Friday, August 6, 2010

STOMP

I'm sure that many people have heard of the STOMP incident where a student posted about an incident that occurred when the students were not in class and the teachers had taken their belongings for safe-keeping. There were various reactions to this incident, some were anger at how the student would post something bad about their school online, others were complaining about how the school had taken the belongings and others began insulting the school and its students. This incident caused much commotion not only amongst the public, the students but also the teachers and principal. I am sure that the teachers and principal were probably mad at a student for publicly posting stuff that would make the school in a bad light and tarnish its reputation, and not following the school's motto of remembering those that had helped you and showing your gratitude. Indeed this might seem outrageous towards the school, however, the student might have reasons for doing so.
The students had taken the students belongings for safe keeping, but most of the students were not aware of it when they returned back to their classes and thought that a thief had stolen their belongings, causing panic amongst them. Luckily none of had called the police as it would have caused the situation to be worsened. Although the items were returned to the students, there may have been some that felt angry at the school for doing something which made the students panic and feel that the school was not a safe place to bring their valuables.
The student that had posted this may have only been trying to tell the public the methods of discipline which the school carries out to teach the students a lesson. The results which were produced may not have been what he had expected as it caused a great uproar from the public.The student might have done it out of good will but the results produced had caused his good intentions to become seen as nothing more than an attempt at sabotaging the school. The school has also come up with their side of the story which was that the students had left their classrooms unlocked and took the belongings for safe keeping but the article states that the students belongings were confiscated and taken away as a form of punishment and students were made to write letters to the school.

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