Teen Suspended from Christian School for Attending Girlfriend's Prom

[Archon_Turtle]

This should be a fun one...

FINDLAY, Ohio -- A northwest Ohio teenager is beginning a suspension imposed by his Christian school because he attended another high school's prom with his girlfriend.

Officials at Heritage Christian School in Findlay had warned 17-year-old Tyler Frost that he would be suspended and prohibited from attending graduation if he went to the dance over the weekend.

Frost says he didn't think going to the dance was wrong even though his fundamentalist Baptist school forbids dancing, rock music and hand-holding.

Frost didn't go to school Monday. Instead, he's heading to New York with his girlfriend where they'll do an interview with the CBS "Early Show" on Tuesday.

The teen says he's now getting Facebook and e-mail messages from around the world.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

I'm just...going to leave this one alone...Enjoy the theological debate! BWAHAHAH!

I will say that I did go to a private christian High School myself...and some of their rules are ...a little....out there (our senior prom queen was expelled for smoking a cig...off campus....at the age of 18...)

Then again...you DO sign contracts and Pay money to be in these draconian concentration camps...so I dunno.

[Lil G]

Ok, I kind of understand kissing, but holding hand!? That's outrageous! And why should they suspend him for doing something in his personal life? If anything, they have no control of that. That's just stupid.

[Mecha Cow]

It's stupid yeah, but if you choose to go to a private school, you choose to play by its rules... even if they are ridiculous.

[Jester]

Exactly, the price you pay...aside from the tuition mind you...for going to a private Christian school.

[Peanut]

Yeah, never understood people who b*tch about this kind of thing. If you're paying to go to school, you play by their rules.

[Buslady]

thats whacha get for going to a private school with mideval rules

[Hannah]

Originally Posted by Buslady

thats whacha get for going to a private school with mideval rules

Have you just completely let yourself go? At least try to type correctly, FFS.

[VaughnMichael]

Um Not sure about him but when I went to a private christian school I was forced to go by my parents because I kept getting into trouble in public school.
So not everyone has a choice as to what school they go to.

[Ra]

I went to a private school. Thank god it wasn't as strict as private schools like this.

Seriously, I can't really understand restrictions like this. Going to a prom/formal event is such a serious offence to call upon a suspention now? I know that it's the school's rules and that to keep them away from rock 'n roll and the families are paying for the kid's education but... wow.

[Raph's Girl]

I loved private school. Yeah it was a bit strict (big rule was no throwing rocks....I got a 2 day suspension for that...yeah ) but I prefer that over public. I went to public for High School...but even that had the no holding hands policy...mostly cuz hallways at schools are sometimes narrow so 2 people walking side by side holding hands gets in people's way....there was also a no kissing in the halls policy. I only know of one instance where people got suspended for kissing... 2 goth girls

[Ginny]

I don't think the school should have any control of what a student does in their personal life. Inside the school is one thing, but I think it is outrageous that the school thinks they should have control over every aspect of a student's life. I mean what's next, a student gets suspended because they <gasp> walked into a Spencer's??? Or went to a movie not rated G??? Oh the horror!

[Spitfire]

I would have had sex with her while listening to metal on top of a bible, I'd video taped it, and made sure my school principle saw it.

When I went to school kids did what ever the hell they wanted. They weren't supposed to have sex in the bathrooms...but they did. No one really ever stopped them I have no clue why. We could hold hands, make out, whatever as long as it wasn't disrupting someone else's learning or it wasn't rudely during a lecture. Honestly making standard high school relationship practice a taboo subject is only going to make it that much more desirable to the average teenager.

[Candy Kappa]

a girl I know and her boyfriend dozed off after studying together, the house lady or what ever its called caught them sleeping next to each other.
And since its a Christian school they got suspension, but not from school but from the campus for a week I think it was.
Since they both lived far away from the school she had to wake up 3 hours before school started and be driven to school by her mother and barely get there in time, and her boyfriend who lives so far away he had to sleep in a dumpsters since he could't afford taking the train and several busses.

[Sewer Bull]

Officials at Heritage Christian School in Findlay had warned 17-year-old Tyler Frost that he would be suspended and prohibited from attending graduation if he went to the dance over the weekend.

How did the officials know that he was going there, in the first place?

Media whores.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Kiwamu The Kappa

her boyfriend who lives so far away he had to sleep in a dumpsters since he could't afford taking the train and several busses.

And if this really happened I have to say this is the point where you grow a set and tell them where to shove it. If your paying to go to school you don't put up with crap like that. I guess college can be viewed differently but there's a director at my college who constantly tries to censor my work. I basically told her to go to hell. My philosophy is I pay to go to college, therefore I'm paying for a service and I can turn in whatever I damn well please for work. She continually gets mad because the teachers keep giving me good grades and there's nothing she can do about it because I spoke with the dean about it and he told me no matter what no one can censor me.

One student alone in a class full of 20 or more pays a teachers salary for teaching that class for the whole quarter. So the school makes a killing on all the extra cash they get. Trying to control my life outside of school would have only warranted further backlash from me. I sure as hell wouldn't be sleeping in a dumpster. I'd be telling them they can either pay for my transportation or go **** themselves. People need to learn that they don't need to take **** from anyone.

This is all of course aged based and it's harder to gain this kind of ground as a 14 year old but even in the kid sleeping in a dumpsters case his parents could have fought for him.

[Brodie]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

I would have had sex with her while listening to metal on top of a bible, I'd video taped it, and made sure my school principle saw it.

What's it like, living on the edge all the time? Playing by no one's rules but your own?

So. Bad. Ass.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Brodie

What's it like, living on the edge all the time? Playing by no one's rules but your own?

So. Bad. Ass.

Oh it's amazing, liberating, it's kinda like free balling. You know what I mean?

[Jester]

I'm sure he doesn't.

Wait, neither do I...

I need a hug!

[shredder17]

how absolute is your idea of "playing by my own rules" does it apply to how you post on this forum. Do you go by the rules of the board?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by shredder17

how absolute is your idea of "playing by my own rules" does it apply to how you post on this forum. Do you go by the rules of the board?

"Playing by his own rules" just means he b*tches about the world a lot. And girls. He used to b*tch about girls more than Leo656 does about the WWE. Oh, also, he used to say people were poor for not being able to afford an HDTV.