http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/05/01/allen-lees-essay-perhaps-a-call-for-counseling-but-not-criminal-justice/ Insight - Foresight - Hindsight Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/05/01/allen-lees-essay-perhaps-a-call-for-counseling-but-not-criminal-justice/#comment-4201 WurfWhile » Blog Archive » Allen Lee, Violent Essay Writer, Goes Back To Cary-Grove High School Sat, 05 May 2007 11:48:11 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/05/01/allen-lees-essay-perhaps-a-call-for-counseling-but-not-criminal-justice/#comment-4201 [...] Lee, writer of a violent creative writing essay that was supposed to teach uninhibited “free writing” (see the assignment), was back in [...] […] Lee, writer of a violent creative writing essay that was supposed to teach uninhibited “free writing” (see the assignment), was back in […]

]]> http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/05/01/allen-lees-essay-perhaps-a-call-for-counseling-but-not-criminal-justice/#comment-4004 WurfWhile » Blog Archive » Allen Lee Creative Writing Assignment And Alice’s Restaurant Wed, 02 May 2007 03:17:14 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/05/01/allen-lees-essay-perhaps-a-call-for-counseling-but-not-criminal-justice/#comment-4004 [...] Allen Lee, the senior with an “A” average arrested for writing a seemingly violent, tasteless creative writing assignment that while “disturbing” appears to threaten no one, recently learned the U.S. Marines have rejected him as a prospect. This at a time when getting any students with any A’s on their report cards to voluntarily sign up is considered quite good, and soldiers face repeated and extended tours in Iraq even when they are suffering from PTSD and other mental conditions. Sounds like an Arlo Guthrie sequel, minus the draft, to me. [...] […] Allen Lee, the senior with an “A” average arrested for writing a seemingly violent, tasteless creative writing assignment that while “disturbing” appears to threaten no one, recently learned the U.S. Marines have rejected him as a prospect. This at a time when getting any students with any A’s on their report cards to voluntarily sign up is considered quite good, and soldiers face repeated and extended tours in Iraq even when they are suffering from PTSD and other mental conditions. Sounds like an Arlo Guthrie sequel, minus the draft, to me. […]

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