Crushing of Dissent: 2nd Grade

July 3rd, 2004 by

Ed Note: I am the source of this story. I am not making it up because a) I don’t have time and b) The Razor is about Truth - and making stuff up kind of defeats the purpose of the online journal I write, design, debug, rebuild (after being hacked) and pay for with my own cash. The school is Carrcroft Elementary in Wilmington DE. Ms. Norman is the Principal there and supposedly told my friend, the kid’s mother, that there was no way to get in contact with the teacher over the Summer break. -SK 7/7/04
The following essay was written by a second grader at a public school in suburban Wilmington Delaware this past May. It was read by the student in front of the class. After it was read, the teacher - who has been teaching for a very long time - said the following: “If you ever write anything like that again you are going straight to the principal’s office.” The kid started to cry, and ran from the room after being humiliated in front of his classmates. He came home upset, not understanding what he had done wrong.

So Will I

My grandfather remembers when he was in the Navy. He fought in World War Two. When I play GI Joes with him he would always take the gun he used when he was in the war. He would always tell me about the gun he use to use. When I grow and go to war I want to have the same gun and do the same things too.

I have wanted to be a warrior since I was four. The reason why I want to be a warrior is so I can help others and be remembered. My dad doesn’t want me to be a warrior, but I am still going to be one. If I was alive when they had the Vietnam War I would have been in it.

My grandfather was a warrior and so will I.
The End

The parent of the second grader brought the matter up to the teacher. She turned to the student and berated him for telling his parents about the incident. The parent also brought the matter up to the school principal, who has ignored the issue by saying that she has no way of contacting the teacher during Summer vacation.

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