"High school student Courtni Webb wasn’t preparing an assignment when she wrote a dark, provocative poem about the Sandy Hook shootings in Connecticut, talking about how “society puts these thoughts in our head” and her experiences as a teen growing up in a culture that can sometimes be stark and harsh. It wasn’t her first dark poem; she’s written about suicidal thoughts and other heavy topics before, and these poems haven’t attracted undue attention, even when submitted as assignments.
But this poem did, because of two lines: “I understand the killings in Connecticut/I understand why he pulled the trigger.”
http://www.care2.com/causes/high-school-poet-suspended-for-expressing-herself-about-shootings.html
HuffPo article from 12/28/12 w/ video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/02/courtni-webb-high-school-_n_2396289.html?ncid=GEP
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