..::::....::::::::........::.........:::. | : : ~,~~ - (.) - : : /-)( | t-file : Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito : ()= assault : : HOOKA! .:.....:......::::........:::........:::.:. 25 October 1994 Issue #35 Gtterdammerng vs. GlenOak High School ** Most people know that I had a lot of trouble with my high school during my senior year. Here is an article I wrote for the EAGLE, while I was on the editorial page, that kind of talks about one of the unfortunate incidents I was involved in. Enjoy. ** While writing this editorial, I was forced to re-evaluate two journalistic conventions. The first is a primary rule of editorial journalism: "criticize the institution, not the individual." This idea has guided my articles for the past three years and I have concluded to continue adhering to it. The second is a personal conviction: "refrain from using the first-person." Although the scope of editorial writing frequently includes this style, I have felt that it is a poor choice. However, I have obviously disregarded this rule to facilitate writing this particular article, because it is partly anecdotal in nature. Please remember that the following story is just that: a story. It is written from my perspective and other versions may exist. While in a class that is set in the Macintosh lab at GlenOak, I was typing an assignment for AP English. Many of the students in this class utilize the advanced equipment for this same purpose. Upon printing the assignment (which was a collection of my short stories) the advisor told me to let her see it. I said no, since the stories were for me and were snugly put away in my bookbag. An ultimatum was presented to me: give the stories to her or be written up for insubordination. I gave up the document and was promptly written up for profanity. I was subsequently suspended. My appeal to the principal was denied and as of this writing, I am dubiously being recommended for expulsion. This example illustrates two transgressions at GlenOak. First, that students' right to privacy is severely limited and second, that students' right to freedom of expression is also limited. The document was for my eyes only. It was not for public consumption and did not create a classroom disturbance. Additionally, regardless of school code, the profanity in the document was used for strictly literary purposes. Fortunately, the Supreme Court disagrees with GlenOak's policies. In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), the Court rules that students are individuals who retain their constitutional rights during the school day. As Professor Robert J. Shoop writes, schools "may not be enclaves of totalitarianism" under this ruling. How can a school prepare students for a democratic society, he argues, through a dictatorial process? Perhaps for both ethical and legal reasons, Plain Local should consider what the Supreme Court has to say regarding students' rights. I certainly expected as much, but perhaps I am just cursed with undue optimism. `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito An AUFHEBEN Production! support: tyrant: numbah: "Why, I don't know much of The Seinsfrage .. DDE WHQ!.. 216.966.7453 anything!" -Eraserhead Radio KAOS ... Moonshadow .. 216.830.4657 _Submission Policy_: Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito is into subs! If you write something - anything - send it to us and we'll get it to press. For contacting HOB, see below. Want to be a support board for HOB? Download ALL the HOB's and DDE's create a file sig on your board, and let me know. Your BBS will be listed. TO CONTACT US: Call the WHQ (The Seinsfrage) or you can send e-mail to Bogus Nomenclature on Radio KAOS. Internet address is coming soon! `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' -eof-