High school student in hot water after asking Miss America to prom

[Jazzy]

When a teenage boy asks a girl to the prom, the thing he usually fears is rejection - not suspension.

Of course most teenage boys are not asking Miss America to the prom when she visits their high school. And they're certainly not doing it when expressly told not to.

But that's exactly what happened with a high school senior in York, Penn.

When 18-year-old Patrick Farves asked the reigning Miss America, Nina Davuluri, to the prom, her rejection was sweet. The school's response, not as kind: Central York High School suspended him for three days.

"It came off as disrespect so that's why I got suspended," Farves said.

The Twitter outrage was immediate. What's wrong with daring to dream big, people asked? Where is the freedom of speech?

But Central York High School administrators say this is a story about rules, not dreams.

In a statement today, they said:

"As parents, we would be remiss not to give an appropriate consequence to our child for deliberately defying us so that our child understands that our rules should be followed and respected. Schools must operate in the same way."

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Did he really deserve to be suspended? Why / Why not?

 

[gaze-universe]

Only if the suspension was before hand set as the consequence for asking her to the prom.

 

[Darth-Apple]

Asking her to prom isn't something I would have done, but I don't think a suspension is really the proper response towards that sort of thing, personally.

 

[Jazzy]

Suspension was warranted if they were all told ahead of time that would be the consequence. I didn't read that. I read that they were told not to do it but, hell what did he really have to lose at that point? I give him a lot of credit for asking her. This would have been a whole different story if she had said yes. He tried and hats off to him in my book!

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

He knew he was not supposed to do it. Now he has to live with the consequences. But in the end this is a good thing for the kids ego, confidence and the ability to stand up to authority. This is a good learning moment for his future.

 

[Evil Eye]

But in the end this is a good thing for the kids ego, confidence and the ability to stand up to authority. This is a good learning moment for his future.

Uhuh, I doubt it.
I was going to say something about applying this logic to actual crime and punishment, but it's 1am and I won't remember to do it tomorrow anyway, so you can think of your own ^^

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

But in the end this is a good thing for the kids ego, confidence and the ability to stand up to authority. This is a good learning moment for his future.

Uhuh, I doubt it.
I was going to say something about applying this logic to actual crime and punishment, but it's 1am and I won't remember to do it tomorrow anyway, so you can think of your own ^^

Not sure I understand what you are trying to tell me?

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes.

Evan Williams, 86 proof, Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, makes Education Policy much more understandable.

In fact, if every member of every school board in the country were required to consume at least a liter of said liquid before they debated various policies and then vote on same life would be much less interesting for the rest of us.

In support of said proposal I offer:

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
- Mark Twain