Will I be EXCLUDED from College? **PLEASE HELP**

Your problem... you are a college level 3 student attending to gain Further Education. Grow up, many people would love the free education.

I have no sympathy in other words. We laughed at "gay" and "homosexual" in primary school.

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Nobody can really tell you what will happen. You did something childish but thought of using an image of homosexuals, which in this day and age if seen to be mocked or used as an insult has extreme consequences.

You need to speak to the one who is going to discipline you and show them your previous good history. That's all you can do at the moment Amigo.

Have you apologised? Do it front of teachers/head etc
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Im 18 and preparing for University interviews at top Uni's in my chosen subject of Film/TV, currently I am in college (UK college) and on my second year of my media course. I am predicted top grades of DDD which is equivalent to three A's I believe, so generally things have gone very well for me due to my hard work after turning my life around, as I was terrible in high school leaving with minimal GCSE's.

I have been a good student on this course with one minor incident marked on my record for which I was completely innocent of, but today I was told severe action will be taken considering something I did earlier in the morning. Lately people have learned a way to control other peoples Mac computers in the same room as you and you are free to do anything you like. We have done it to our friends, and strangers who laughed about it when they found out specifically who was controlling their Mac. A guy was on his computer and during a break from the constant work I was doing I decided to mess with him in a joking manner, after telling him to look out the window etc etc I googled "homosexual" and clicked an image of two men hugging, I did not mean to apply any personal malice or negative connotation to the individual, it was spur of the moment stupidness which me and a couple friends found funny, not becuase we find homosexuality funny as we dont, but the idea of something googling it was amusing in the moment without considering consequences.

I was told the incident will be dealt with by the head of the whole college and is a stage 2 or stage 3 offense, and it does not look good because of the strong anti-bullying campaigns every insitution backs and employs nowdays and what I did could be interpreted as offensive. I could not feel my legs as I left, all my life changing hard work potentially flushed down the drain over something seemingly trivial, when considering what other people have got away with such as punching a teacher (accidentally) doing drugs etc I feel more comfortable but im still so scared of permanent exclusion meaning no university. Can anybody give any advice/idea of what will happen?

to be honest I doubt it. Your still young, and for whatever reason everyone has done childish stuff around that age. Just let them know how sorry you are, what a stupid thing it was to do, and you really didn't mean any malice by it etc... They won't kick you out over something so trivial, just offer to apologise to that person before they suggest you need to, if that hasn't happened already. Keep your head down, get on with your work and go get yourself a place at uni.

You won't get excluded. They have to go through so much hassle to exclude someone.

Well I do it by the second, it is indeed, inevitable.

Thanks a lot for that info, would you mind elaborating on the hassle it causes them? cheers mate

Excluding people makes the school look bad, so they won't want to do it, and even if they do want to do it, the governors/school owners probably won't want them to do it.

What you did was childish. You might get suspended for a day or so, but that normally doesn't go on your permanent record.

Thanks for the response, indeed I have grown up a lot in the past year and my current position/s prove it. Although I regret what I did, and appreciate the free education of which im entitled to, I dont think you are ignorant enough to dismiss occasional moments of stupidness/childish behaviour - whatever you want to call it. Its not an excuse but im only 18 and around close friends people do and say offensive stuff, I was a fool to include a stranger into our humour without considering he may react oppositely to us, I genuinely never considered it especially in such a impulsive and rash act. This is one of the first life lessons which will stick with me beyond these 18 years, to think carefully before doing anything not deemed proffesional in a working enviroment.

I dont want to have an internet argument, I just felt your comment to be a bit harsh but if you feel strongly enough about the issue then fair enough.

If it makes you feel better, they are very unlikely to exclude you as it actually has a very harsh effect on the college. More than most of us would think. Statistics drops and they have a big gap in the budget as they've lost a student that they've spent money on but the government won't give funding for. Because the government award FE colleges funding for each individual student AFTER you complete the course successfully and are in college for a set level of attendance! (Which is why college is hot on everyone's attendance)

But your behaviour really was stupid and you are really silly. Silly one off is fine but your behaviour was somewhat homophobic and can also destroy college reputation not to mention if that lad really was lgbt but didn't come out... you've not done him very well have you?

You say my comment previous was harsh but maybe your behaviour is worse considering people often kill themselves over such bullying that some may see as "harmless" or "small"! Hopefully you'll learn a lesson....

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Then you have no reason to keep responding to try insult me, lighten up pal.

Wow people in this thread. No one acts fully mature 100% of the time once they're past a certain age. We all have our moments. At least the OP is acknowledging his mistake and attempting to make amends. Posters like Lord Jon and Alow could also do with a case of 'growing up' with their no sympathy.

True dat.

By the way I don't think there is a single top university that offers a Film/TV degree.

Wow talk about being childish lol thats funny, only an actual child could be such a hypocrite. And it looks like you need educating a little bit. Id be happy to inform you seeing as you cared enough to state that, would you like to know the top Universities for TV or Film? here is a little statistic, one of them has an employment rate of 100% 6 months after the course...