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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7958)	7/2/2000 7:04:40 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

I am ROFLL here- I don't know where that picture came from, but it almost kept my perfect son from graduating a year ago. IN the spring of his senior year, having visited several excellent universities on his college search, and having been exposed to those typical college underground newspapers during his visits, he decided that this was just what his high school needed so he set up a site on line, completely unrelated to the school, and recruited some fellow students as writers, and proceeded to publish Props.com. It was an immediate hit, needless to say. Word spread like wildfire, and about a week before graduation we got a call from the principal asking us to come in. We were informed that our son (Merit Scholar, Captain of the Swim Team, State Science Fair winner) was not going to graduate from high school. He had insulted too many teachers and administration and they were well and truly pissed. One of the angriest was a very Christian coach whose name, changed by one letter, just happened to be used as a caption for your picture. Coach T*** relaxes after the big game with quarterback *** with a cold one.* The quarterback was also a very strong Christian-- he was the one who always knelt down and led the prayers on the field after every game. (THis is the Bible Belt -- what can I say?) My son is an outspoken atheist. ANd he also is not easily intimidated. First Amendment! First Amendment!!! He screamed. Well, luckily my very reasonable husband managed to shut him up and negotiated a week of community service and they "let" him graduate. It was a diplomatic solution, the principal knew there was no real way they could withhold his degree, and we told CW to shut up, he had a younger brother to think about and he should have had better manners anyway. It's the one time my husband and I ever disagreed about something though-- I thought the school was wrong and we shouldn't cater to them. Not that at home, CW didn't get an earful about being smart as well as a smart-ass. But that picture brought it all back....