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Student Arrested For Alarming School Essay
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Well, excuse me. I didn't realize we were dealing with a future Tolstoy here. I was under the impression it was a "busy work" assignment to a high school student.
I forgot that the readers around here do enjoy a certain level of drama.
Thom. . .
Untwist yer knickers.
Doesn't matter the quality of the writing - what matters is there is free, unfettered expression, "busy work" or not.
Sincerely,
A Former Tolstoy
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If everyone is taught to not think and not upset the teacher, then we all suffer from a world full of dullards. Creative writing is, by its nature, meant to be....CREATIVE.
ok well as much as the essay was disturbing and how it was written just shortly after the virginia tech shooting...is kinda odd. But arresting the kid for no necessary evidence is very un called for. Like it is just an essay, and there was the relation to any school or students/ people, so its obvious he was just writing the paper like he was assigned to do.
Perhaps since it was a creative assignment, he took the virginia tech story/ news event and wrote it how he perhaps would have saw it. Like i'm sure this kid didn't just write this paper for no reason what so ever. I'm sure after the rampage not long before at virginia tech had alot to do with it, and perhaps he was just writing this as a point of view shot, from maybe how he thought it happened and stuff.
Doesn't look like the punishment is necessarily called for, atleast not that harsh. He's a straight "A" student, so its highly unlikely he was planning anything, but then again, its better to take precautions in situations like this.
Perhaps since it was a creative assignment, he took the virginia tech story/ news event and wrote it how he perhaps would have saw it. Like i'm sure this kid didn't just write this paper for no reason what so ever. I'm sure after the rampage not long before at virginia tech had alot to do with it, and perhaps he was just writing this as a point of view shot, from maybe how he thought it happened and stuff.
Doesn't look like the punishment is necessarily called for, atleast not that harsh. He's a straight "A" student, so its highly unlikely he was planning anything, but then again, its better to take precautions in situations like this.
Drama is not the point. We're talking about a high school writing assignment where some pencil dicked anal retentive neo-nazi has determined the content was not suitable. It doesn't matter what went on in Vermont, or anywhere else. What matters is this over-reactive moronic teacher and the Gestapo "wannbe" police forces in that place ARRESTED a kid for the content of his essay.
Further, in a country that prides itself on allowing its citizens the freedom to say whatever the hell they want to.
No no no, you've got it mixed up. You're free to carry assault weapons, but not to express yourself.
Oh, I don't know, The Rev. Fred Phelps would show you can not only say whatever vile garbage you want, but that there will be a market there to support and sustain it.
Now Fred Phelps with an assault rifle, that would be trouble.