I agree with the article saying that the athorities should have been the last thing on the list this kid would have to face. Its creative writing, freedom of speech and he even said that the teach told them not to "censor" their writing. If anything the teacher should be repramanded for it not the kid.
Yes I agree though that the subject he wrote about couldnt of come at a worse time and he could of picked something else but didnt. And when they said that this was somewhat a case of racial profiling because of the VT person was bad too but there are gonna be people going either way because of that.

I find him being kicked out of the Marines and school for this essay to be complete crap. Yes he should of been counseled for this, yes he should have a talk with his parents and junk, yes i even think he should of been suspended for like a day or 2 for this because of the subject it was on. But dont go jumping to conclusions on this essay when the teacher basicly says DO What You Want.