James Tate Should go to the Prom


Never in all the years that I have been on this planet have I ever seen such ridiculous, egocentric behavior, on the part of a school administrator. Beth Smith the Head Master of Shelton High School in Connecticut precluded James Tate from attending his Prom, because he taped a few cardboard letters to the side of the building, asking Sonali Rodrigues to come to the prom with him.


If James used spray paint to deliver his message I would agree with the Headmaster's decision, but absolutely no damage was done to the Building. James Tate did not use spray paint, and went out of his way to avoid defacing the building.

In 2010 I wrote an article about Graffiti in Hawaii, praising the Graffiti Artists for practicing their craft without causing any permanent damage. Graffiti in the Island if Hawaii is not done with paint, but with colored rocks. My wife and I were exuberant because we finally found a culture of young people that took a stand for civility, and absolutely refused to deface their environment. These Kids "did their Graffiti art" using White and Black rocks. It is James Tate's deliberate decision to protect our environment, by not defacing the School building, that sounded Bells and Whistles in my head. Finally the Hawaiian mentality manifests itself through James Tate, and he is punished!

To compound the injustice one hundred dissenting students were also punished! I have seen this type of behavior before; it is the Head Master of the school that should be reprimanded, not the students. James Tate, Sonali Rodriguez, and the One Hundred students that protested this injustice should forever be proud of their actions; they have crossed over to adulthood.


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