Is "Pushing the Limit" Over the Limit?
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Apparently there has been an uproar in Durham, Hew Hampshire, over the Class of 2008 t-shirts. Why, you ask? Well, take a look for yourself --
The Oyster River High School class of '08 made shirts telling classmates to push the limit. Instead, they pushed the limits of administrators' tolerance. Why? Well, do you see that paw print decimal point just before the "08"? Yep, you guessed it -- .08 is the legal drinking limit. School Superintendent Howard Coulter doesn't think it's a laughing matter, but the administration has not banned the shirts. They are discouraging students from wearing them, however, and disciplinary action is still possible.
What do you think? Should they be banned? Is it just a "senior prank"? Or is it a much more serious matter? How would you address the problem if you were the Superintendent? Me? I wouldn't ban them, but I would certainly discourage them from wearing the shirts, and possibly even have a school assembly with discussion about drinking and the things that can happen when you do, indeed, push the limit.
Now, what would you do?
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Freedom of expression, right?
I agree with you... I wouldn't ban them, but would set up a very graphic presentation with facts, stats, and full-colour slides, then hold a general assembly.
I think it's just a t-shirt.
Totally reflective of the youth of today though, pushing the limits indeed!
I was one of the seniors at ORHS and i think that people made a big deal over nothing. Our principal lied to the media, she told us that we made them in secret and without her knowing, however, in actuality, she signed off on a form permitting us to make them and knew in advance the meaning behind the shirt. Select few in the class actually knew that this was the shirt we would be recieving, we had been told that we were recievng different ones. One parent complained and called WMUR and got our classes senior shirts a national icon.
Personally, I think that it was immature and stupid for our principal to lie to the media and point fingers at a group of seventeen year old kids in order to save her own image.
hilarious