Ok, I've been reading a few of these messages (I'll never be able to read all of them - egad!) and alot of people say they HATED high school. Even people who went to private schools.
Am I the only one here who likes school? Is my school, the Roeper School, really the only one like it? My school is made up of around 350 students in both middle and upper (High) school, and is based upon tolerance, interdependece, and a Humanistic philosophy. Out of the 350 people in the scool, probably 15 wear black trenchcoats, almost all of us are non-conformists, even the "normal, all american kids," and individualists.
I know my school is something special, something rare, something I'm both proud of, and feel quite lucky to be a part of, but is it really unique? I'd like to hear from people who think it is, isn't, even who thing a school like this is bad, though I certainly don't agree. Just, please, no flames.
Also, as far as the trenchcoat thing goes, heres a little story...
The day of the shooting (or maybe the day after), one of our teachers was sitting in her room, and thinking about what she had heard about it. One of her homeroom students walked into the room, wearing a black trenchcoat...
...And gave her a tulip and a hug. Now, really, are all people who wear black trenchcoats bad? It really isn't about what you wear.
And, one last thing, why aren't people fighting this [the anti-trenchcoat, anti-individualist thinking] more? I'm not sure if anything could be pulled off, but theoreticaly, it should be completly illegal. Them telling you not to wear something, or, even more basicaly, not to say something or print something in the newspaper, is a violation of the first amendment!
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Ok, I've been reading a few of these messages (I'll never be able to read all of them - egad!) and alot of people say they HATED high school. Even people who went to private schools.
Am I the only one here who likes school? Is my school, the Roeper School, really the only one like it? My school is made up of around 350 students in both middle and upper (High) school, and is based upon tolerance, interdependece, and a Humanistic philosophy. Out of the 350 people in the scool, probably 15 wear black trenchcoats, almost all of us are non-conformists, even the "normal, all american kids," and individualists.
I know my school is something special, something rare, something I'm both proud of, and feel quite lucky to be a part of, but is it really unique? I'd like to hear from people who think it is, isn't, even who thing a school like this is bad, though I certainly don't agree. Just, please, no flames.
Also, as far as the trenchcoat thing goes, heres a little story...
The day of the shooting (or maybe the day after), one of our teachers was sitting in her room, and thinking about what she had heard about it. One of her homeroom students walked into the room, wearing a black trenchcoat...
...And gave her a tulip and a hug. Now, really, are all people who wear black trenchcoats bad? It really isn't about what you wear.
And, one last thing, why aren't people fighting this [the anti-trenchcoat, anti-individualist thinking] more? I'm not sure if anything could be pulled off, but theoreticaly, it should be completly illegal. Them telling you not to wear something, or, even more basicaly, not to say something or print something in the newspaper, is a violation of the first amendment!
Also, for those interested, our school website is
http://www.roeper.org
It realy isn't very impressive.