Donald Trumps mock assassination draws ire at Texas high school

[JonLP24]

Source: Washington Post

Two Texas students and their teacher were reprimanded after the 10th-graders performed a skit portraying the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump.

One of the boys used a gunfire sound effect from a cellphone while the other student, who was portraying Trump, fell to the ground, according to the San Antonio Express-News. The skit, titled “The Assassination of Donald Trump,” was performed as a class presentation last week for the students’ English class at John Marshall High School in San Antonio.

The boys’ teacher instructed her students to create and perform a skit following their study of Shakespeare and asked them to submit their scripts for approval, Brian Woods, superintendent for the Northside Independent School District, said in a statement on Friday.

Woods said the two students changed their skit after their original script had been submitted, and the teacher did not know beforehand that they planned on performing a mock assassination of Trump.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/11/20/donald-trumps-mock-assassination-draws-ire-at-texas-high-school/

[dhill926]

1. this stupid shit is not helpful....

just plays into the victimization of the poor little racist asshole...

[Buzz Clik]

5. 1

[C Moon]

15. Agreed. That was very dumb.

[JI7]

2. but it was just great when the presidential candidate called for hillary to be assassinated

There will be more outrage over these teenagers than with a 70 year old man running for president.

[Buzz Clik]

6. No, it was not great.

[Judi Lynn]

13. His racist/sociopathic/"undereducated" supporters fully agree. n/t

[MFM008]

3. boo freaking hoo

he will be surprised by the hate he gets .

[Buzz Clik]

7. nice.

[Equinox Moon]

4. He FEEDS on chaos & hate

Love will destroy him. The Hamilton actors were a perfect example of how to meet the enemy with love.

It is the hardest thing to do. Meet an enemy with love.

[Buzz Clik]

8. 1

[JonLP24]

10. Plus 1 doesn't work for me either

[Buzz Clik]

12. well, poo.

[ronnie624]

17. I thought my keyboard needed a setting adjusted.

Apparently, some changes in the site's software after the hack, prevent certain symbols from being used.

[kebob]

9. We're Talking About Texas!

They perform real assassinations of wrongly-convicted people. And, oh yeah, there was that other thing in Dallas 53 years ago.

[JonLP24]

11. 1

[Judi Lynn]

14. So right. Real assassination of real people is cherished "bigly" in Texas. n/t

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[ronnie624]

16. I wonder why they chose this subject matter.

Their reasons aren't even addressed in the article. I'd like to know what motivated them.

[Sunlei]

20. "Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour u

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Shakespeare inspires people

[truthisfreedom]

18. Kids like to be controversial.

I know I liked being controversial. It's part of growing up.

Imagine the kinds of things done as a result of Obama being elected.

[Sunlei]

19. Shakespeare twitter warz, republicans shout, "Jobs for food tasters"

[lonestarnot]

21. Woopsie.