Comments on: Speaking my mind…. http://pepperguy.com/newblog/2005/06/06/speaking-my-mind/ The miscellaneous thoughts of a somewhat normal guy... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angry and Disgusted http://pepperguy.com/newblog/2005/06/06/speaking-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Angry and Disgusted Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:48:11 +0000 http://pepperguy.com/newblog/?p=437#comment-1015 Also a past graduate of WHS, no longer living in the area, but news of the 10+ delinquents in the Class of 2005 spread to me even out here. I am completely disgusted with their behavior! As harsh as it may sound, I hope those kids have to spend a some time in jail, pay maximum fines, publicly apologize to the community, their classmates/teachers, and especially taxpayers, and I hope that each one of them loses any scholarship they may have been awarded by their respective college choices. Just because one has spent 13 years in the ranks of WHS doesn't give him/her the right to destroy property that taxpayers (which they know nothing of) fund, nor do they have the right to endanger their peers (with that oil on the stairs bit). I wonder how funny the prank would have been if someone had fallen down those stairs and broken a neck, a back, or cracked their head open. The "pranksters" (delinquents) could then have been laughing all the way to real jail. Actions have consequences, and their consequences should be just as destructive to them as their actions were to the school. From what I've heard, kids overall, and at WHS especially have become increasingly irresponsible, thoughtless, and destructive over the years. Also from what I hear, the parents of these delinquents perpetually insist that "their little darlings are good kids." I hope the particular delinquents in question are given maximum penalties and be made into an example of "what happens when you don't follow the rules of society outside the protective shell of high school." As you said, there are plenty of kids in that class who chose not to participate in criminal behavior, and they should not be inconvenienced because of it. As for the Toledo media...I did not see their coverage but can imagine how it was skewed. Toledo's media outlets, despite their own self-images, are NOT the most responsible in reporting, and it's no surprise to me that they would glorify some punk kids rather than aknowledging the accomplishments of the good kids. As for the vandals' parents...for everyone's sake, I hope they learn how to hold their own children accountable for their actions, rather than continuously claiming their "poor little darlings" are "victims." Teach your children some respect for their fellow man!!! These kids are joining the ranks of the rest of society soon, and they need to realize that they can't just do whatever it is they please. Woodville and Elmore are two wonderful communities, and these kids have decided to represent their hometowns as criminals, whose actions were filled with malice and destruction. Luckily, there are the minority in their class, and the majority, of which I am certain we will all be proud, will be GOOD representatives of two great communities. Congratulations to all of the DESERVING (and non-criminal) graduates of the WHS Class of 2005. You are vastly more intelligent and mature than your criminal peers! Also a past graduate of WHS, no longer living in the area, but news of the 10+ delinquents in the Class of 2005 spread to me even out here. I am completely disgusted with their behavior! As harsh as it may sound, I hope those kids have to spend a some time in jail, pay maximum fines, publicly apologize to the community, their classmates/teachers, and especially taxpayers, and I hope that each one of them loses any scholarship they may have been awarded by their respective college choices. Just because one has spent 13 years in the ranks of WHS doesn’t give him/her the right to destroy property that taxpayers (which they know nothing of) fund, nor do they have the right to endanger their peers (with that oil on the stairs bit). I wonder how funny the prank would have been if someone had fallen down those stairs and broken a neck, a back, or cracked their head open. The “pranksters” (delinquents) could then have been laughing all the way to real jail. Actions have consequences, and their consequences should be just as destructive to them as their actions were to the school.

From what I’ve heard, kids overall, and at WHS especially have become increasingly irresponsible, thoughtless, and destructive over the years. Also from what I hear, the parents of these delinquents perpetually insist that “their little darlings are good kids.” I hope the particular delinquents in question are given maximum penalties and be made into an example of “what happens when you don’t follow the rules of society outside the protective shell of high school.” As you said, there are plenty of kids in that class who chose not to participate in criminal behavior, and they should not be inconvenienced because of it.

As for the Toledo media…I did not see their coverage but can imagine how it was skewed. Toledo’s media outlets, despite their own self-images, are NOT the most responsible in reporting, and it’s no surprise to me that they would glorify some punk kids rather than aknowledging the accomplishments of the good kids.

As for the vandals’ parents…for everyone’s sake, I hope they learn how to hold their own children accountable for their actions, rather than continuously claiming their “poor little darlings” are “victims.” Teach your children some respect for their fellow man!!! These kids are joining the ranks of the rest of society soon, and they need to realize that they can’t just do whatever it is they please.
Woodville and Elmore are two wonderful communities, and these kids have decided to represent their hometowns as criminals, whose actions were filled with malice and destruction. Luckily, there are the minority in their class, and the majority, of which I am certain we will all be proud, will be GOOD representatives of two great communities.

Congratulations to all of the DESERVING (and non-criminal) graduates of the WHS Class of 2005. You are vastly more intelligent and mature than your criminal peers!

]]> By: Administrator http://pepperguy.com/newblog/2005/06/06/speaking-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Administrator Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:22:53 +0000 http://pepperguy.com/newblog/?p=437#comment-975 there were no lights on in the gym... it was very dark. That's why the photos are grainy. there were no lights on in the gym… it was very dark. That’s why the photos are grainy.

]]> By: Ed http://pepperguy.com/newblog/2005/06/06/speaking-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Ed Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:20:34 +0000 http://pepperguy.com/newblog/?p=437#comment-974 Wow, if that's all that happened to them I would have had no fear of getting caught for the things I did in HS. Super-gluing lockers shut, putting liquid soap on wet floors during rainy/snowy days, having a master key to the entire building and re-arranging classrooms, etc. Rules at my HS were simple. No pranks of any kind resulting in damage or interfering with class; or the ceremony is cancelled, and we would have to go to classes until the end of the school year (seniors are usually have exams the last week of May, regardless of how late everyone else went). It worked. And why are your pictures of the ceremony so grainy? The camera takes MUCH better pictures than that. Or should we just chalk it up to a DEU? Wow, if that’s all that happened to them I would have had no fear of getting caught for the things I did in HS. Super-gluing lockers shut, putting liquid soap on wet floors during rainy/snowy days, having a master key to the entire building and re-arranging classrooms, etc. Rules at my HS were simple. No pranks of any kind resulting in damage or interfering with class; or the ceremony is cancelled, and we would have to go to classes until the end of the school year (seniors are usually have exams the last week of May, regardless of how late everyone else went). It worked.

And why are your pictures of the ceremony so grainy? The camera takes MUCH better pictures than that. Or should we just chalk it up to a DEU?

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