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I have been trying to come up with an eloquent, well-reasoned post which makes my points in an articulate and inarguable fashion.

It's now very late and I haven't managed, so here goes.

I am, to put it mildly, very concerned about the near-total lack of response to Manuel's threats against the student body as a group, and those currently in distress in particular. One of our students threatened the others, openly and, so far as I could tell, seriously. We, the staff, did not intervene, nor did we inform him that his behaviour was unacceptable. Scott's offer to take him into the city was certainly a good idea, but I'm concerned that he may have construed it as a form of tacit approval for his insistence that others resolve his problems for him, absolving him of responsibility for his own difficulties.

On a larger scale, I have for some time been noticing a distinct trend among the students towards... not independence, which is in itself a good thing, but towards overconfidence. A lack of discipline, and of respect for the staff. While I am glad that they feel able to assert themselves, this particular means of doing so will not help them in the outside world, save to speedy disciplinary action by an assortment of unforgiving authority figures.

In short... I think we should tighten the reins a little. Remind them that while the school is a haven, it is not a refuge from the necessity to behave like civilized beings, human or otherwise. Thoughts, anyone?

It may be better coming from someone else, but someone must address the issue of Manuel's behaviour, and I will do so if no-one else is so inclined.

Since I'm enamored of lists today...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

1) This is me informing all of you, officially, that what Paige claims to be doing checks out. There are hotels and bus tickets reserved in her name, and both Harvard and MIT confirm that the try-out offers were made. But given that this decision came so suddenly on the heels of her removal from training, I think we're justified in being concerned. We'll be endeavoring to keep an eye on her once she's no longer in transit; she may be of age, but as I told Jay, I don't consider our responsibility to her ended, especially under the circumstances.

2) That being said and the necessary public explanations and asking for fucking forgiveness being done, the rest of you can damned well put your money where Hank's mouth is and handle things for the night. I am taking myself and my invisible-thus-useless conflict management skills and heading out for the evening. As I am on back-up duty at the moment, I will be taking my com with me, but unless there's actually a team emergency? Leave me the hell alone.

If the children decide that mayhem in the halls is an appropriate Saturday night activity, you can all do what pretty much none of you did yesterday and deal with it.

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I did the right thing. The absolutely bloody right thing.

For once.

Shit.