Originally Posted by
Noir
As I mentioned if there has been growth after the situation then it’s a shame, but presenting that growth is not easy done and if all you’re left with is ‘but I apologised’ that might not be considered enough. I think it’s worth staying that he wasn’t telling an offensive joke or reacting poorly to a situation etc, in one of the images I saw he posted the N word a dozen times.
There’s also ofciurse that fact of ‘only apologising because he got caught’ as it appears that up until a few weeks ago he /forgot/ the kinds of messages he liked to post with his friends. Which is odd, imo.
Here we simply disagree, I think 16 years old is plenty old enough for him to of known that what he was doing was wrong.
Also, I know from my schooling of someone was looking to go to a top University like Oxford/Cambridge etc then the would know about that path from 13/14 and be actively pursuing it throughout the next few years, so either the American education system is fundamentally different, or this guy didn’t realise he was aiming for Harvard until very late in his academic studies, or he knew he was pursuing a path to Harvard while making the posts he did about black students etc.
By the ‘its only one student’ metric they should never turn a student away for their personal life, which we can agree to disagree on, but i’d be surprised if we do.
One should not have to "present growth". I am totally with Kathianne on this on with regard to the difference between a 16 and 18 years old. Most are at the height of being a do-nothing kid at 16. By 18 they are at the bottom of the McDonald's job food chain. Two completely different worlds and two very different outlooks. Ever tried to get a 16 years old to even recognize that the future exists beyond "this Friday night" and a date with Suzy Rottencrotch?
Or find a 16 years old that isn't so damned full of his/her "Rights" they don't even understand they will proclaim loudly and in unison (while calling themselves individuals )they don't give a damned what you think or society thinks and society has no Right to judge them.
Regardless that, a basic tenet of "being American" is paying your debt to society and moving on. We see how that works in practice. One mistake caught by the PC thought police and you're just f*cked for life. You aren't an adult legally until 18. You cannot purchase alcohol, tobacco (here in the SA the latter) or a firearm until you are 21. No one can use your juvenile record against you in adult court. It is sealed at 18. Regardless the stupidity of most of those laws, they sure are okay when they suit the liberal agenda.
Compare this case to Jussie Smollett. Some justice system
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke