Posted on 05/26/2005 6:52:38 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
Jeez, what a bunch of cry babies.
Young people have no common sense. This guy is learning a lesson the hard way.
The school administrators have a pretty thin skin.
Government schools are evil.
Before everyone here gets their panties in a wad, make sure to read this sentence. Now I grant you that the administrators of this school are bunch of whiney little idiots for having a problem with his speech. But if this quote above is true, he agreed to change the speech. And then he welched on that agreement.
If that is an accurate description of events then frankly I have little sympathy for the kid. If he was so hell bent on preserving his freedom of speech he could have refused to say anything and made a public protest out of it.
Yeah, well...I guess withholding his diploma is the last bit of control they can exert over him.
If you say you are going to change the speech you should. However, he made lightweight jokes that no doubt every student at the school made at some point. And he later said he was kidding, some people take themselves far too seriously.
Perhaps Abe Stoklasa should use language his "school leaders" can understand. The local barrister can be an effective translator.
Only goes to prove that our current ed system produces uneducated, humorless dolts.
It's funny, all these educators want to be "touchy feely" and build kids' esteem, but they have no sense of humor and no sense of the thrill of the deed. I bet if you told them that at midnight, they could go run around the neighbor hood and play moon-tag, they'd stay inside. These people are killing the "child" in our children.
I thought it was standard procedure to NOT give out the actual diploma at graduation. This is kind of a "3 -second buffer" like what they use on "live" TV now.
This kid was stupid for not making agreed upon changes. The "jokes" were in bad taste. Yes, the administrators have "thin-skin", but the kid didn't live up to his end of the bargain. He's still getting his diploma.
Your point is well taken.
However, the school admins are not immature 18 YOs, at least they're not 18 anyway. His behavior is a lot more typical of his age than theirs is of theirs (I hope).
At any rate, IMO they are oversensitive, whiny, micro-managers. How do you suppose they deal with real problems?
He agreed to change it--but how? She may have understood his
words but not his intent.
vaudine
In other words, insecure. If they were doing the job they were supposed to be they would laugh it off. Since they are guilty of the accusation they don't want it brought to light.
Sympathy is irrelevant. What's relevant is whether the student's failure to abide by his promise to ammend his speech justifies the witholding of his diploma. If so, then the school administrators did the right thing. Otherwise, they did not. This matters because everyone's freedom is threatened whenever anyone's rights are violated--especially when such violations are dismissed as trivial, unimportant or "deserved" just because the victim isn't liked.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
ka ching! Rhonds Holton
If this had happened to my kid, my response would be so loud the principal would lose bladder control.
[This kid was stupid for not making agreed upon changes. The "jokes" were in bad taste.]
After reading the story, I think the jokes seem pretty sophisticated and humorous (unlike the school officials).
Agreed. Regardless I don't think the offense warrants revoking his graduation so I am glad he eventually will receive the diploma.
Check out post 19. I'd be interested to hear how your opinion changes after reading another version of the story.
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