"As many of you are probably already aware; G's blog was closed earlier today. To save him the hassle of explaining it over and over again, I'll post the bulk of the news here to give you some idea what's going on.
As many readers of G's blog know, he doesn't always say the nicest things about people. Stereotyping if you will. I do the same, and don't we all. prejudice exists in every society on every level. Given our enviroment, we are exposed to many levels of opinion.
Unfortunately, Glenunga International High School discovered G's blog, how we don't yet know, and as a result they are enforcing a new, and somewhat unjustified, law which requires G to remove the site or he will not be able to return to GIHS to sit for his final exam.
Ms. Shame called G's mum earlier this morning with the news.
This is a stressful time for everyone. Exam week is not yet over, and we are all trying out hardest to make the best of our schooling. What we, the students, don't need is another reason verbally abuse GIHS. Its definitely not the best school. As many ex-students on blogger write, its by far not a recommended source of secondary education. G has been stripped of his rights. Its good to know our school can still tell us when our opinions are wrong. We are not stupid, on a daily basis we are exposed to world events and perspectives which do not share the best side of people, religions or societies, as a result we are able to form our own opinions on these matters, and how we choose to express these matters are of no conern. Whilst it may seem menial, a whole notice board upstairs is devoted to anti-Howard propaganda. The school supports religion, but frowns upon athiesm, saying its a radical view for a public school (which is legally not allowed to express religion). Racism exists at GIHS, from all sides. Its an international school, with international students. We have a small world community and people react stereotypically to an entire nationality based upon the actions of these students. We are in an enviroment with problems, world issues on a global scale, condensed into a school enviroment. Targeting a single blog by a single student will not solve this issue.
I can only imagine who's next."
As many readers of G's blog know, he doesn't always say the nicest things about people. Stereotyping if you will. I do the same, and don't we all. prejudice exists in every society on every level. Given our enviroment, we are exposed to many levels of opinion.
Unfortunately, Glenunga International High School discovered G's blog, how we don't yet know, and as a result they are enforcing a new, and somewhat unjustified, law which requires G to remove the site or he will not be able to return to GIHS to sit for his final exam.
Ms. Shame called G's mum earlier this morning with the news.
This is a stressful time for everyone. Exam week is not yet over, and we are all trying out hardest to make the best of our schooling. What we, the students, don't need is another reason verbally abuse GIHS. Its definitely not the best school. As many ex-students on blogger write, its by far not a recommended source of secondary education. G has been stripped of his rights. Its good to know our school can still tell us when our opinions are wrong. We are not stupid, on a daily basis we are exposed to world events and perspectives which do not share the best side of people, religions or societies, as a result we are able to form our own opinions on these matters, and how we choose to express these matters are of no conern. Whilst it may seem menial, a whole notice board upstairs is devoted to anti-Howard propaganda. The school supports religion, but frowns upon athiesm, saying its a radical view for a public school (which is legally not allowed to express religion). Racism exists at GIHS, from all sides. Its an international school, with international students. We have a small world community and people react stereotypically to an entire nationality based upon the actions of these students. We are in an enviroment with problems, world issues on a global scale, condensed into a school enviroment. Targeting a single blog by a single student will not solve this issue.
I can only imagine who's next."
posted by G at 10:05 PM
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