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Handling the First Bleep of the Day

(Interior: 7:30 a.m. Beginning of school day: Hallways crowded with young eager faces. As the camera draws closer, we hear individual voices….

Enter AMBER. She is about fourteen. In one hand she holds a Yoo Hoo; in the other a Ho Ho. Ipod plugs are in both ears. She waves to a friend, then screams a deafening “Hey, Tiffany!” as she begins a fast shuffle down the hallway. Her Yoo Hoo slops onto the floor as she runs.)


AMBER: Did you see that f****g bitch Autumn? She’s f****g my boyfriend and it’s really starting to p*** me off!

TIFFANY: (Also about fourteen. She is wearing a tee-shirt that reads “I Did the Sheriff, but I Did Not Do the Deputy.”) I would punch that b***h in the face. She’s gotta know that you will f**k her up if she won’t stop playin’ chicken head with Chuckie.

INTERCOM: (A muffled, adult voice) It is now time for homeroom. Please get to your homeroom…

(There is brief disturbance in the milling crowds, as if an errant fly or mosquito has broken a collective mood. It quickly passes. No one makes a move to leave the hallway.)

INTERCOM: Please get to homeroom. If you are not in homeroom when the bell rings, you will be assigned...

AMBER: (Responding to the intercom voice) Suck my c**k.

TIFFANY: (In militant agreement) Yeah, suck it....

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Published on February 20, 2009 14:44 Tags: commentary, education, generation, high, school, schools, social, y

What Happens When the Party is Over?

Lately, I’ve been looking at my students with increasing worry. They remind me of the drunken guest reeling among the rose bushes at four in the morning, waving a beer bottle and shouting endless choruses of “We Are the Champions” long after everyone else has left the party....

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Published on February 25, 2009 11:06 Tags: consumerism, crisis, economic, generation, y

Donald Gallinger's Moments of Clarity

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