I often wonder if there is a line the media stand to the point where they (the media) will not make someone a celebrity.
Take the case of Tyler Frost for example. Tyler Frost is a 17 year old senior at Heritage Christian School in Findlay. He was warned to not go to his girlfriend's prom at Findlay High School. The Baptist school where Tyler has gone for the last 13 years is against dancing, rock music, and gasp, hand holding! Tyler went to the prom and was promptly suspended for the last two weeks of school and cannot take part in graduation. He can take his finals and get his diploma. Tyler's reward? He was flown to New York to appear on every network morning show today. WHY? He blatantly ignored the rules of his school. I think the media picked up this story as a way of mocking the school's rules. I think a good majority of people would say the school's rules are stuck in the past but that's what they believe in. We could say the same about the Amish.
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I think the rules the school have set are a bit over the line, but my kids weren't enrolled there. I would think that the parents were aware of the school rules and the most important part of this is the young man disobeyed the wishes of his parents.
Sometimes the court of public opinion meddles with parental rights.
Cliff...you're on the money. I think the court of public opinion is getting in the way of the school. We don't complain about the ways of the Amish. So, why is this school so different? It's because they actually held to their rules.
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