what happens to a kid who forges teachers' signatures?
Oboy. The teenager forgot to get permission signatures from his teachers for his week away at outdoor school (nature camp run by the school district), and so this morning he forged their required signatures on the form, and then turned it in at the camp.
Expelled?
Suspended?
Damned stupid. He's a senior. He'll be needing those teachers to write recommendations for him. He'll be needing the credit for being a counselor at the outdoor school.
I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't catch him. If the teachers would've said yes anyways and he's an otherwise good kid then they probably wouldn't have a reason to question him.
That doesn't mean you can't punish him and make him afraid he will get caught or turned in.
If he does get caught most schools will use some discretion, even when there are clear rules, in matters such as this. Once in college a girl stole a paper of mine and plagiarized it. After the professor threatened to have me expelled I called and let her know if I was going down I would take her down with me. She admitted what she did but gave a sob story and got an extension on the assignment.
9. My nephew (and some of his friends) recently got suspended for
forging school parking permits. He is a senior too (straight A, honor student). The school promised it would not go on his permanent record so it wouldn't affect college admissions. He just got in to Cornell so I guess it didn't hurt him.
Stupid thing to do but it has been scientifically proven that their brains do not work correctly (at least by adult standards) at that age.
I will NEVER forget my son getting in trouble for - get this - climbing on the playground equipment. Yes. He was climbing a support pole instead of whatever the official sanctioned climbing thing was...authoritarianism is strong in public school
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