Thank you Texas, you saved our collective asses. Had it not been for a couple of your quick thinking school officials in the CY-Fair ISD we may have had another terrorist attack on our soil. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.
A math teacher and a principal at Bleyl Middle School were key in preventing this attack. They recognized the imminent danger posed by Taylor Trostle yet somehow were able to diffuse the situation and protect our country. Their actions showed that anybody, given the proper training, can exhibit balls of steel and cat-like reflexes. I personally would like to say thank you to these fine individuals.
Thank you for removing a a threat from US Soil. Thank you for recognizing her loaded weapon of death. When you saw the finger gun, did you shit your pants in fear? Nay, you exhibited bravery not seen since the days of Rambo. Hell, the FBI and CIA could use a few pointers from you. Are you available to train our armed forces? We need to make sure all are aware of this new WMD.
Most of all I would like to thank you for harassing and outing a middle school girl. Not only is she going through one of the most awkward times of her life (remember your teenage years) she now has to live with the damning realization that she is a terrorist. Is it not enough that she may already be having a tough time fitting in? Kids can be so cruel. Having the terrorist label attached to you only condemns you to a life of ridicule and servitude to the cool kids. Poor Taylor may never recover.
How does this happen? How does a seemingly innocent 13 year old girl get transformed from a mild mannered middle school student into a deadly terrorist? I decided to do some research and what I found was alarming. All you need is a NYPD t-shirt and the much coveted finger-gun with optional silencer. Perhaps if she had not used the silencer and gone “Pow-Pow” the punishment might not have been as severe. We will never know.
All kidding aside, I have to call bullshit. You labeled her as a terrorist? Is the math teacher really that butt-hurt over the fact that a student pointed a finger at her and went “Pew, Pew”? Did she actually fear for her life? If so, it’s time for her to choose a new profession. Dealing with teenagers at large is obviously above her skill level. Have we all forgotten the set of fundamental rules to adolescence? I’ll break a couple of them down for you:
Rules For Adolescence
#1 Your parents are never right. In fact they are evil, soul-less creatures from Hell that give Medusa the creeps. They were placed on Earth to make your life a living hell of embarrassment and heartbreak. They can’t be trusted.
#2 Everything is THE END OF THE WORLD. Did your boyfriend/girlfriend just break up with you? IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD. Did you not get picked for the king/queen of your “Prom/Winter Formal/I’m a ball of horny teenage hormones and I want to rub up against members of the opposite sex and try to pass it off as dancing” Dance? IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD. Are your parents refusing to buy you those cool new fashions that all the other kids are wearing? IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD. Does the current situation you face seem completely insurmountable? Are you afraid you will never be able to get past this moment of your life? Well, you would be correct because IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD.
#3 You will never, ever recover from your current crisis of the moment. Refer to rule #2 for further instructions.
#4 You will always have one evil teacher. One unscrupulous and heartless bastard. A pathetic excuse for a human being that exists solely to make the lives of teenagers a living hell. This one teacher will make you realize that rule #1 may not be totally correct. Your parents are the soul-less creatures of Hell you originally made them out to be. This teacher is. Evil is all this teacher knows. Evil is all they rain down upon the poor students who have had the unfortunate luck of being stuck in their class.
Now that we’ve revisited some of the rules, let’s look at the situation logically. The student says she was playing cop and shooting markers off the board. The math teacher thinks that the student was making a threatening gesture and feared for her life. Somewhere in the middle we can find what actually happened.
Either way, it’s not something we label a student as a terrorist for. My dad would have had my ass on a silver platter had I pulled something like this. However, he also would have had the superintendent’s ass on a platter as well had they tried to label me a terrorist over something like this.
To the parents of Taylor, teach your kid some respect for authority. Sure, it’s OK to have feelings of hatred and animosity towards somebody. We all have them. It’s all in how you handle the situation that truly counts. If this truly was a game and she was just “shooting” markers off of the board, then it’s time to teach your kid some common sense.
Taylor, you’re not a terrorist. Stupid? Lacking in common sense? Perhaps. Terrorist? No. That label rightfully belongs to the officials at the school.
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