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Thoughts are now being censored
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18353425/>1=9246
Enough already, jeezus. When I was a kid we used to sing "On top of the schoolhouse, all covered with blood, I shot my poor teacher, with a 44 stud" Holy ****, imagine if we sang that today? |
God help the creative writing teachers...
This was probably just a kid pushing the envelope. It wasn't the moment.
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I wrote an essay/speach titled, "How to Kill my Sister's Bird."
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wouldnt it have been easier to make him redo the assignment?
"Johnny, this really isnt appropriate for a school assignment. In light of current events, could you try and do this again, but with a little less graphic violent content and fewer necrophilic references? I'm sure you can understand my position." |
It would be easy to make him redo the assignment - however, the assignment was to write about the first thing to come to his mind, and to do so without judging or censoring himself. Rather than punish him, I would have hoped that they'd offer counseling of some sort. Typical irrational over-reaction because of the VT thing, in my opinion.
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I'd get in so much trouble if I were in school these days.
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So, all this hand-wringing over missed opportunities and unread signs with the VTech shooter, and instead of providing this kid appropriate treatment, if necessary, they arrested him? Well, it's nice to know we've all learned our lessons.
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agreed. nothing like a good bashing to put someone on the straight and narrow.
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Ouch. I can't imagine. I'm sure he knew it was going to get him in trouble, but it was the assignment. It didn't seem like he actually meant it, even from the excerpt they printed (calculated to give the worst possible impressions).He was saying what if, and honestly, even I have wondered sometimes what it would be like.
Plus he's 18. So it will never go away if they succeed in charging him. |
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Being 18, he isn't a little kid and not quite yet an adult. He is probably quite troubled with the events. He needs counseling. I always ask my son if they talk about certain things at school and the normal answer is no. All of these things are in their heads, on their minds. They ask 'What if?' about everything. We are supposed to help them find the answers and help them be {feel?} secure in this world. |
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