With all the issues in America’s educational system today, it’s refreshing to see school administrators are finally getting serious about our real problems:
Two high school girls were suspended for sharing a 12-second-long protest kiss, which they say was part of their English class assignment.
Stephanie Haaser, a junior at River Hill High School, says she jumped on a table during lunch and yelled “end homophobia now” before engaging in the kiss with a female friend.
Haaser said her very public display of protest in the form of a kiss was part of an English class assignment that required students to perform a “non-conformist” act.
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River Hill administrators suspended Haaser and her protest partner from school for two days after the Nov. 5 stunt. School officials said the girls were suspended because they disrupted the “orderly operation” of the school.
Haaser, who is not gay, doesn’t have a disciplinary record, and had a 4.0 GPA last year, also risks being kicked out of the National Honor Society due to her suspension. [UPDATE: According to this story, Katherine Pecore, the other girl suspended for the kiss, scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT.]
Great to see that schools are finally cracking down on the real troublemakers.