Creative writing; what's the worst that could happen?

[KaeZoo]

Back in the 80's, when I was in high school, I had to write a short paper as if I was writing 20 years in the future. This was in a computer class; the intent was just to have us learn about a word processing program. For a joke, I wrote that I was serving a prison sentence for the murder of my computer teacher. The teacher thought it was hilarious; he kept it to show to other teachers and they all had a good laugh.

It could have been worse. I could have ended up with a criminal record.

This student got arrested for writing a violent essay that didn't actually threaten anyone or anything.

Just curious; is Stephen King still on the loose?

[Ryu]

i had several incidents where i was warned and advised i could get in trouble for what i wrote or drew, both in elem/middle(public) and high school(private)

[AFpheonix]

They did go way overboard, but honestly, who would be stupid enough to write something like that in the wake of the worst school shooting in US history?

[Cia]

My guess is he wrote it before the shooting and the teacher read it after the shooting. It is rather disgusting that he was arrested, fined and forced to see a phyciatrist and then not allowed back to his regular school.

Hell if I had an assignment like that back in high school creative writing I probably would have been put in the loony bin. I keep my violence to myself - it's safer.

[Boozy]

I'd bet my last dollar that his ethnicity was a factor in his arrest.

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