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I remember sitting in school and finding out some of my peers had gotten suspended due to video taping a fight between 2 other people. The most surprising part was when I found out the fight wasn't even on school grounds. My first reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because, most people find fighting entertaining. My second reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because, if you video tape a fight off of school grounds you shouldn't suffer school consequences it just doesn't make sense. My third reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because, someone's phone is their personal property.

My first reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because most people find fighting entertaining. For instance, many people watch wresting shows such as WWE Raw and UFC. [|UFC Fox] averages 4.66 million viewers from 8:00pm-10:19pm on Saturday nights. Within 2 hours one of the UFC's original taping veiwer ratings went from 3.43 million to 5.66 million. So basically what I am trying to say is, if most kids, teens, and adults watch fighting on T.V why should it be wrong to record fights?

My second reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because, if you video tape a fight off of school grounds you shouldn't suffer school consequences it just doesn't make sense. T[|he National Center For Education Statistics] state that, "p hysical fights on school property are considered a high-risk behavior that may disrupt a focused learning environment at school". This is one reason for why students may get suspended and in some cases expelled. But, if your not fighting you shouldn't suffer any consequences. If your not on school property you shouldn't suffer and school consequences and If your video taping the fight and your an innocent bystander I believe you shouldn't receive any school consequences. These 3 reasons back-up my claim for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds because it doesn't make sense.

My third reason for why students shouldn't suffer school consequences for video taping fights off of school grounds is because, someone's phone is their personal property. A teacher can take away your phone but they can not look through it. According to the fourth [|amendment] states that people do not have the right to be searched illegally without a warrant. This basically means that unless cops have a legal document that states they can search you property ( paper, phones, ect.) then no one has the right to look through your stuff not even your teachers. So if your teachers ask to see the content on your phone you can say, "no". So if you did record a fight the most they can do is take away your phone if they have proof. But, suspension is out of the question because they have no proof that you have any recordings in your phone. Some may say that if the fight was between two people that belong to the same school it does not give anyone the right to videotape the fight even if it is off school grounds and if they don they should suffer school consequences. Although, in The Renaissance Charter High School For Innovation, 100% of all students that attend that school come from East Harlem. Which means that most of the kids that go to that school may know each other prior to going to that high school. In addition it may also mean that the students could have been fighting near their home which may require the police to intervene. So if the police weren't called then that is simply too bad.

Some may also say that most kids/teens do not find fighting entertaining and that's why students should suffer school consequences for video taping fights even if it's off of school grounds. That would be considered untrue because there are several toy action figures that are being sold at [|TOYS "R" US] recommended for children 8-10year of age. This means that fighting affects not only adults but also teens and children. These toys are being sold in toy stores across the country and UFC and WWE Raw DVD's are also being sold for the kids, teens, and children to watch.

In conclusion I believe students that videotape fights of of school grounds shouldn't get in trouble because fighting is entertaining, it just doesn't make sense, and because someone's phone is their personal property. Even thought recorded fights may not be entertaining to some others might find this subject very entertaining. School's have the right to give consequences to students when they disobey school rules when they are in school. But, if a student is not in school they shouldn't have to suffer school consequences.