Re: A Chinese Asian American Student arrested for school essay writing
- From: PaPaPeng <PaPaPeng@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:29:07 GMT
On 28 Apr 2007 09:00:15 -0700, Chen <chen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
CARY, Illinois (AP) -- A high school senior was arrested after writing====================================
that "it would be funny" to dream about opening fire in a building and
having sex with the dead victims, authorities said.
Another passage in the essay advised his teacher at Cary-Grove High
School: "don't be surprised on inspiring the first CG shooting,"
according to a criminal complaint filed this week.
Allen Lee, 18, faces two disorderly conduct charges over the creative-
writing assignment, which he was given on Monday in English class at
the northern Illinois school.
Students were told to "write whatever comes to your mind. Do not judge
or censor what you are writing," according to a copy of the assignment.
Marines drop student charged for violent essay
Senior with straight A's says he was just following the assignment
Updated: 9:34 p.m. MT April 27, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18353425/
CARY, Ill. - Allen Lee was on the verge of realizing a dream to become
a Marine after signing enlistment papers this month. But one violent,
profanity-laced English essay later, the 18-year-old’s future with the
Marine Corps appears to be over.
Because of pending criminal charges stemming from his essay, Lee’s
recruiter told him Friday that the Marine Corps has discharged him
from his contract, said Sgt. Luis R. Agostini, spokesman for the
Marine Corps Recruiting Station Chicago.
“Basically, he is no longer an applicant to become a Marine,” Agostini
said.
The senior at suburban Cary-Grove High School was charged this week
with two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct after the principal
turned his creative writing essay over to police.
Prosecutors cite Va. Tech
Lee initially faced just one charge, but an amended complaint filed
Thursday cited a second passage.
“In light of recent events (at Virginia Tech), that is part of the
context of what happened that makes the reaction all the more
reasonable,” said Tom Carroll, first assistant state’s attorney in
McHenry County.
Lee, who has a 4.2 grade-point average and never has been in trouble
before, is being tutored at administrative offices while school
officials decide his future, said his lawyer, Thomas Loizzo.
The charges are a product of paranoia, born of the massacre of 32
students at Virginia Tech by a social outcast who then killed himself,
Loizzo said.
“Once the dust settles, once they look at this through clearer
glasses, we think that the state will do the right thing and dismiss
the charges,” Loizzo said.
The essay, written Monday, reads in part, “Blood, sex and booze.
Drugs, drugs, drugs are fun. Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab,
s...t...a...b...puke. So I had this dream last night where I went into
a building, pulled out two P90s and started shooting everyone, then
had sex with the dead bodies. Well, not really, but it would be funny
if I did.”
Assignment: ‘Be creative’
The teacher told students: “‘Be creative; there will be no judgment
and no censorship,”’ Thomas Loizzo said. “There was never any warning
from the teacher that if she determined the paper to be offensive, she
would then pass it along to the authorities.”
School district spokesman Jeff Puma declined to discuss the specifics
of the essay or Lee’s future, citing privacy concerns.
“The essay was inappropriate in that it caused a question about
safety,” Puma said.
The charges could result in a $1,500 fine and as many as 30 days in
jail if Lee is convicted.
Lee hopes to re-enlist if the charges are cleared and he’s allowed to
return to school, said his other attorney, Dane Loizzo.
Lee wrote in a statement provided by his attorney that he has
completed military entrance exams, including a psychiatric evaluation.
“If I’m qualified to defend the country, I believe I’m qualified to
attend school,” he wrote.
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