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This also depends on what grade Nick is in. High school, they probably don't care. Bitch is used in school all the time in videos, amongst lots of students frequently, and it's a harmless word for complaining. It's not even bad >.> gosh.

Uh yeah no. They are really strict on that stuff considering they don't want anyone jumping off a bridge because they're gay or shooting up a school because they are socially unacceptable and get made fun of.


Blackmail him

"if you tell our principal, i'll send your teacher your love tape. wut now."

Nvm, don't say that. Yeah, don't. I seriously doubt saying "Bitch" in whatever context will require the involvement of officials.

Uh yeah no. They are really strict on that stuff considering they don't want anyone jumping off a bridge because they're gay or shooting up a school because they are socially unacceptable and get made fun of.

Depends on what school, what area of the country. What grade. So many factors, in some cases yeah you're right but think about it. Nick says he tells other people not to cuss, and does it outside of school for fun. He's making it sound like doing drugs. Point being, Nick, you don't exactly sound like the type to harass someone with swears abound. Am i right?

Oh, uh, you still haven't posted what you said to him making him threaten to report you.


Oh, uh, you still haven't posted what you said to him making him threaten to report you.
11th post. I think. I edited.

O i c your edit.

Just convince him not to report you. Don't wanna risk anything. Offer him like 5 bucks to not "report" him. Like i said, best not to take the chance in case you would actually get in trouble.

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O i c your edit.

Just convince him not to report you. Don't wanna risk anything. Offer him like 5 bucks to not "report" him. Like i said, best not to take the chance in case you would actually get in trouble.
I did convince him, kinda. My last words.
At school after he said "Jerk" he was calm like nothing happened. He sat next to me and said hi, without bringing it up. (Does he have a facebook?!) Would be scary.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2011, 12:40:42 AM by (-Nick-) »

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Yes, then call me a richard.

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I'm reporting you to the school officials badspot :)

Lol okay, like Badspot doesn't already think we're all richards.

Lol okay, like Badspot doesn't already think we're all richards.
True.

Regardless of what the word is, you can't get in trouble for something you say outside of school. I know it probably seems like school rules your whole life but you can only get in trouble for saying a "bad word" directly at school.

If your friend told administration at your school, they'd probably say "so?" and that would be it. I would watch the content you post on Facebook though, because future employers look at facebook pages when considering you as an employee. Just...in case you didn't know.
that's not true.
people at my school get in trouble for things like that

you're not going to go to jail
you're not going to prison
you're not going to be suspended
and you're not going to be expelled

calling him a bitch is about as bad as him calling you a jerk lol. if he reports you, kick his ass, or report him back for pissing you off. obviously he provoked you.

Tom

This is a pretty hot debate right now, and I don't think there are any laws about it yet. It's entirely plausible that you could get in trouble for this. I don't think you would get suspended for this though, but the counselor might want you and your "friend" to go through counseling.

Edit: Found this, it explains it very well.
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Several courts have ruled on cases involving off-campus, online harmful speech. The
legal standard these courts applied was the Tinker standard.2 Under the Tinker
standard, school officials may only respond with formal discipline in cases where the off-
campus speech causes, or threatens to cause, a substantial and material disruption at
school or interference with the rights of students to be secure. In most of these cases,
the courts found that impact of the off-campus online speech did not meet the Tinker
standard.3
« Last Edit: March 03, 2011, 01:38:15 AM by Tom »

Schools can and have intervened in off-campus issues between students, me being one of them. Just because it didn't happen on their property or their time or whatever, doesn't mean they can't resolve issues.

OP, if you called him a bitch, you might get in trouble.

A girl in my younger brothers class got expelled from school for things she wrote on Facebook.

She made a post about her tutor group and how she hates everyone in it.
Making sure to insult most of them personally, including swears and curses.
She then also went on to insult their tutor, going into excessive detail about her being a slut (The woman is a married 50 year old Textiles teacher) and other obvious lies.

Anyway, my brother and his friends, since she was stupid enough to comment about people directly and openly, they saw her post, printed it and took it directly to their tutor.
Which got it sent to the Year Head and then furthermore onto the Headmistress of the School, and she was then expelled.

However, considering what you've posted about messaging, I wouldn't worry about it.
Your friend isn't likely to send it in, and if he does, either make it clear that he is just as bad, or take the punishment, which would definitely be little more than a warning or a simple detention.
Don't go fretting over it. It's not a big worry. Just be careful not to insult people over the internet who you know.
Just because it's online doesn't mean you can't get in trouble for it.