I am so goddamn sick and tired of the need to punish people in our culture. [View all]

[F4lconF16]

I'm sitting in the gym, waiting for graduation to start.

I'm sitting with my brother, who is graduating this year.

I'm sitting with him, because fuck the school district. Fuck the fucking school district.

My brother's graduating. He's not walking.

He worked his ass off in the last month to pass his classes. He got Every. Single. Thing. Done. He's had trouble learning in the past--a really, really smart kid, but a little different (you wouldn't notice talking to him). He finally got put on medication this month, and it's made a difference. He has worked so damn hard for this, and they're not letting him walk.

Why?

Because when his teacher checked with his english teacher to see if he could turn in a makeup essay, the English (Not english, which he passed, but the internet and personal details that aren't mine, so we'll go with it) teacher said no; no make-ups, that is. She would have no problem having him turning in the essay he had already written. But the other teacher told him he couldn't turn it in. Because of that one essay, he didn't pass English (a class in which he got a 100% on the last essay, and a 90+% on the AP practice test).

So they won't let him walk. They need to punish him for this. After he has worked so damn hard to pull through. And they're fucking punishing him for it.

This went all the way up to the Executive Director of the district.

Now he's sitting next to me, and I can tell it bothers him that he's not out there. And it should, because it should be.

Fuck this school district. I'm furious right now.