CT high school student suspended for writing a poem about Sandy Hook shooter

[Black Boy King]

whether i agree with her sentiments or not, this is wrong on SOOOOOOO many levels. so now its "wrong" to THINK different?

will things like this not lead us to the point where its "wrong" to THINK?

one, people need to calm down

two, that is a terrible poem. do they not teach proper structure in that school? and it's just all over the place. if it was well written i'd have no complaints

its art. fuck structure.

if it's gonna be free verse, then have it all be free verse, don't have random rhyme schemes thrown in. not everything is art, some are just an attempt at art. not saying she should stop writing or anything, just giving an honest assessment of her work

objective critique is not an attack

im not saying you're attacking her, i'm saying the critique is redundant. you judged her intelligence from a poem that she didn't release to the public.

i think the actual story here is a student getting suspended over intellectual property because her teacher invaded her privacy

edit: and i think you meant objective criticism.. im just saynnnnnnn....

i never said she was dumb or speculated on her intelligence in any manner, just gave my opinion on the quality of her work

no, critique works well too

whether i agree with her sentiments or not, this is wrong on SOOOOOOO many levels. so now its "wrong" to THINK different?

will things like this not lead us to the point where its "wrong" to THINK?

one, people need to calm down

two, that is a terrible poem. do they not teach proper structure in that school? and it's just all over the place. if it was well written i'd have no complaints

its art. fuck structure.

if it's gonna be free verse, then have it all be free verse, don't have random rhyme schemes thrown in. not everything is art, some are just an attempt at art. not saying she should stop writing or anything, just giving an honest assessment of her work

objective critique is not an attack

If its her first class then the primary concern

is just gettin a student open enough to express

thoughts...not first them into a box of structure.

If she were in an MFA program you'd be right but she's

17 in high school pimpin. It does suck though...but she

17, was it supposed to be good?

i didn't say it was supposed to be great, although i have seen pretty great work from young kids her age before. she should keep at it, but you can only improve with constructive criticism. everyone telling you it's great when it's not won't make you get better

You criticized her ability to write a structured poem. I'm saying that your opinion on the quality of the poem is redundant since it wasn't for the public to read to begin with. That's like going through an artist's laptop and critiquing music he hasn't released yet.

Though again, I don't think the issue is the quality of the poem... But if you want to make that the issue, then shouldn't she be in school learning how to write better rather than suspended for "poor work"?

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

Both of y'all must be aggravating as hell to be around in real life.

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

I was surprised she was black tho

 

[loch121]

Another excerpt

"love is by far the most precious thang on earth,

like a roses fragrance, or a childs birth,

love me and leave me, thats the story of my life

but that wont happen again see

cuz i bought me a buthers knife, the next man that loves me and leaves me real quick see ima cut his balls and ima chop off his dick ima kill that mu*** fu*** ima stab him,,, i will run over him wit my car i will kill him"

 

[blacktux]

Great poem....

Some people just dont understand art.

 

[loch121]

Confession :I steal everybody's gifs and put them on my tumblr if they're funny

 

[Amotekun]

Confession :I steal everybody's gifs and put them on my tumblr if they're funny

Doesnt everyone do this...

whats your tumblr?

 

[locksmith1]

Niggas overreaching as usual....

in the school and the thread....

so oh girl is supposed to be a laureate at 17?

Word? Most niggas twice her age dont have a grasp of

the world or of grasp of their own creative voice.

Nothing more than suppression of creative thought

people would rather criminalize than empathize.

poem is horrible though...same way I wrote when I was

shorty's age.

If the kid was white, you would sing a different song.