11th Grader Given Detention For Using Firefox Mouthing Off

__Update: __Earlier today we posted a story of the Pennsylvania high-schooler who received detention just for using Firefox in lieu of another Internet browser. Looks like this one was a hoax. Apparently the kid actually got in trouble for mouthing off to a teacher after being asked not to surf the Interwebz when he was supposed to be doing a written assignment in Microsoft Word. The supposed faux detention slip is a forgery the kid made after scanning the original.

BoingBoing's Corey
Doctorow called the school's principal. Here's what he found:

I just spoke to the principal of the high-school — nice enough fellow. According to him:

* The kid altered the document after scanning it

* The kid was punished for mouthing off to the teacher, not for using Firefox

* The kid had been asked to work in Word on a resume (the assignment) and kept looking at the Web instead (and this was a recurring problem)

* The kid has admitted this and will be posting a followup/correction/retraction today

Good work, Corey! As usual, looks like everything on the Internet is not always what it seems.

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Oh man, this is really disheartening. Sounds like the poor kid was just trying to espouse the benefits of Firefox and the teacher went all
Gestapo on him. Personally, I would opt for the three day vacation.