Stopper wrote:Well, sorry, but even though my English classes were quite a long time ago now, the material we were exposed to could be far beyond what little sample of the schoolboy's work we saw - I wasn't lying about the poem about the murderous schoolteacher.
There is a correct and an incorrect way to approach such writing.
Stopper wrote:I'm surprised that you seem to think that such open-ended creative writing is supposed to remain within "obvious" social constraints. God knows where journalism would be now if everyone thought that - oh no, wait, we already do know.
I wasn't aware that writing about killing your classmates and then having sex with them is creative. I would also argue that most people would agree that such violent necrophilia is not a good thing...and thus not a very smart thing to hand in to your teacher.
Stopper wrote:I'm even more surprised you don't seem to object to the schoolteacher concerned, who, given the little information we have, seems to have overreacted on one kid's assignment. At the very least, you seem to be ready to leap to the defence of the schooling and law enforcement system of a country you don't even live in - and on such little information, too.
Well besides the point that you're doing the same thing for the student based on the exact same information....you're right there's not enough information to make a definite judgment. I would also point out that I've made no reference or statement regrading law enforcement. Based on what was already related to the student's writing about the teacher's actions and:
"So I had this dream last night where I went into a building, pulled out two P90s and started shooting everyone, then had sex with the dead bodies. Well, not really, but it would be funny if I did."
I'm assuming the student wasn't very smart with the way he approached this writing exercise.
foolish_yeti wrote:Ummm....it's not bizarre if you actually read what I'm responding to.
Stopper wrote:No, I'd say it remains bizarre. There was no death threat list as far as the story told; there was nothing that amounted to a death threat list. Maybe you need to more precise in what you say.
mandalorian2298 wrote:If I ever get a job teaching Ethics to highschool kids, I certainly won't be giving them any assigments that start with (for example) "Listin all the people that you would like to kill"!
Since you obviously didn't take the time to look at what I was responding to I've provided it in bold for you...please direct your view upwards.