'Exhausted' Honor Student, jailed for truancy

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An eleventh grader in Texas was thrown in jail - just for missing school.

However, honour student Diane Tran, 17, is no lazy truant. In fact, she's quite the opposite.

Since her parents divorced and left her and her two siblings, she has been the sole breadwinner and works two jobs to keep the family afloat.

Ms Tran said she works a full time job, a part-time job, and takes advancement and dual credit college level courses at Willis High School.

'[I take] dual credit U.S. history, dual credit English literacy, college algebra, Spanish language AP,' she says of her impressive academic workload.

However, the high-achiever cannot devote as much time as she would like to her schooling as she often misses an entire day, reports KHOU.

Ms Tran says that her parents divorced 'out of the blue,' leaving her and her two siblings to fend for themselves.

'I always thought our family was happy,' she said.

Now, it's up to Ms Tran to support her siblings, who include an older brother at Texas A&M University and a younger sister who lives with relatives.

Local authorities are using Ms Tran's case to crackdown on truancy.
Judge Lanny Moriarty ordered the exhausted student to pay a $100 fine and spend 24 hours in jail as a lesson.

According to Texas state law, students who are absent from school without parental consent for three days in a four-week period or ten or more days in a six-month period are subject to prosecution.

Parents of children who miss excessive amounts of school may also be prosecuted.
'If you let one [truant student] run loose, what are you gonna' do with the rest of 'em? Let them go too?' asked Judge Moriarty.

He had warned her last month to stop missing her classes.

Ms Tran's employer at the Waverly Manor wedding venue, where Tran works during the weekend, suggested that the authorities should 'help [the family], don't harm them'.

Ms Tran also works full-time at a dry cleaners. Her co-worker and classmate Devin Hill told the network how hard her friend works.

'She goes from job to job, from school, she stays up 'til 7 o'clock in the morning to study' she said.

On the homepage of the school's website, there is a warning to students to be vigilant about their attendance.

'Should a student have multiple unexcused absences and a pattern of failing to attend school regularly, the law is clear that the matter becomes the jurisdiction of the court system,' it states.

However, locals are arguing that Ms Tran's case is unique and should be treated with more leniency.

Ms Tran, in the meantime, is worried this could mar her future ambitions - she one day hopes to become a doctor.
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WHERE THE HELL ARE THE PARENTS?!?

If your outrage is palpable, call/fax/mail Judge Moriarty and let him know
 
Cyan said:
What the hell is wrong with that judge?
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He probably still believes in the bootstrap methodology.


but really though, where the fuck are the parents? How do two people who are supposed to be responsible for these children just up and bail?
 
Fuck yeah home state!

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What the fuck is up that judge's ass? Sending someone to jail for taking care of their family by working 1.5 jobs and trying to get a fucking education?
 
What the hell happened to her parents?

What the hell is wrong with the judge?

I wish this kid the best. She seems like she deserves much better than she has gotten.
 
Working two jobs while going to school after the parents basically abandoned her is considered "running loose", according to this judge. :/
 
If you let one [truant student] run loose, what are you gonna' do with the rest of 'em? Let them go too?' asked Judge Moriarty
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No, you piece of shit! Start assessing all the details of the situation instead of acting like a goddamn robot, stupid bastard!
 
That judge is a fucking asshole. I can't even begin to fathom how he can justify this.

All the respect in the world for the girl, though.
 
This story loses me. Is she an adult at 17?

I don't have much problem with truancy laws but jailtime? Really?

She really shouldn't be an exception to the rule only because she shouldn't be allowed to work that much to begin with. It appears everyone, including the law, knew how much she was working.
 
'If you let one [truant student] run loose, what are you gonna' do with the rest of 'em? Let them go too?' asked Judge Moriarty.
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Isn't it the judges job to decide what to do with the rest of them based on the facts and why they miss school? I dunno.

Schools only really care about the attendance because it affects the money they get from the government anyways. At least that's what my principal told me (I live in Texas too) when the school decided I was missing too much. Not the most compelling argument. Good thing my school has it where you can do makeup hours to get credit back and my teachers just write down all the hours I need!
 
Oh, wow. She deserves a break, everything she's been through. Judge is being quite unfair and binary to the point where he would, as someone already said, be replaceable with a robot. Yes, even with the limited tech we have now...
 
I read the title, and was like, K so is this China, NK, Russia, but I knew the second I clicked on the thread it was America.

OMG WHAT THE FRAK
 
CrazyDogg77 said:
What kind of asshole judge is this guy?
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Billiechu said:
Fuck yeah home state!

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What the fuck is up that judge's ass? Sending someone to jail for taking care of their family by working 1.5 jobs and trying to get a fucking education?
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Tuck said:
What the hell happened to her parents?

What the hell is wrong with the judge?

I wish this kid the best. She seems like she deserves much better than she has gotten.
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Crumpet Trumpet said:
What the fuck @ the judge.
What the fuck @ the parents.
What the fuck @ this story in general.

I googled some more and found:

"Some comments have been critical of Tran’s parents and now her friends say she feels she has shamed her parents."

Her parents have shamed her.
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Texan and prob republican too :p
 
Also, judge has appropriate last name because he's the fucking villian (along with this girl's piece of shit parents).

Fire the judge. Jail the parents.

Edit: After this debacle, I hope this girl receives assistance, compensation, and whatever else to make her life and this insanity that occurred better.
 
See, the system works. It helps kids finish school!

Something about the complete idiocy of all of this. Fine her 1000$ and make her miss another day of school. For basically being a model sister...
 
This is pretty disturbing.

At this point I would have just said fuck the school system and dropped out to get a GED already. Sounds like she has the brains to score well enough on the SATs or whatever to get into a good school combined with whatever GPA she currently has. Go ahead and start college a year early instead of wasting your time with all those AP and honors classes.
 
I'd like to think the publicity this has garnished will result in some people reaching out to help her and her siblings.

Absolutely ridiculous story.
 
'If you let one [truant student] run loose, what are you gonna' do with the rest of 'em? Let them go too?' asked Judge Moriarty.
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Rules without the wisdom to know when and how to apply them are useless and arbitrary. This man is a disgrace to the judiciary.

Also, disappointed at the lack of Dr. Tran references in this thread.
 
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