Summary Of It Didn T Happen At School By Larry Magid

In the article, “It Didn’t Happen at School, but...” by Larry Magid, he discusses the misconduct that students can create on the internet with a didactic tone, in which he provides alternative ways to discipline the students’ inappropriate behavior for school officials. For example, school administrators have been punishing students “[b]ased upon words alone” (27) on the internet, which is unfair towards students’ expression. In order to resolve this issue, Magid states that “If school officials are to act against a student accused of off-campus online harassment, then districts should gather information” (27) about the situation. The author informs the readers by using the word “should” implying that school officials should take his advice