. This method of tweeting, called “sub-tweeting” in the world of teenagers, is more secluded and cannot directly offend anyone.
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