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