Suspended for Dancing

by Mike Krumboltz

Tyler Frost, the high school senior who was suspended for attending his girlfriend’s prom, has become a sensation in Search. And yet, despite all the news surrounding his fight for the right to get jiggy with it, folks had yet to hear from Frost himself. That wait is over. This morning, the teen went on “The Early Show” to tell his side of the story.

During an interview with Harry Smith, Frost explained that his private Christian school does have a contract stipulating “no dancing.” However, he didn’t believe it should include dancing outside of school. So, despite a stiff warning from his principal, he went to his girlfriend’s prom at another school. He has since been suspended and won’t be allowed to take his final exams on time or graduate with the rest of his class.

Despite this, Frost has no regrets, saying that attending his special lady’s prom was both “worth the risk” and “the right decision.” Frost’s stepfather was also there for the interview. He didn’t say much before leaving in the middle of the discussion, but he did mention that a lawsuit against the school is in the works. You can watch the entire CBS interview here.

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my two cents…

This is just one of the stupidest things I ever heard. I understand about on school campus but a school has no right to actually do this to a student if it happened after school hours and not on thier campus. Conservatives at it again showing thier agenda… This is just mind boggling how they can actually do this and it be legal. Since the school is NOT in anyway responsible for the student when they are not in school. Unless he lives on campus which I do not think he does. They cannot stop him from taking the finals or stop him from graduating. To me that is the same exact thing as a student in a public school being suspended because he got a ticket for underage smoking or drinking off school property not during school hours. For one purpose if the student is living with the family the school has no right trying diciplining him for doing something done off campus and not during school hours. It is the parents job to parent the kids not the schools. If this is the “higher” morels that conservatives have I will keep my open minded “lower” morels then. If I am to be held accountable for what I do outside of work by my employer I do not want that job. If I am to be held accountable for my actions by a school I do not want my education there. For one simple fact as long as I am not breaking the law, I should not be punished. If he was dating someone of different color of skin than him and they suspended him for that the liberals would be in an uproar. But he was suspended for dancing. That school needs to get it’s own head out of it’s ass and stop intruding on the non-academic activities that kid is involved in. As long as it isnt apart of that school then it is none of thier business.

Journalist’s Release Shows Divide Among Iran’s Leaders

By NAZILA FATHI and MARK LANDLER for the New York Times

The Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi spoke to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after being released from prison.Behrouz Mehri/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

TEHRAN — The release of an Iranian-American journalist imprisoned on charges of spying for the United States removes an obstacle to President Obama’s opening to Iranbut illustrates the volatility of the Iranian government.

The journalist, Roxana Saberi, had been in jail since January, yet an appeals court on Monday rejected her eight-year sentence, a month after Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter urging the court to be fair in its review.

American officials said Iran’s handling of the Saberi case underlined a deepening divide within its leadership about how to respond to President Obama’s recent overtures. It also reflects domestic politics a month before Mr. Ahmadinejad faces a critical election, according to analysts.

This is how you do it, Dorian

‘a not unhappy ending

climbers tarry, stop

then wait.

cherried leaves lift, tilt, by chilled wind vibrate

before soundless form and senseless weight.

grey eyes ask and green reflect the shifting feet, distraught, caught

rock and void, soil lost in puff and gasp and laugh bisect.

hope is naught, closed lips don’t see.

growing gaping flying lost.

moss is left, a life the cost.

free.’

Pretty deep, eh?  or:

How I became a published poet in just 10 minutes

• Gordon Farrer
• I RECEIVED the email from Poetry.com (The International Library of Poetry) inviting me to take a poetry IQ test late on a Friday. It had been a lazy day in the office, I was bored, so I did the quiz: 11 multiple-choice questions and an assignment to write and submit an original, unpublished poem. I rattled off the answers, knocked out a poem and sent the lot into cyberspace before racing for the train

I don’t usually respond to spam, but Poetry.com (The International Library of Poetry) struck a chord. The name suggested dust motes floating in sunlight slanting on to an oak desk messy with gilt-edged tomes, quill in an ink pot, calligraphy flowing across parchment. Their address was 1 Poetry Plaza, Owing Mills, Maryland. This mob had literary written all over it.

My test results arrived the following week: a perfect score. The folks at Poetry.com (The International Library of Poetry) were impressed: this score, they noted, indicated an excellent grasp of poetic terms, structure, forms and techniques; they suspected I had undertaken advanced-level study in literature or advanced poetry courses; it was likely, they thought, that I had spent considerable time writing and developing my own poetic “voice” and techniques.

They dared believe that if I could apply this knowledge of poetic form and structure to my own work I would be considered among the most talented of poetic artists.

The poem I had submitted would be assessed by a judging panel and I would receive an evaluation by mail.

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