Who knows about the inflexable suspension policy now in force in DPS high schools. Many students marched to protest it:
http://m.detnews.com/metro/article?a...3230382&f=1211

I just can't imagine that teachers and administrators are putting together all the paperwork and counselor and parent meetings that the marchers imply when they say that students are routinely suspended for things like the "wrong color shoes." it would eat up all your time.

As for back-talk- it sounds relatively minor. However, I have friends that have been called whores and worse by students, so some back-talk can be very aggressive.

If I didn't want to be suspended and thus threaten my educational success and future, I guess I would abjure back-talking my teachers and wear the right shoes to school. I'm sure the shoe requirement can't be too onerous even for poor families. In fact, I would guess that the shoe requirement is made with income in mind.