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My name is Linda Kampe, and I'm the program chair of Paralegal Studies in Lafayette, Indiana. My office is in Ivy Hall 1166. Stop by and chat. For best results, make an appointment, so I know to expect you. And if you bring your own cup, I'll make you tea. Because hey, we're not animals.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Learn to Spell or the Terrorists Win

This from today's ABA Journal:

Spelling error sparks police terrorism investigation of schoolboy, 10

Posted Jan 20, 2016 12:00 pm CST
By Martha Neil
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A 10-year-old British schoolboy meant to say in an English class exercise that he lived in a “terraced” house.
But he misspelled the word as “terrorist,” and teachers, not realizing that it was a simple spelling mistake, notified authorities under the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. It requires educators to report suspected terrorist activity, according to BBC News and the Guardian.
An interview of the boy by Lancashire police, who also examined a family laptop during a visit to his home in December, apparently cleared the family, which is Muslim. However, they say the incident traumatised the boy and are seeking an apology from both police and school officials.
“They shouldn’t be putting a child through this,” an unidentified cousin told the Guardian. “He’s now scared of writing, using his imagination.”
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