"La. Student Sent Home for Gay T-Shirt" ... here we go again

Advocate.com reports that a student in Louisiana got sent home yesterday, 23 March, because she was wearing a T-shirt that said "Some kids r gay. That's ok."

The school claimed that "the T-shirt was disruptive."

When will school officials realise that they cannot conjure up lame excuses to abridge the freedom of speech of their students? When will schools learn that they cannot hide their homophobic responses behind claims of "impropriety" and "disruption"?

the occasional prattle

Why do I blog?

So my friend and I had a talk about blogging today. He told me that he blogged because he had the occasional urge to write something less formal than a newspaper article but more lengthy than a Facebook post or a tweet.

And I realised that I have that occasional urge too. I'm not too keen on crafting great articles on a weekly basis. But I do want to write something sometimes. I want to engage in occasional prattle about things happening around the world.

Not supremely sophisticated, in-depth, fact-filled discussions.

Just slightly intellectual, kind-of-deep, sometimes-supported-by-facts talks.

And I really do not want to watch out for to-be verbs and make sure I choose the absolutely definitely perfect noun, the one-million-dollar verb, the total-snipage adjective every time I feel the urge to write.

So here's my try at blogging. Let's hope I don't suck.