[Hemingway's Ghost]

I applaud these people for finding a "free market" solution to adress their needs, rather than doing the typical liberal/socialist thing like ramming PC rubbish down everyone's throat and insisting government must "solve" their "problem." But at the same time, come on: this school is funny. Tennis I can understand, but physical education is "bowling" or "taking a walk in the park?" What happened to dodge ball?

. . . I don't even want to know what goes on in the locker rooms . . . !

[Dialup Llama]

>The Mohawk she wears is dyed blue. She has tattoos and wears 38 pieces of jewelry - 35 piercing her mouth, nostrils, and ears.

Why is she getting hassled? She'd fit right in most schools.

[Dialup Llama]

Maybe the student at Walt Whitman, the students at Oscar Wilde and the students at Gore Vidal could all have one fo those bike ride things they like so much to 'raise awareness.'

[Texas Mom]

Angel Collie's classmates at the public school in North Carolina used to use a hot-glue gun to glue the petite 16-year-old to her chair. The Mohawk she wears is dyed blue. She has tattoos and wears 38 pieces of jewelry - 35 piercing her mouth, nostrils, and ears. The studs on her tongue slur her words as she explains that she hates her body and wants to become a boy.

Wonder why they used hot glue. All they needed was a large magnet.

I'm sorry, this just hit me kind of funny.

[Pete]

After reading the description of her attire, I am guessing that the reason for her harassment was not because she was gay. Everybody eventually learns that if you walk outside the lines, people are going to react. I am not trying to justify the harassment. I am simply pointing out a fact of life.

The saddest part of this story is her own self image. She is obviously in some kind of self destruct mode. A spiral has been created where she reacts to harassment by rebelling which begets more harassment.

Once again, the question must be asked. Where are the parents? Not only that, where have they been for the last 18 years?

[ffrancone]

but physical education is "bowling" or "taking a walk in the park?

Actually a perennial P.E. favorite there is taking out all of your piercings in under 3 minutes. Angel's self esteem has gone way up since she hit 3:35!

Boy, I can hardly wait to enroll my son there!

[EdReform]

BTTT

[steve-b]

he wants to be an actor or a lawyer, or maybe both

If the tongue stud won't fit, you must acquit.