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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Except that this is rather the point. If a teacher does anything to a student the student doesn't like, the parents rush out to find a lawyer. That is exactly why schools are simply calling the police in more and more often. It downloads the fallout from dealing with the problem onto someone else.
Ultimately, a crime was committed: vandalism of public property.
The argument here really is whether the cops overreacted in dealing with that crime, not the school. The school's hands are tied.
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Thanks, you stated what I was trying to point out in clearer terms.
It is the threat of lawsuit and the hassle that disciplining has become that pushes schools to just push off the job to other authorities. Especially the teachers, because the administrations usually don't back them up.
Too many people look at schools as government run daycare where their kids should be coddled, because they're precious.