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gollygee

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28. I googled to get more info and it looks like maybe they've taken their heads

Reply to MisterP (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:54 PM

May 2014

out of their collective Arsenic Sulfur.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/student-says-touchy-yearbook-quote-could-ruin-seni/nfzk4/

UPDATE: Paris Gray and her family met with the school's principal and the area superintendent on Tuesday. They apologized for the miscommunication and said they would not deny her giving a speech at graduation. The superintendent challenged her to "give the best speech ever."

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Periodic Table Joke Gets Senior Suspended [View all] MisterP May 2014 OP

Just watch the video....when you see the student, you understand why Paris was singled out. She's msanthrope May 2014 #1

I'm glad one of the students actually paid attention in science class BlueStreak May 2014 #2

OOoooooh I get it. sakabatou May 2014 #3

I wonder who snitched on her. KittyWampus May 2014 #4

Punishing her is unbelievably stupid and prudish. octoberlib May 2014 #5

now that's righteous: I'd just noted that there's more chemists who're lushes than prudes MisterP May 2014 #10

"Schools should be celebrating this" I just wanted to repeat that. BlueStreak May 2014 #12

And still, people wonder why I have absolutely no respect for secondary education . . . Journeyman May 2014 #6

Par for course lately. Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #7

It's just because the administration had to have it explained to them. libdem4life May 2014 #8

Compounded by media prudes. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #9

This country SamKnause May 2014 #11

Poor Ms. Gray. This was an unfortunate overreaction indeed. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #13

Love it! NuclearDem May 2014 #14

Someone needs to report that principal... Wait Wut May 2014 #15

Fluorine Uranium Carbon Potassium that administration (nt) Nye Bevan May 2014 #16

Yes, it does n/t Aerows May 2014 #21

I love smart kids! etherealtruth May 2014 #17

Thorium Astatine KamaAina May 2014 #18

Agreed n/t Aerows May 2014 #20

LOL! Aerows May 2014 #19

What does that mean anyway? surrealAmerican May 2014 #22

Yes, song. wildeyed May 2014 #25

Don't school admins have enough real problems? wildeyed May 2014 #23

Far too many stories like this, punitive arbitrary measures for what? Such a disgrace and the Jefferson23 May 2014 #24

Wow, what an overreaction gollygee May 2014 #26

Principal William Greene sounds like a damn fool IMO. n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #27

I googled to get more info and it looks like maybe they've taken their heads gollygee May 2014 #28

That's rich, he challeneged her? She could do a speech on how to react to assholes using the Jefferson23 May 2014 #30

donkey! i meant donkey! it's in the bible! unblock May 2014 #29