H/T Jared Law
The fact of the matter is that the high school student who was victimized by the overpaid, underworked ‘administration’ of this government school, was doing the right thing, and throwing him under the bus like this, obviously to intimidate students into choosing to not report on teacher misconduct, isn’t just revolting, it is, or should be, illegal (check state law). It makes you wonder if a student snapped a cellphone photo, or took video, of a teacher sexually assaulting another student, and turned it over to police, would the ‘whistleblower’ student be suspended and prosecuted for producing and distributing pornography?

The Blaze

Students can be punished for sleeping in class, but what happens when a teacher gets caught dozing at his desk? A high school student in Oklahoma City got the answer to that question when he snapped a cell phone picture to prove that his substitute teacher was sleeping on the job.

The first reaction from the school? Suspend the student.

The Oklahoma City School District has a strict policy that prohibits students from using “telecommunications devices during the school day.” Apparently, the school is sticking to the letter of the law in this situation.

The identities of the ninth grader at Mustang Mid-High or the slumbering substitute have not been released, but the story has filtered out and the community is responding. Many locals have expressed concerns over the harsh penalty imposed by the school, and some parents wondered if the suspension was appropriate — or a case of the administration trying to intimidate students.

The only official statement from the school district claims that the sleeping teacher will be investigated.

ABC-13 covered the story:

You have to wonder, if the same teacher had a heart attack and a student called 911 with a cell phone, would that student be suspended or lauded for acting quickly?

(H/T: Simon Conway of WHO Radio in Iowa.)