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West Seneca East student serving suspension over tweet



West Seneca (WBEN) -- A student at West Seneca East is serving a suspension following a tweet in which he used an expletive against a teacher.

The school is taking a strong step with this five-day suspension for student Brandon Guzda, who otherwise has been active in academics and athletics, says mental-health counselor Lynne Rifkin Shine.

She says social media can be a dangerous way to let out your emotions.

"When you're anxious or you're angry, it's pent up adrenaline, so certainly the things that could help you are exercising ... you can speak to a friend, but anything in writing, the children really need to start understanding that once it's in writing, they can't take it back," Rifkin Shine says.

Guzda's suspension followed some behavior that's been described as rowdy at a high school hockey game. The teacher involved had written him up for the incident.

 

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02/14/2013 3:18PM
West Seneca East student serving suspension over tweet
Do you agree with the suspension?
02/14/2013 8:54PM
Leave the kid alone!
Maybe the teacher is part of the problem. No jury just exicution right. Was the student right about the teacher? Wouldn't be the first time a teacher was what a student called them. If you can't be a little thick skinned about these things maybe you should work cleanup at a fast food restaurant!
02/14/2013 9:29PM
Good for the district and the superintendent for doing what was right.
Obviously this knuckle head has a lot to learn about life. What a disgrace the parents are. How about teaching your child respect, appropriate behavior, and right from wrong instead of blaming everyone else for your shortcomings as a parent. Good luckBrandon Guzda as you move forward in life. One simple internet search form potential employers and they will see what a immature weasel you are.
02/14/2013 9:29PM
Good for the Superintendent for doing what was right
Obviously this knuckle head has a lot to learn about life. What a disgrace the parents are. How about teaching your child respect, appropriate behavior, and right from wrong instead of blaming everyone else for your shortcomings as a parent. Good luckBrandon Guzda as you move forward in life. One simple internet search form potential employers and they will see what a immature weasel you are.
02/15/2013 3:08AM
NO!
What happens outside school stays outside school, not to mention the fact that as a young AMERICAN he happens to have the constitutional right to say what he likes.
02/15/2013 7:29AM
School Overreach
If the tweet was not done at a school event, or done using school resources, or making a threat against someone at the school, then the school has absolutely no business whatsoever doing anything about it. I would have no problem with giving him a talking to, but any disciplinary action is a massive overreach which should be smacked down hard. And I say this as a teacher myself. -P. Gothgen
02/15/2013 8:26AM
suspension....WHY!!!!
Just because a student is rowdy at a hockey game does not give the school the right to ban him from voicing his opinion about what is going on at the game or the way it is being played or the way the referee's are calling the game. Unless this student was using foul language I see no reason for the teacher to discipline him, especially if he was not given a fair warning. Where I was grew up I was alway's told that stick's and stone's will break my bone's but name's will never hurt me. This teacher need's to grow up and get over it.
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