Finally, on August 17 he received an extremely upsetting message stating that his daughter had just been in an accident and was in "very serious condition". The message included a link with information about the place where she was purportedly hospitalized.
While in the past a social slight in backyard games rarely came to teachers' attention the next day, today an upsetting text message from one middle school student to another is often forwarded to school administrators, who frequently feel compelled to intervene in the relationship.
In August, after the death of Robin Williams, his daughter quit Twitter after receiving upsetting messages from two accounts.
It sends upsetting messages to say you have to have it all". I wanted to hear her take on why she felt she was so misunderstood.
BENJI BAER, a marketing director in Stamford, Conn., was in a meeting one day recently when she received an upsetting e-mail message on her BlackBerry from the superintendent of her children's Westchester school district.
What an upsetting combination.
Why is this such an upsetting suggestion?
"It's an upsetting verdict," he said.
"It was an upsetting morning," he said.
It has been an upsetting experience.
What an upsetting, uplifting half-hour this was.
