when i was in high school, i once drew a picture of 'death' on the back of a quiz in chem, because i was debating a project i had to do for a cartooning class i had immediately after that.. and my luscious teacher turned me into the guidance office because of it, which i didnt appreciate terribly much. i was asked several absurd questions that were literally 'do you or have you ever had violent or satanic[!] thoughts towards yourself and/or others'.. to me this was ludicrous, just because they had not even bothered to notice how innocent my intent in drawing things was. and actually made me feel considerably more alienated from the 'skewl community'. i really dont know how i feel about probing people's personal lives being a good solution.. as someone mentioned before, it's much too accusatory and succeeds only at alienating people further.
as far as what you said about moral education in schools, it wouldnt have any effect when coming from possibly the very source that drove them to kill people in that very institution. if there is to be any moral education in schools at all, it should be focused on making people realize that the consequences their chastising has on others are not trivial.
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when i was in high school, i once drew a picture of 'death' on the back of a quiz in chem, because i was debating a project i had to do for a cartooning class i had immediately after that..
and my luscious teacher turned me into the guidance office because of it, which i didnt appreciate terribly much.
i was asked several absurd questions that were literally 'do you or have you ever had violent or satanic[!] thoughts towards yourself and/or others'..
to me this was ludicrous, just because they had not even bothered to notice how innocent my intent in drawing things was. and actually made me feel considerably more alienated from the 'skewl community'.
i really dont know how i feel about probing people's personal lives being a good solution.. as someone mentioned before, it's much too accusatory and succeeds only at alienating people further.
as far as what you said about moral education in schools, it wouldnt have any effect when coming from possibly the very source that drove them to kill people in that very institution.
if there is to be any moral education in schools at all, it should be focused on making people realize that the consequences their chastising has on others are not trivial.