Boy arrested for writing a creative essay...

yeah, i think that what happened to VT really affected the whole world and what every student does... people in VT didn't notice it earlier, the signs, that's why the people now, they are really targeting disturbances noticed on a person's work or something... i think that he should not be arrested immediately, he must talk to some psychiatrist first...

I don't know if I would have had had him arrested or not, but the boy certainly needs to have some therapy of some sort. He obviously has some things on his mind or he wouldn't have written something like that. I don't think he should be allowed to watch the news on TV. I think that sometimes kids can be influenced on what they see on the news. They don't need to hear about the violence that is happening around the world.

This is going to sound awful, but the first thing I noticed was some of the bad grammar! I think these days violence doesn't shock children anymore as they grow up seeing it on TV..or reading it in books. I've loved thrillers since I was in my early teens and always read my mother's books (she knew but I was mature enough to handle it). I think the important thing is that kids learn that it is not cool, it's wrong and that it is not the way to solve a dispute.

This sounds absurdish!!!!! The goal of the class work is to stimulate the mind, not to restrict it. And many teens use the writing as way to express themselves, to realise some more adrenaline. This doesnt mean that this boy is a born terrorist, for God`s sake! What a cretens indeed!

ok so in all those school shooting lately people say we started seeing sings of violence and that something is not right with that kid but then nothing was done about it or no one looked into it. after someone gets shot and killed by that person people then go into an uproar about why wasn't anything done before if there were sings. so now something was done before just in case this person really had these thoughts and was trying to reach out or be noticed or whatever, so yes i do beleive that he deserved to be arrested. you can't write something like that and not ecpect people to get upset now a days.

well you really have to look at what the kid wrote. he is going to go off to the marines. he is getting ready to go over seas possibaly and die for a country that he believes has a screwed up way of doing things. the teacher doesnt take the others in class to real thought she just goes off what she thinks and doesnt look at things around her. i think he is a scared, upset, teen that is looking at possibaly getting killed for his country. yet he doesnt agree with his country on alot of things. i think some one should of spoken with him yes. gave him an outlet of his thoughts yes. getting arrested no. if you really read what he writes he does sound like this is what he wants to do. it sounds like he is scared of what might happen to him. he is trying to also freak out the teacher cause she is one that has her head in the sand.

I don't think arrest is solution to the problem.

Yes or no, yes because the authorities are already paranoid of what happened to v.tech and they dont want it to happened again its a way of precautionary actions on the situation before erupting to the same manner as the previous one. I have read it and it is a foul one, a student in his good and right mind will never write it , its a no since it is violating our right of freedom to express here, but better precautionary than sorry , thats the motto now of the authorities

Sorry, but I think that he should go to jail and some one should try to get this kid to church, because he should NOT write some thing like that for school. Kids like that is the reason school is not fun any more,Because the kids have to wory if they are going to get shot or stabed.

Yes, I think the incident at Virginia Tech has something to do with this. They're trying to prevent another incident like that from happening again but being arrested is too much. I mean come on! Haven't they heard of psychiatric help first? Disorderly conduct? Whatever happened to free speech then? He's just airing his remorse. Through, it may be disturbing but that's what school counselors are for. This is too much.

He should not have been arrested... he did say that it was a work of fiction basically... people write about violence all the time

he is an obvious weirdo, needs attention. maybe he have some traumatic experiences when he was a child. everything has a reason. maybe he has a wrong field of choice. he should be a song writer for the great thoughts that come into his mind, although er, its explicit. being a marine is not his field. yeah, necessary actions must be brought up to prevent it but we must also understand his part, we don't know anything about him, only his name, and we are not entitled to judge him just like that. maybe he need some help.

Whatever happened to having a counselor speak to a troubled student? Now, it's a sideways glance and off to a secret prison. Whatever sheeple.

No, I do not think that it was right for them to arrest the boy. Yes, I do however believe that something needs to be done. The first step that should have been made was for the school to have a meeting with the parents and the boy with a counselor present. Then if they feel the need to further steps. Instead they rushed to have the boy arrested. What good did that serve?

I don't knoiw if arresting him was the way to go but I definately think something should be done. That kind of writing in school is scary especially after VT.