AOW #2 - Responding to "South Carolina students punished for spelling 'rape' with letters sprayed on their chests" By Laura-Diaz Zuniga

AOW #2 - Responding to "South Carolina students punished for spelling 'rape' with letters sprayed on their chests" By Laura-Diaz Zuniga

September 25, 2017

This Week's Focus: Argument

Article Category: Education

Link to Article: "South Carolina students punished for spelling 'rape' with letters sprayed on their chests"  

(September 19, 2017)

Currently, in this day and age, more and more of the younger generation, particularly teenagers, feel the need to rebel against their superiors and contradict the rules their adult figures and mentors have set upon them, which you could say is nothing new. Except for the fact that when they do indeed do something wrong, like say, write the word 'rape' with letters sprayed on their chests at a fundraiser for cancer survivors and awareness, the consequences or 'punishment' as Laura-Diaz describes it, is inexcusable. 

The discipline children receive these days is very lacking, in a sense that is it not teaching teens lessons that are well needed in order for them to learn from their mistakes and not continue on to a negative path unless they want to face dire circumstances, like getting expelled from school or restraining everyday privileges, which was not the case for those four students at Westside High School. 

Said alumni thought it would be hilarious to spell the word 'rape' on their chests at a fundraiser for cancer because they wanted to draw attention to themselves, (which they obviously did) and they wanted to post different phrases on social media with the caption "What we do to Daniel," referring to their opponents, Daniel High School. Essentially, they wanted their fellow classmates to acknowledge their roasting of their school's opponent by spreading their lit 'savagery' and 'jokes', which are the key milestones for social acceptance in any American high school. If you think about it, this is probably why young adults need to be more disciplined in the first place. They need to be aware that they don't need to cause trouble in order to gain attention, or that they can't continue to feel apathetic without feeling some sort of guilt over what their actions mean, not just for themselves, but for other human beings who for example, HAVE been raped and that take offense to such ignorance as those students have shown.

Yet, the worst about all of this, (continuing the article), is that those two sophomores and two seniors didn't even get a suspension or reprimand to their actions for using 'rape' as a viable threat. They were let off the hook so easily, and what that teaches kids is that, no matter how socially unfair they become, it's okay because no one's going to harm them from posting a threatening tweet, cyber bullying students on Instagram live, or even writing inappropriate words on their skin for the world to see. All is well as long as they get their likes, dislikes, or views on the Internet.