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In reply to the discussion: Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school [View all]rocktivity
(45,006 posts)21. Giving up the full time job is the right answer
There's no reason for being too tired to go to school. It isn't as though she's supporting herself...oops...
A reporter from Houstons KHOU relayed to the judge that Tran is working to support an older brother who attends Texas A&M University and a younger sister. Her parents divorced out of the blue last year and both moved away, her mother to Georgia, leaving the high schooler on her own in Willis. She is working part time at a wedding venue and full time at a dry cleaning business just to stay afloat.
Tran's parents are the ones who should be in jail -- are the authorities at least TRYING to track them down for child abandonment? At the very least, the older brother should put off college and work full time until she finishes high school. Tran and her younger sister should be should getting public aid, even if it means foster care.
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OMG this girl's biggest problems is that she is too freaking responsible taking on everyone else's
dkf
May 2012
#3
The judge shouldn't have ALLOWED her to keep doing it on her own given her circumstances
rocktivity
May 2012
#34
the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law
CreekDog
May 2012
#76
How exactly does sending a 17 year-old to jail send the message that "she can't do this on her
Puregonzo1188
May 2012
#55
The judge doesn't understand his own law --it's like sending the child to jail for child abandonment
CreekDog
May 2012
#39
I know it is but what I'm getting at is the real criminals are allowed to walk free.
Initech
May 2012
#68