Penalty for Sexting

Original Link:  http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/07/12/37mct_casexting.h30.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrss

I can see other states adopt similar measures to deal with students who get caught sexting in school.   Suspending and possibly expelling students who get caught sexting is a necessary penalty because it makes students understand the consequences of sending dirty, obscene, messages over their cell phones.  Giving students more access to technology has it share of drawbacks and sexting is probably at the top of that list.  I've had my share of encounters with students who I catch using their cell phones in class and the majority of the time when I turn the phone in, there's inappropriate pictures or text on them.  I used to look at the photos when I catch a student violating the use of a cell phone in class but I don't anymore.  This type of stance by the California law makers is a good approach to this serious problem.  If we want our students to have more technology access, we must police them much like cyberpolice use the internet to catch online predators.