wanted: another planet to live on

[oneangrygirl]

seriously. i don't want to share a planet with so-called humans who act this way.

2 students charged with setting girl’s hair on fire
Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009

By Elizabeth Benton, Register Staff

NEW HAVEN — Two youths have been arrested, and a Katherine Brennan School mother said she fears for her daughter’s safety after the 12-year-old girl’s hair was set on fire while she was sitting at her classroom desk last week.

The mother said her daughter, who is in sixth grade, was also threatened by classmates earlier this year after she refused to have sex with a 13-year-old cousin who is in her class. The mother said she recently changed her daughter’s cell phone number because of threatening phone calls related to her refusal to have sex.

“She’s not safe,” the mother said. “I’m scared for her. I want her to change her school. I want her to stay home. She won’t stay home. She’s never missed a day.”

The girl’s hair was badly singed and the back of her scalp was sore, according to her mother.

The girl was taken from the school by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where she was treated and released.

The victim’s mother said she was informed of the incident by her daughter via cell phone, and that she did not hear from the school principal until Monday.

“The principal should have called me,” she said.

The New Haven Register is withholding the names of the victim and her mother.

Police spokesman Officer Joseph Avery said two students were arrested Wednesday after allegedly using a cigarette lighter to burn the girl’s hair. The boys, ages 12 and 14, allegedly tossed the lighter out a classroom window after burning the girl’s hair.

The identities of the boys were not released because of their ages.

The 12-year-old boy is charged with risk of injury to a minor, a felony, and reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor. He was remanded to juvenile detention. Further information on his case was unavailable due to his age.

The 14-year-old is charged with disorderly conduct, a class C misdemeanor. He is due in court next week.

School spokeswoman Michelle Wade said the two boys were suspended for 10 days, pending an expulsion hearing.

Avery said the police report does not indicate whether a teacher was present at the time of the burning incident. The victim’s mother said the teacher was out of the classroom at a meeting, and that no adult was supervising the class.

Wade, however, said the teacher was in the room, and did not notice anything was wrong until the girl ran out of the classroom.

“Her hair was only singed. The teacher didn’t even realize it,” Wade said.

Wade said the school had no record of the girl being propositioned for sex, but said the mother reported the girl received sexual text messages. Wade said school officials spoke to the girl about the dangers of “sexting,” which is sending a text message about sex.

Elizabeth Benton can be reached at 789-5714 or ebenton@nhregister.com.

[sam]

This makes me want to punch the pr asshole for the school.

the mother reported the girl received sexual text messages. Wade said school officials spoke to the girl about the dangers of “sexting,” which is sending a text message about sex.

[pisaquari]

Lemme know if/when you find that planet. Perhaps reason to get more of us into Space research.

Exactly what I was thinking Sam. SHE is getting unwanted sexual propositions so SHE needs a talking to about "sexting."

[feminamist]

Mentally, philosophically, morally, emotionally... I think we are already on another planet. Honestly, that is just sad sad sad sad sad sad

[buggle]

Yes, please let me know as well if you find another planet to live on. I promise I'll be nice Seriously, this kind of stuff is just day in, day out. It's so horrifying, disturbing, and sick. And I feel soooo powerless, in general, to really make change. There are so many things wrong with that article it just hurts my head.

[bluecoat28]

well i think it's quite obvious to many of us that the world as it is right now is at times pure hell and we are currently living at the "end of the world". bob jensen wrote an article about how pornography is an example of the end of the world, one form of it.

[demonista]

blaming her for boys sending her sexually harassing messages?!? wtf! typical.

[sam]

When Genderberg was getting invaded by four channers trying to overload the site (without success, yay!), some yobo from my service provider suggested it was my fault because "maybe they think you're actually for prostitution and that's why they are targeting you." He suggested I rewrite the wording on the front page to make it more clear that I oppose prostitution.

The excuses people come up with to turn men's terrorism into women's fault are gobsmackingly pernicious.