Pa. boy dresses as vagrant for class, is suspended

[The Straight Story]

Pa. boy dresses as vagrant for class, is suspended


PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania high school student who dressed as a homeless man for a drama assignment was so convincing that he fooled school officials — and ended up getting suspended for two days.

Senior Michael Bodomov (BAH'-dah-mohv) received an assignment last month to create and act as a character for a day at Mount Lebanon High School, just outside Pittsburgh.

Bodomov showed up at school dressed up in multiple coats, with ink smeared on his face and plastic bags for socks, and school officials didn't recognize him.

The situation escalated when Bodomov didn't immediately break character. Police were briefly called, and he was suspended for not identifying himself to officials.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/10/27/us--homeless-portrayal-student-suspended.html

[elleng]

1. School administrators have LOST THEIR MINDS! eom

[HereSince1628]

4. School officiald greatly fear looking embarassed

My advice to new tenure track colleagues was "the administration is not fond of surprises".

[elleng]

5. Then don't do foolish/stupid/embarassing things!!!

[HereSince1628]

7. It's almost impossible.

[elleng]

8. Hard to believe.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Fucking lunacy.

We tried to build an idiot-proof, zero-tolerance-for-anything system, and what did we get? A more idiotic and intolerant class of overlord.

[Niceguy1]

10. because zero tolersnce is idiotic in the first place

[Jackpine Radical]

11. That's sorta what i was trying to say in my own bumbling way.

[Niceguy1]

12. makes sense lol

[RKP5637]

3. It's time to start suspending school administrators unfit for their job. Yet another fine

example of absurdity by school officials.

[jmowreader]

6. This sounds like overreaction, but I side with the school on this

[Enrique]

9. sensationalized story

there's some kind of campaign to scour the nation for routine disciplinary actions that can be blown into "PC gone amok!" outrages. Yahoo News often helps amplify this stuff.

[IrishAyes]

14. It's not sensationalism when you're the kid who did his assignment perfectly

and wound up suspended for it. Or the people for whom he apparently was made an object lesson. All the kids learned was to watch out for stupid adults!

[TeeYiYi]

13. Hope he gets an 'A'. He should. ..nt

TYY