Naturally, I do not know the content of this kid's work. But I have trouble believing it's any worse than a lot of raps I've heard.
There are a lot of troubled kids out there, because we live in a time when kids are forced to be "institutionalized" by so many different forces out there. That the mondola High Schools are part of this is a damned shame. Some of these kids think about acting out, and others do (re: Prince's new video, "Cinammin Girl").
I sense a growing Big Brotherliness that has people snooping around where they shouldn't be into these kids' private lives. This can only make the problem worse, and is a total perversion of any kind of basic values and decency, IMHO. I can't see how a High School is supposed to be ultimately responsible for taking care of this -- indeed, the structure is a huge part of the problem.
There is an off chance that had I seen the work I might feel differently. I doubt it, tho. I used to read "Soldier of Fortune" when I was in High School, for example, and I turned out fine (enough). The invasion of privacy, to me, is a symptom of just what is wrong in the big meatgrinder of a prison we call a "High School" today.
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