Throughout the media a local story is sweeping newspapers and Tv broadcasts. A JCCC nursing student is kicked out of the school due to a picture posted on Facebook. The student posed with a human placenta prior to asking JCCC Nursing Administrator for permission in which the teacher did not say "No" but merely replied saying "oh, you girls." The student was contacted later by the administrator being asked to remove it from Facebook, where it was posted for a short three hours and removed immediately. The student was then told she would not be in trouble.
In this situation I oppose the students removal from the nursing school on these points; first of all, she was never denied permission, secondly, was told she would not recieve punishment for the posting, thirdly, there are no school codes or conducts prohibiting such behavior or actions. And lastly, the student did not post the picture (which was un-identifiable) in a negative way. She put the picture on Facebook only to share with family and friends the great experience she encountered.
JCCC may have a few logical arguements about the students actions as well. Those may include that what she is a part of and what she posted represents JCCC and some may view that negatively while others may not. The dean of the school feels what she did and the price she had to pay were that of a "lesson hard learned" and is not keen on the idea of the student being re-admitted into the school.
Punishing someone that greatly for a lapse in judgement does not suit well with me, everybody makes mistakes and learns from them, and we all assume she will have learned from this one. Second chances run along the lines of hope and I believe this student deserves a second chance.
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