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RE: class-president-hacks-school-grades
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:43:45 -0500
________________________________ From: Dennis Henderson [mailto:hendomatic () gmail com] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:33 AM To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) Cc: randallm () fidmail com; funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] class-president-hacks-school-grades On 1/22/07, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com > wrote: Yikes! I think those charges are a little harsh for a teenager changing his grades. And expulsion at that! Yikes! That's basically throwing this kid's life down the toilet for a foolish mistake. But, I'm sure that the courts won't destroy this kid's life, and I'll certainly bet that after all this kid goes through in the courts and being arrested, that he'll never EVER do anything this stupid again. Mike B Mike, I have to disagree. Here we have the Class President, the person selected by his peers as the best representative of that school's class and he is an(alleged) fraud. Its not like it was the expected one; the nerdy hermit that forgot to turn in an assigmentand hacked the system.. What if the grade changes were never detected and this miscreant went on to get scholarships and other false acclaim? Some are probably cheering that thought, and its a sign of the times where today's youth think that cheating is not illegal unless you get caught. :) Dennis I agree that he should be punished, absolutely because cheating might not always be illegal it's always immoral.. But, 2 second degree felony charges and expulsion? I just feel those charges are a bit harsh, if he receives the max sentence his live is ruined basically. All because of some stupid thing that he did without having really thinking or knowing what the outcome could be. But then again, I don't have all the facts, non of us do, so it's hard to tell if this was an isolated incident or not. Perhaps dropping the charges down to misdemeanors (so they don't follow him the rest of his life), repeating his senior year and 80 - 120 hours of community service over the summer would suffice as a punishment. My feeling is that you want to make the punishment painful enough that he learns his lesson and won't even think about doing it again, without being severely life altering. Of course, this is based upon an isolated incident.... his history would have to be taken into account along with a whole slew of other things too... and no, I'm not a bleeding heart liberal either <grin> I just wouldn't want to see someone's life get totally ruined for simply some stupid thing that he did in High School..... Mike B
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- Re: class-president-hacks-school-grades Dennis Henderson (Jan 22)
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