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The second is this letter I wrote to Maddox asking for help on the situation, but I figured I'd have better luck with you guys.
A guest speaker recently came to our school on the subject of pirating music. To make a long story short, it got way out of hand, hardly any of the kids in the audience were listening, calling out stupid obscenities, or being just plain rude. Finally the speaker told the kids to “shut the f*ck up!”. I was thrilled! A guest speaker who has the guts to shut these kids up and discipline them!
Well after the speeches on “why pirating music is wrong” were over, she invited kids to use the microphones planted in the aisles to express their opinions on the subject. A few did, and they were given rather harsh but acceptable responses from the speaker.
Finally, one girl stood up, flicked her blond hair, adjusted her glasses, strutted over to the mic, and spoke in an “I’m better than you” accent. She basically asked the question “Maybe I should pirate music, after all, half the money I spend on it goes to supporting degrading and sexually explicit music videos.”. The audience of course cheered, in favor of what she said. What this young girl had neglected to listen to, was that this guest speaker was involved in designing pop music videos, the ones that she just devalued.
So the speaker, who had been listening to rude kids calling her a "stupid b*tch" for an hour, had 5 seconds to respond, and just had her occupation attacked and degraded, responded “Maybe you should get a shirt that shows less cleavage." I laughed, the audience gasped and laughed. The young girl cried, ran out the room and slammed the door.
Now the problem is, a lot of people are going to write letters to the organization that the guest speaker was involved in. I know for a fact that most of the letters will be on the side of the young girl, but I really admire the courage and discipline of the guest speaker. I fear her losing her job over something that needed to be done.
I need your help explaining to these kids how what the guest speaker did was justified, if not right.
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