Student caught stealing....

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Would you press criminal charges if one of your students took money from your wallet? The student has been expelled from the program but has not returned the money If I press charges theres a chance I could get my money back and hopefully she would be prevented from applying to another nursing school... Just looking for opinions. Thanks!

The idea of forgiveness is a great one; however you would just keep forgiving someone who stole from you once, twice, then maybe three times, four times, five times....? There has to be a punishment for a crime at some point. Or 1louise1, you can leave your purse out in front of this woman so she can steal from you instead of someone else...?

Forgiving someone doesn't mean that they don't have to face the consequences of their action. Reporting the theft to the police, and me personally forgiving the individual are completely different things.

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I was a hungry young girl growing up. I ate off the floor, out of the garbage can, I could not afford deodarants, my stocking had holes so big..., I ate others left overs. Once I had a roach in my plate at a resturant, yes I continued eating. But I grew up in a time when personal relationships were important. No one called the authorities to report my parents for neglect, nor did they report me for my indignations.

OP you have done what you thought was honorable. I do not know what I would have done. I do know this girl did not take your belongings for the fun of it.

Was it worth it. What was her back ground and ethnicity?

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I was a hungry young girl growing up. I ate off the floor, out of the garbage can, I could not afford deodarants, my stocking had holes so big..., I ate others left overs. Once I had a roach in my plate at a resturant, yes I continued eating. But I grew up in a time when personal relationships were important. No one called the authorities to report my parents for neglect, nor did they report me for my indignations.

OP you have done what you thought was honorable. I do not know what I would have done. I do know this girl did not take your belongings for the fun of it.

Was it worth it. What was her back ground and ethnicity?

Her background and ethnicity are irrelevant. She stole, she has repeatedly lied, even to the police. She has been given numerous opportunities to rectify the situation and she has not done so. At some point, enough is enough.

Please don't make this about race.

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Would you press criminal charges if one of your students took money from your wallet? The student has been expelled from the program but has not returned the money If I press charges theres a chance I could get my money back and hopefully she would be prevented from applying to another nursing school... Just looking for opinions. Thanks!

You would have to have proof..not a hunch, but proof.

If all you have is rumor or "I know it had to have been her" then I wouldn't waste my time with it.

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You would have to have proof..not a hunch, but proof.

If all you have is rumor or "I know it had to have been her" then I wouldn't waste my time with it.

The student confessed to the theft.

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Her background and ethnicity are irrelevant. She stole, she has repeatedly lied, even to the police. She has been given numerous opportunities to rectify the situation and she has not done so. At some point, enough is enough.

Please don't make this about race.

The next time you take something that does not belong to you, think what if. It could be a simple pen. Just what if. And do not tell me people do not precieve race as an issue. I work in corrections. The jails would have to close if all the African Americans and Mexican were FREED

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Her background and ethnicity are irrelevant. She stole, she has repeatedly lied, even to the police. She has been given numerous opportunities to rectify the situation and she has not done so. At some point, enough is enough.

Please don't make this about race.

I was not refering to you or your opinions. I directed my post to Raggedy Ann.

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The next time you take something that does not belong to you, think what if. It could be a simple pen. Just what if. And do not tell me people do not precieve race as an issue. I work in corrections. The jails would have to close if all the African Americans and Mexican were FREED

This is not about race.

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I was not refering to you or your opinions. I directed my post to Raggedy Ann.

honey, this is a public forum.

anyone can respond...aeb to whom i am speaking.

deal.

leslie

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I was not refering to you or your opinions. I directed my post to Raggedy Ann.

Then you should have stated "Only Raggedy Ann respond, please."

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The next time you take something that does not belong to you, think what if. It could be a simple pen. Just what if.

What if what?

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What if what?

I think she's trying to say that if you are poor or a non-white then you have reason to steal and not be judged for it.

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