Should you expect privacy in the bathrooms at school?
It sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it? Of course you expect privacy even if it’s a public restroom. Just
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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.
Young hacker gets 20 years in prison
When Albert Gonzalez was a child, he became addicted to computers. That addiction, combined with alcohol and drug use as
Why bully a suicide victim?
Cyberbullying has become a national epidemic. Cruel, hurtful comments online or by cell phone have affected up to one-third of
Text message leads to steel-toed beating
Reportedly, 15-year-old Wayne Treacy didn’t know Josie Lou Ratley, also 15 years old but at a different school in Florida.
“Attention, Walmart customers. All Black people, leave the store now.”
These were the words of a 16-year-old boy in Washington Township, New Jersey. On Sunday, March 14, 2010, he grabbed
The Catcher in the Rye
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger (1951). Although first published in 1951, “The Catcher in the Rye” is
Teacher’s confiscation of student’s cell phone upheld
In the Fall of 2008, Anthony Koch attended Sylvan Hills High School in Arkansas. The school had a policy prohibiting
Is suspension a denial of your right to an education?
After two decades of zero tolerance policies in public education, some school districts are taking a second look at its
Jury finds school district didn’t do enough to stop bullying
The bullying began when Dane Patterson was in middle school. It started with name-calling and being shoved into lockers. The
Middle school teacher bullies student
A sixth-grade teacher in North Carolina wrote “loser” in red ink on a student’s paper in November, 2009. The child’s