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.
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.
Not to mention a huge lack of common sense.
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."
Hint to public school students, no mater what your teacher says DO NOT BE CREATIVE, your future could be ruined if you follow the teacher's instructions.
The charges could result in a $1,500 fine and as many as 30 days in jail if Lee is convicted.
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There is something disturbing about this...
Why would anyone write something like that and hand it in? Poor judgement is not the word for this. Stupidity is.
I agree that the student exercised poor judgement (OK downright stupidity) in writing something like that especially in the wake of VA tech.
But remember this was a creative writing class......... I mean think about some of the stuff best selling writers write: John Saul, Stephen King, James Patterson
Should the student have written the essay about something else, certainly - should his future be ruined because he wrote "trash", certainly not.
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