October 28, 2003
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Student expelled over story
ATLANTA (AP) -- A freshman honor student who was expelled for writing a fictional story in her journal about a student killing a teacher will be allowed to return to school on Monday.
After newspaper and broadcast reports about Rachel Boim's expulsion, the Fulton County School Board said Friday that it would reconsider its decision...
The 14-year-old was expelled after a teacher confiscated her journal ...
"This piece of work is clearly an imaginative piece, a piece of fiction -- totally nonthreatening," Georgia poet laureate David Bottoms told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Comments (2)
so creatib=vity and self expression is punishable in the public school system these days?
haha whats with all these student expelled entries?
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