Chicago Sun-Times – April 27, 2007:
Police Thursday released portions of an essay used to charge a Cary-Grove High School student with disorderly conduct, leaving several experts puzzled at an arrest based on such schoolwork.
Asked to write about whatever he wanted in a creative writing class, would-be Marine and honors student Allen Lee, 18, described a violent dream in which he shot people and then “had sex with the dead bodies.”
But then he immediately dismissed the idea as a mere joke, writing, “not really, but it would be funny if I did.”
A second disorderly count accuses Lee of alarming first-year teacher Nora Capron by writing that “as a teacher, don’t be surprised on [sic] inspiring the first CG shooting,” an apparent reference to Cary-Grove High.
Here’s the essay:
Blood sex and Booze. Drugs Drugs Drugs are fun. Stab, Stab, Stab, S…t…a…b…, poke. “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.” Umm, yeah, what to wright about…… I’m leaving to join the Marines and I really don’t give a (obscenity) about my academics, so why does the only class that’s complete Bull Shit, happen to be the only required class…enough said. The model citizen would stay around to vote in new board member to change the 4 years of English policy, but no one really stays around to vote for that kind of local crap, so whoever gets there name on the Ballet with a pretty face gets to do what the (obscenity) ever they want with local ordinance. A person is smart, but people are dumb selfish animals. We can’t make rules for ourselves so we vote others to do it for us, but we can’t even do that right, I meen seriously, Bush for President? And our other option was John Kerry who claimed to parktake in Vietnam Special Forces missions that haven’t been declassified….(obscenity) Bull Shit. So Power Flower Super Mario. Pudge, hook, rot, dismember “Fresh Meat.” Mostly new/young teachers are laid back, and cooperative with students as feedback and input into the curriculum and atmosphere. My current English teacher is a control freak intent on setting a gap between herself and her students like a 63 year old white male fortune 500 company CEO, and a illegal immigrant. If CG was a private catholic school, I could understand, but wtf is her problem. And baking brownies and rice crispies does not make up for it, way to try and justify yourself as a good teacher while underhandedly looking for complements on your cooking. No quarrel on you qualifications as a writer, but as a teacher, don’t be surprised on inspiring the first cg shooting.
#70 – I’m not going to call you an idiot for disagreeing with me. I reserve the name idiot for people who I think are idiots.
Now, let’s say you and I actually know each other and we get into a dispute over something (doesn’t matter what it is)… I’m angry and I say, “Fusion, don’t be suprised if someone breaks into your house and kills you.”
I obviously did not say, “I will break into your house and kill you.”
I ask you… Did I threaten you in that scenerio?
One word…
Freakshow!!
I don’t know what the big deal is? The kid was supposed to be able to write about whatever he wanted. The teacher simply regrets what he allowed, so why involve the police?
However, if you’re going to kick him out, kick him out for his writing skills, not for the content. Damn…if this moron has a 4.2 then this country is in some major trouble. And don’t get me wrong, I don’t necessarily agree with what he wrote but I disagree with punishing him for what he wrote. At least he was being honest which is much more than what I can say for most of America’s writers.
It’s amazing to me how Americans; who place “freedom of speech” as one of their most sacred constitutional rights, are so quick to condemn a student for a creative work of fiction. Do I think what he wrote was right? Does it matter? It was an assignment, one in which he was expressing “a dream”. Next you are going to tell me you don’t have violent or disturbing dreams… ha! Damn I’m proud to be Canadian!
Creative?
Work of fiction?
What you guys are defending is a sub-literate rant that even Usenet Trolls would be embarrassed by.
For the last time before this thread drops off the page and I chose to forget it forever… If you make a threat of violence, there will be ramifacations. Call me when a First Amendment issue is posted.
His eyes are too close together. If he’s not guilty of anything yet, he will be…
The last sentence says it all. You just don’t say something like that if at least part of you doesn’t mean it.
Nora’s not much of a teacher is she?