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This is the blog used by Andy Thibault's Blogging class at Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted, CT. Visitors are very welcome, but please understand that some of what is posted might represent notes and assignments that only the class will fully relate to.
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Thanks, Andy. I'm looking forward to the class tomorrow evening.
As I reviewed the background and commentary associated with this case, it occurred to me that there are other ways of looking at it besides as a stereotypical "free speech rights under fire" case.
For example: It's a good jumping-off point for a discussion of the online disinhibition effect. Would Avery have called the principal (or the superintendent) a "douchebag" to her face? (Ditto for the other student who called-- was it the superintendent?-- a "dirty whore")
It's also a good opportunity to talk about whether this case is, as Judy Aron asserts in her blog , yet another instance of public schools' usurping what traditionally have been prerogatives of parents (in this case, the ability to discipline their children).
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