Althouse: "The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended."

May 20, 2014

"The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended."

"Administrators were not pleased once they figured it out."

31 comments:

YoungHegelian said...: What a bunch of tight-ass prudes! In days of yore, even a bunch of Benedictine nuns would have let that one slide by without comment!; 5/20/14, 7:22 PM
jr565 said...: I'd think she'd get extra credit for being clever with her chemistry symbols.; 5/20/14, 7:38 PM
Anonymous said...: What a bunch of idiots. Ah, well, the internet will correct this. :-); 5/20/14, 7:42 PM
madAsHell said...: Her cleverness made the administration look clueless. She must be punished.

How many 17 year old girls have spent time looking at a periodic table, and coming away with a novel use for the symbols. Give her a pat on the back!!

Although, I generally think that "back that ass up" refers to a doggie style sex romp, and not starting over again.; 5/20/14, 7:43 PM
Jason said...: What do these educrat idiots think they are accomplishing?; 5/20/14, 8:05 PM
ngtrains said...: I'll bet she graduates with the class,and gets to speak too. This 'zero tolerance' goes too far at times. They are teenagers, and I guess the admin forgot what it was like.
ted; 5/20/14, 8:40 PM
Illuninati said...: Why was the administration upset?
I think her entry was cute.; 5/20/14, 9:20 PM
David said...: I would hire her, if I had a job to offer. And I would want her at my college, if I had a college.; 5/20/14, 9:23 PM
David said...: "Back That Azz Up"
(feat. Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne)

[Juvenile]
Girl you workin with some ass yeah, you bad yeah
Make a nigga spend his cash yeah, his last yeah
Hoes frown when you pass yeah, they mad yeah
You gon' ride in the Jag yeah, with that head
You could smoke or buy a bag yeah, of grass yeah
Got money I can flash yeah, and trash yeah
I'ma Big Tymer nigga yeah, pull the trigger yeah
A playa hata flipper yeah, grave filla yeah
I be slangin wood yeah, out the hood yeah
Let it be understood yeah, it's all good yeah
Got a nigga scheamin large yeah, on the hard yeah
A smooth little broad yeah from out the projects
A nigga do a trick yeah, on the dick yeah
You claimin you want a picture, that ain't shit yeah
The nigga with the money yeah, don't act funny yeah
Got birds and I'm runnin yeah, bout a hundred yeah

[Chorus: Juvenile (repeat 2X)]
Girl, you looks good, won't you back that azz up
You'se a fine motherfucker, won't you back that azz up
Call me Big Daddy when you back that azz up
Hoe, who is you playin wit? Back that azz up

There's more in that vein.

I still say they overreacted, but damn I am one tight assed white boy when I hear this stuff. It does not compute for me.; 5/20/14, 9:32 PM
Anonymous said...: My favorite element is Ununoctium (Uuo), #119 on the periodic table. It is a laboratory-produced element. Total worldwide production consists of three atoms, one of which was produced in 2002 and two more in 2005.

Peter; 5/20/14, 9:42 PM
chickelit said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/20/14, 9:44 PM
gadfly said...: The graduation story to tell, retell, laugh about and drink to at class reunions. She needs to top it all off with thank-you card to the folks who had hoped to ruin her graduation.; 5/20/14, 10:35 PM
gadfly said...: The graduation story to tell, retell, laugh about and drink to at class reunions. She needs to top it all off with thank-you card to the folks who had hoped to ruin her graduation.; 5/20/14, 10:35 PM
MadisonMan said...: Policy.

I think the principal and super should resign, because they are idiots.; 5/20/14, 11:41 PM
Jason said...: "She made me look ridiculous! And a man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous!!"; 5/21/14, 12:04 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: "Administrators were not pleased once they figured it out."

To give credit where credit is due, I'm pretty sure they had some help figuring it out.; 5/21/14, 12:04 AM
Achilles said...: And to think parents get in trouble now if they don't make sure their kids are truant to these public "schools."; 5/21/14, 12:10 AM
tds said...: She got suspended mainly for writing "Sulfer", "Utranium", "Phospheros"; 5/21/14, 4:45 AM
tim maguire said...: It's not a joke, it's a code. There was nothing offensive in what she wrote, only in an interpretation of what she wrote. And you can't police interpretations.; 5/21/14, 5:11 AM
Eeyore Rifkin said...: Holmium Lithium Cobalt Tungsten!; 5/21/14, 6:01 AM
iowan2 said...: As Insty oft says, parents that send their children to public schools are guilty of child abuse.

These examples, numbering in the thousands make clear that public (federal govt controlled) schools have nothing to do with education, everything to do with programming the population with the proper group think. Individual thought is dangerous to the liberal cause.

Never forget that the persons making these idiotic decisions are among the most credentialed in society. A minimum of bachelors degrees and often Doctorates. Because it goes without saying that without advanced degrees people will act irrational.; 5/21/14, 6:33 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: ironrailsironweights said...

My favorite element is Ununoctium (Uuo), #119 on the periodic table.

Ununoctium would be #118.; 5/21/14, 7:39 AM
Larry J said...: She should count herself lucky. Had she eaten a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun (or the letter L), she would've been arrested.

Once again, public school administrators are proving themselves too stupid to be allowed around children.; 5/21/14, 7:59 AM
sakredkow said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/21/14, 8:13 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: " YoungHegelian said...
What a bunch of tight-ass prudes! In days of yore, even a bunch of Benedictine nuns would have let that one slide by without comment!"

Well, punishment might have been swift and sure, but not excessive. Then, back at the convent, they would have knocked one back, and congratulated themselves on actually teaching one of the knuckleheads some chemistry.
Unlike these clowns, who are so brittle and ignorant that every perceived slight to their authority must be
overreacted to.
The nuns knew they were in charge, these fools know they're inadequate.; 5/21/14, 8:46 AM
President-Mom-Jeans said...: Sending a child to a public school should be considered a form of child abuse.

The names and pictures of these retarded administrators should be widely distributed for mockery and scorn.; 5/21/14, 9:30 AM
iowan2 said...: Exactly why is the who, what, when, where, why, not the format of this "news" story? Specifically the names of the administrators????
All of the news stories fail to identify to credentialed idiots that make these decisions.
More evidence that the media is just fine with the status quoe in public education and are in no mood to make their brethren in education look foolish.

Remember the punishment is intimidation that keeps the next free thinker in line.

Just like the prosecution of D'Souza is not about punishing wrong doing, but intimidating conservatives that might publicly support conservative candidates to public office.; 5/21/14, 10:52 AM
Mountain Maven said...: Educrats are fools, certainly.

I wonder why a girl would want to associate herself with that song.; 5/21/14, 11:24 AM
readering said...: I see they apologized. She ends up the hero and they're publicly humiliated almost as fast as you can say Jack Robinson. The internet is a scary thing.; 5/21/14, 12:12 PM
jr565 said...: So, lets tie this in to the story about Richard Scudamore who sent out joke emails that were offensive.
My first reaction to this was what's the big deal. Why suspend her for this. My new reaction is she had it coming. Because you can't make statements that offend people even if they are jokes.
This is the new world. So, if it's good enough for the Scudamore's of the world, its good enough for this woman.; 5/21/14, 12:19 PM
Sam L. said...: Saninty prevails. How...unusual!; 5/21/14, 1:49 PM