Almost everyone has pulled a prank (or three) in their lifetimes, right? Those harmless things that bring notoriety, such as water balloon drops, toilet papering a house, or even the reknown whoopie cushion. And it was "all in fun"...no major problem.
But some students at Wayne High School saw fit to "kick it up a notch" with their "hijinks". They poured concrete in front of the doors,filled locks with grease, defaced a drawing of the mascot on the front of the building, stuck forks in the ground, and ran a t-shirt up the flagpole.
Now aside from the flagpole shirt...everything else is a form of VANDALISM, isn't it? One senior said that: "It was JUST a senior PRANK". NO...it was willful destruction of school property, asshole! You think THAT LITTLE of your school, and have SO LITTLE pride, that you felt the need to deface the building that is trying to make you more than the idiot you've (apparently) become?
And these students included the "Val", the "Sal", and other top students, so we can't blame it on the low-class people that barely made it out of there (with some axe to grind), can we? It's the smart-assed little bastards (that the city wants to remain here vis-a-vis the brain drain) causing all of this.
The students are to serve 30 hours of community service (that's frigging IT???). If it HAD been a bunch of "regular" students, they'd be slapped in cuffs and hauled to the hoosegow SO damn fast, it's make their heads spin! ]
I guess being "privileged" STILL does have it's advantages, eh?
RULE 13 - Trespassing · 1st Offense: OSS · 2nd Offense: OSS with a request for expulsion or placement in an alternative program.
RULE 17 - Vandalism / Graffiti · 1st Offense: OSS / Expulsion · 2nd Offense: OSS with a request for expulsion or placement in an alternative program
RULE 26 - Group or Gang Involvement · 1st Offense: Detention / OSS / Alternative Program · 2nd Offense: OSS / Alternative Program / Expulsion · 3rd Offense: OSS with recommendation for expulsion or placement in an alternative program
RULE 34 - Illegal Conduct · 1st Offense: OSS with a recommendation for expulsion or enrollment in an alternative program · 2nd Offense: OSS with a recommendation for expulsion or enrollment in an alternative program
Maybe someone should have READ this to these little "rascals"???
But the students who committed the "pranks" (read crime) are not going to be ALLOWED to participate in commencement. Big frigging whoop! If it were me as the administrator, I'd withold the damn diplomas, too. Hell, I'd even go as far as to appoint a NEW valedictorian and salutatorian. That would make them think twice in the future. These kids are going into a much harsher world, and with the attitude they're already displaying, that doesn't bode well.
One mother became so distraught saying: "It's (the pranks) been going on for 30 years". Yeah, but I'll wager that HER daughter wasn't involved in them and not to THIS degree. Amazing how people bitch when the shoe is on THEIR foot for a change, isn't it? She claims it's "part of the senior thing". And what part of this "thing" are we talking about?
I'm sure Mrs. thumb-up-her-ass wouldn't like it one damn bit if her daughter (and compadres) would do the same to HER house and yard. THEN it WOULD be vandalism and not just "some senior thing", right?
Your kid screwed up, lady...and like too many Hoosiers LOVE to say...DEAL WITH IT!
Another example of parenting at it's "best"...yeah right.
***UPDATE - 5PM***
The students WILL be attending their commencement, BUT will NOT receive their diplomas until AFTER the comminuity service is completed.
(Wow, I guess some admins at FWCS must be reading this blog...who'da thunk...LOL!)
3 comments:
And here I told my son "NO" to taking stink bombs on his last day for fear he might get into trouble. Not that I think he listened. LOL.
Jen, we're all entitled to some "fun"...but some people (and kids) don't quite get the gist of the word LIMITS.
These kids just crossed that line.
Wait until the REAL WORLD gets to them.
;)
B.G.
At least they're getting some sort of punishment, and that will be in their records for a LONG time to come.
If my child had done that, I wouldn't have even thought of "oh, it's a senior prank". His/Her ass would be working their asses off all summer, and all the money that they earned would be donated to the school.
Oh, and don't forget a public apology as well.
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