I hate to advocate making an example out of anyone, but why is it that we have a society where suggesting women may not be as good at math as men (think Larry Summers) is a horrible crime, and suggesting shooting your teacher in the face is just a childish mistake? The rampant rate of threats and violence in the schools will not stop until we show students that there are very real consequences for threatening violence.
A mature, stable individual would not even react so hatefully to a 93. A death threat shouldn't have crossed Michelle Edward's mind if she got a 33.
Why send a teacher to this girl's house? This is rewarding her for threatening her teacher. Now she gets to stay in the comfort of her own home while schmucky tax payers foot the bill for her to get private, one-on-one instruction that other students do not. Apparently, if you want a better education and the the freedom to study in your living room, all you need to do is talk about shooting your teacher. This system is rewarding Michelle Edwards for what she did.
Perhaps the biggest problem evident in this situation is Michelle Edward's father. Rather than apologizing profusely for his daughter's behavior, punishing her, and showing some sign of shame, he tries to excuse her. He might not have a daughter who writes about shooting her teacher if his reaction to her wrongdoings wasn't to find every excuse in the book as to why she shouldn't be punished. If someone else's child was threatening to shoot him on Facebook or any other public forum, he wouldn't think it was puerile venting.
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