A Texas honor student with two jobs has been jailed for missing too much school.
Diane Tran, 17, an 11th-grade honor student at Willis High School near Houston, was sent to jail for 24 hours Wednesday by Judge Lanny Moriarty, KHOU 11 News reports.
It’s unclear how many days Tran missed, but state law permits only 10 absences in a six-month period, according to the station.
'All she does is work and go to school.'
- Mary Elliot
Tran works full-time at a dry-cleaning business and part-time for a wedding planner, KHOU reports. She has been supporting her brother and sister since her parents separated and her mother moved away. Tran’s father often works too late to come home, the station reports.
"I can understand if a child is staying out of school, running around, a bad kid, getting into trouble, taking drugs," Mary Elliot, one of Tran's bosses, told ABC News. "I can understand why he would slap them into jail for 24 hours. But Diane doesn't do that. All she does is work and go to school."
Elliot says that Tran is a straight-A student, but that she sometimes oversleeps because of her hectic work schedule, and misses class.
Judge Moriarty told KHOU 11 News that he intended to make an example of Tran.
"If you let one run loose, what are you going to do with the rest of them? Let them go, too?" Moriarty asked the TV station.
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lol...sounds like me my senior year of high school (fall semester even)
GPA: 3.5
Unexcused absences: 218....yes that is Two Hundred and Eighteen
Assistant principle expelled me for the winter/spring semester in an attempt to keep me from graduating....too bad my diploma was already in the mail since I took college courses the previous summer...
She almost had an aneurysm when they read my name at graduation. Her face got so red with anger.
Posted May-29-2012 ByEnwon Geegeefor (124.20) Enwon Geegeefor View Channel Send Message
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@Enwon Geegeefor Too bad she *didn't* have an aneurysm. That would have been hilarious.
Posted May-29-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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@Enwon Geegeefor I must have had at least 100, still killed it... If Im 50% smarter and only have to go half the time to get the same/better grades... WTF is the problem?
Always some cranky fucker who wants to ruin everything because you didnt do it their way.
Posted May-29-2012 Bytymoss (180.84) tymoss View Channel Send Message
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School districts derive their funds per student, per day. When a student misses school it's seen a lost revenue. This is why public schools don't rid themselves of troubled students, they could care less if they're making it impossible for the others to learn, just so long as the seats are filled.
Posted May-29-2012 ByEluf-ant (341.70) 
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@Eluf-ant ~ So, in essence, the judge decided, if the girl is not going to help the school derive their per student, per day revenues, then possibly she could help the jail derive their per inmate, per day revenues.. lol, i mean, not funny but, lol.
Posted May-29-2012 Byrowdylll649 (80.20) 
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Yep. It's a revenue thing. And a union thing, BTW.
Posted May-29-2012 ByNotJim (1006.40) 
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@Eluf-ant Wish I'd read your post first. It would have saved me 2 posts of my own. The judge and the school are on the same team. They both live off taxpayer dollars.
Posted May-29-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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@NotJim Union teachers need more money so they can afford to send their own children to private schools.
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@TMoray1 - LOL. I've done that before. If I'm going to write more than a couple of lines, then I'll check the comments first, at least a couple of pages worth. You're spot on with the union thing. Money is the only reason the unions have the teachers deal with the unruly bastards.
Posted May-29-2012 ByEluf-ant (341.70) 
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The judge is a tunnel visioned meathead.
Posted May-29-2012 Byjenva (3595.16) 
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So let me get this straight, she misses or is late from school because she has to hold down 2 jobs to help support her family, and is also a straight "A" honor student, and then the judge jails her for 2 days, possibly keeping her from attending school and her job for those 2 days, and also giving her a permanent record...
All because he says he wants to make an "example" of her...
This is just plain F'd up BS.
Posted May-29-2012 Bysquidlipz (232.70) squidlipz View Channel Send Message
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ZERO TOLERANCE because teaching kids intolerance is the right thing to do.
Posted May-29-2012 ByDunbal (158.58) 
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wow talk about a payed off judge, what a scumbag
Posted May-29-2012 Bynowhereman1 (466.12) 
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Fucking brain dead judge. Way to go USA, lock up that 17 year old supporting her family! Id be outside the courthouse with a big fuckin sign.
Posted May-29-2012 Bytymoss (180.84) tymoss View Channel Send Message
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Are you fucking kidding me. If they applies those rules to the majority of people missing school. The jails would be absolutely full of all the usual suspects. But no, go for a hard working honor student that gets straight "A's", & only works & goes to school.
What kind of example is this fucked up judge trying to make? Better off on welfare, if you work hard & get good grades, you'll be punished? The judge is an imbecile not fit to preside over a pair of fighting cockroach More..
Posted May-29-2012 ByRuffus (4320.14) 
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@boofhead how do you penalize a dead child? wtf does that even mean? is that like the cosmopolitan american white guy way of whispering secretly in white guy code talk to the other white racists that you ''hate them gawdammed neegers''? whats that about ? some kind of australian lingo? heh?
Posted May-29-2012 Bysobrelosolas (41.52) sobrelosolas View Channel Send Message
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What a fucking jackass.
Posted May-29-2012 Bykajidono (686.26) 
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@kajidono He had no choice. It's all about money. The school gets taxpayer money for every butt in a seat every day. Whether or not they get an education is totally irrelevant, much less what kind of grades they earn as long as they can pass the standardized tests which they are constantly drilled on.
Posted May-29-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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@TMoray1 He's a judge, he's at the pinnacle of choice making. If he sees a law that's bullshit, he can say so. This isn't like some of the laws like armed criminal action that carries a mandatory penalty. He could have heard her story in court, realized that she's obviously not one of the problem kids, and sent her on her way. But no, he decided on his own to be a gigantic asshole. Fuck him.
Posted May-29-2012 Bykajidono (686.26) 
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@kajidono I agree he's an a**hole. He's part of a system dominated by them.
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I would`nt be surprised if this Gavel Wacker has some 'financial interests' in the local prison system. Would`nt be a first.
Posted May-29-2012 ByAlSet-AlOkin (1728.92) AlSet-AlOkin View Channel Send Message
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I can see not making an exception just because you think her reasons were laudable; the rules apply to her as they do to everyone. But "jail" seems like where some discretion could have been useful.
Any way to sentence her to study hall as "punishment", or maybe tutoring other kids? That still interferes with her work schedule, but is at least something a straight-A student would use productively.
Posted May-29-2012 ByTrench000 (530.76) 
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If she shows up to school late, they give her detention after school. That can jeopardize her employment , that is why she stays home the rest of the day.
Posted May-29-2012 Bysoilentgreene (783.10) 
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some judges are just plain fuckin idiot
make an example out of her? she is alREADY setting the example!...
..straight A's, two jobs, taking care of kids, maintaining home in parents absence..
judge is idiot for scarring her record like that.. fuckin POS motherfucker
Posted May-29-2012 Byrowdylll649 (80.20) 
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@rowdylll649: Actually it was a blessing in disguise because it proved how stupid the Judge is.
Plus the system does not want a thinker but a follower so no one will question the system.
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@SevenZero Ur right about that !
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