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How do you suppose people will take you seriously when you don't even care to do spell/grammar check?
"Parents who lack good parenting skills should be force to shadow good parents."

Did you just completely forget to finish the word "forced" or are you really that unintelligent? Oh yea, and kids do have rights. If children didn't have rights they'd be constantly abused and neglected without any recourse. So, with that said, please think about what you say before you say it, not a lot of people are doing that these days and it gets them into a lot of trouble. Learn to use some common sense here lady.

We gave a high school jam once and had to completely “stop” the party due to the provocative dancing. Pants on the ground and provocative dancing are the sign of the times for young people today. I dare any parent to attend a teenage party and last an hour without stopping someone from performing a dance that would land the average adult in jail.
What behavior did we exhibit when we were teenagers? Remember the age of sex, drugs, fast cars, basement parties, etc. A number of us would be in jail if we had to be held accountable for our pass transgressions.
This teacher needs a letter of reprimand and/or suspension without pay….not criminal charges! Robert James should be ashamed of himself! I guess we need to remember that this is an election year.

Please excuse typos.... I didn't review it... SORRY

Where are the parents? Teachers do not mold children, parents do.
I'm upset that so many good programs have been cut due to the budget... But, Dekalb county has money to waste on court fees. This is so sad. The DA has nothing else to do???? Stop wasting my tax dollars on mess.

Jail time and negative criminal records are not the answer to a strip tease dance. Let's teach them how to make lemonade out of the lemon! We must start disciplining our children out of love. Old story need to kick back in.

Parents who lack good parenting skills should be force to shadow good parents. Parents should be able to discipline their children. My mother spanked me and I turned out great. Kids no long have any fears! That's not healthy. They lack respect for themselves and others. Because, they feel that have rights.

In my household my mother was the law... I did what she said and that was that. I followed instruction from my teachers and thouse left incharge. Or, there was a price to pay.

PArents have failed their children! Most parents want to be friends... Wrong! Children need structure!

It's obvious these boys lacked structure! They felt very comfortable performing this lewd act. Sex is so acceptable. Our children don't even understand that sex is meant for two loving, responsible, married adults.

But, TV and the music industry says different. Parents cut off the TV and radio... Start having family taime. Ask and answer questions... Don't allow others to define what is acceptable to you child... Let them know you love them by spending time and not money. Give them chores, make them responsible!

I graduated from SWD in 2006 and speaking from experience the students are lewd, but I don't agree that it is anything specific to Southwest or Dekalb County. These acts are all a matter of what you actually get caught doing. I know Mr. Grigsby from when i was in chorus, as he also worked at the college I attended and I honestly don't feel like he should be penalized to such extent. While by the standards of law these are still children, in this instance I feel like the students knew full well what they were partaking in. He is not a paid babysitter to make sure young adults don't stick their finger in a light socket. I don't know what I feel would be just punishment for the students, but I believe they need to be made an example of because they need to understand what kind of jeopardy they are putting peoples careers in by acting foolishly. And it is safe to say they wouldn't act this way in front of their parents, but for some strange reason they find it appropriate in public and in front of complete strangers.

This is beyond ridiculous and I don't know what is to be said about my generation.

I am sorry...but I live in the area.... the kids are nasty... you ought to hear them talk at the bus stop... kids had a heck of a lot more respect back in the day.... it is one thing to be thugs and perverts in your own little social groups but another to make spectacles of yourselves in public around your elders... SWDHS is all but lost if you ask me... half the students could care less about their education and go to school just to yuck it up with their friends and distract the few students who do care about learning something that day... time to start throwing these distractions out or send them to Crim...

Teenagers aren't any "nastier" now than they ever were. They have the same raging hormones, low impulse control, and not-the-best decision making skills they've always had.

Which is why they have teachers, parents, and mentors to help them develop a sense of what's appropriate, how to be respectful of themselves, and how to make healthy choices. That teacher wasn't doing his job. If he had been he'd have been able to stop it sooner.

Those charges are totally blown up. If some of the kids felt violated (which wouldn't be surprising) then they should file complaints. But to charge them with crimes in a place where an adult could've stepped in and told them it was too far is really crappy.

Really... we are wasting tax payer dollars on this while the Dekalb County School district is in shambles... teenagers are just nasty these days... lets not take it out on the teachers...