Statement of Purpose

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Alison posted something about the kids assuming they were promised a rose garden coming here, and she said it better than I could. But it comes down to one point - some of these kids are getting way too uppity for their britches.

This is supposed to be a school, right? Schools have teachers, administration, authority figures. But how are these kids supposed to respect that authority when the people they're supposed to look up to keep dropping the ball?

Rasputin kept a dangerous secret that endangered some of the kids. He had his reasons, and I'll back him up on them, but the point remains. The Yoshida kid - who's dealing with his part in all that? Kid seems sorry enough, and I don't think he's even capable of lying about it. But still, who's on this?

And teachers just bailing on these kids and taking off? Hell, Summers has been out of this mansion more than he's in, and ain't he supposed to be the big "team leader" type? You got two teachers who damn near killed each other in the gym in front of students, another one who took off to get her head together and left a bunch of dying plants up in the attic - hell, you've got kids who're barely out of these classes themselves turning around and teaching them.

Chuck - if you're going to keep saying that this is a school, teach these kids something useful. Get them in LINE, dammit. I ain't saying it should be boot camp here, lord knows you'd have a double busload of washouts on day one, but look at how these kids think they're running the show.

Whatsisname, the little Mexican gangbanger? Wants to teach kids how to handle a gun? Didn't he want to teach self-defense before he lost it and went crazy punching another student? Yeah, hand him a loaded weapon. Way to approve of THAT lesson plan, Summers. Real good judgement call, Slim.

Kids deciding that "next time" they'll take matters into their own hands? Who puts up with crap like that? Yeah, a lot of them defend themselves by saying they got nowhere else to go. Lemme tell you something, when you've got nowhere else to go and no one else to turn to - that's NOT the time you start criticizing how things are done. Not unless you feel ready to get booted out on your own and feel like you're capable of handling yourself.

I ain't a teacher, and I sure as hell ain't an authority figure. I do two things - I fix stuff and I break stuff. So unless you got a group of kids that either want to go do some landscaping or fix the old horse shed, don't think I'm volunteering for shit. But like Chuck told you guys - this is my home. And if you're going to play at running a school in it, at least have the decency to make it work.

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Point 1

I've spoken to Shiro. I don't know that having him talk to Dr Samsom is going to help there, but it might on some levels. I'll see if the notion is not entirely unacceptable to him or an alternative can be found.

Point 2

And thank you for bringing up what was going to be my next post. And yes, only to staff. :p

Students teaching other students to handle a gun? Pardon my language, but what the fuck is going on with this? We're allowing this why again? For what purposes exactly? I object to this, in so many ways it's not funny. It's so wrong it scares the living daylights out of me.

WE ARE A SCHOOL. Not a freakin' militia. Not an army base. A school.

You want to have a shooting class of any kind, hire a professional to do it. And don't go on about being able to keep the weapons under lock, puh-lease. Mutant High here, remember? They want to get in something they'll find a way to do it. Kidnapping isn't even a moral issue for some, need I remind you all? So long as they think they're right, they won't care about the facts and just do what they want.

Never mind how this will go across to outsiders of the place. I'm sure they'll love hearing that the kids are learning how to shoot, oh yeah. :p

Point 3

Bring them in line? Yeah, right. Some get drunk on the grounds and admit it (never mind that they were hardly discreet about it in the first place) and they're actually outraged at being punished for it. Heaven forbid we actually react in a normal way to that sort of behavior.

Point 4

Someone. Someone kindly have words with darling Remy, before he has the entire school thinking we're getting nuked tomorrow, please? Sometime in the near future? That'd be nice. Appreciated too. And no. I'm not fit to do it.

I have to go, but I'll be back to this soon. Let's talk, hrm people?

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I will admit, I was not in my best frame of mind when talking to Angelo.

I don't agree with guns on the grounds, except under lock and key.

I still see nothing wrong with firearms training. It can help people learn focus. It may even help Angelo learn focus. If Moira agrees that he's recovered enough. I don't think she will think he has at this point, but it gives him a goal to work toward.

Yes, firearms training can also be used to train people to kill.

But many of these students can do that on their own already. Accidentally or otherwise. Giving them the skills necessary to learn when to shoot, and when not to, is what I had in mind.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this, Cain.