the kid already hates me. She is 15. It sort of goes without saying :) On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These suggestions are good if all other avenues have been exhausted and if > you don't mind rolling the dice with your reputation. The local news can > make you look like a hero or a villain regardless of the rightness of your > cause. > > Oh yeah, and your kid might hate you afterward. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:29 PM > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: while I am complaining > > > This is just me, but I would: > > 1) Write down a complete timeline to the best of your knowledge, > > 2) Give the rundown to a television crew and ask them to show up for some > good footage, and once they do, > > 3) Show up at the school and then call the police telling them that you are > staying until you get your phone back and that you want them to show up > right now, > > 4) Sit politely and quietly in the school office until the police arrive, > and give them no reason to file charges against you, and make sure you're on > videotape > > 5) File a report with a copy of your timeline when they get there, > > 6) Take it up the government line about their so-called authority to make > policy decisions about legal private property (in other words, not guns, > knives, or illegal drugs), > > 7) Engage a good attorney on commission and sue every person involved in not > releasing your property to you, and the school system, both jointly and > severally, and seek high punitive damages, > > 8) Settle out of court for whatever they offer you that results in a net > gain in your pocket in excess of five figures, > > 9) Make sure as many people as possible are fired as a result of this. It > doesn't matter who -- you're Pol Pot looking for a record-breaking body > count -- just make it happen. > > No one fucks with you, Dana. No one. Make it known. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:07 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: while I am complaining > > > > My daughter started public school in January and got her cell phone > > taken away last week for texting in class. I am not really ok with > > that, but I can see their point. Where they lose me is that they > > refuse to release the phone to me either. That's my phone, not her > > phone, and I am paying for cell phone service so I can keep track of > > my errant 15-yo. WTF. > > > > The principal is saying that they have a policy and that makes it ok. > > > > Methinks not. You do not just take people's property. You can restrict > > their use on campus sure. But take the cell phone away? Just take it? > > Not. > > > > If I am the first person to object to this then I *really worry about > > public life in America. > > > > Dana > > > > > > -- > > Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices > > calling for change - Barack Obama > > > > > > > >
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