My eyes have seen the glory > of the burning of the school. > We have tortured every teacher, > we have broken every rule; > we plan to hang the principal > this very afternoon.
The school is burning on.
A popular tune in school when I was a student, that now would get me arrested if sung today at school.
I didn't care for school as a kid (nor of college, but that's another story). I knew that the U.S. educational system is bad (when plumbing [1] is more prestigious than teaching, that's bad) but I had no idea that it is currently in meltdown mode.
Let's see, there's a 13 year old facing up to eight years for shooting a spitwad [2] (link via Flutterby [3]). And there's the boy suspended for writing an essay he was assigned [4] (link via Flutterby [5]). Then there's the girl who was suspended for drawing a picture of a teacher with arrows through his head [6] (link via Flutterby [7], and I shudder to think what would have happened to Hoade with some of the pictures he's drawn).
And least you think I'm cribbing all my links on this subject from Flutterby [8] here are a few from Disenchanted [9]: one about underwear inspections going too far [10] (yes I'm serious—underwear inspections at a public high school) and graduates who can't attend graduation unless they're planning on attending college [11] (or entering the millitary, or continuing on to a trade school).
Inbloodysane.
[2] http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/14/MN229630.DTL
[3] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/viewentry.cgi?id=5000
[4] http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2002/05/13/FFXXOPD851D.html
[5] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/viewentry.cgi?id=4995
[6] http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/02/doodle.death.threat.ap/index.html
[7] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/viewentry.cgi?id=4943
[9] http://www.disenchanted.com/dis/humanity/pantyline.html
[10] http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/3220906.htm
[11] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000032387may07.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia