Letter to the Editor: In Response to “Watch Yo Profamity”

Jessica Garcia’s article “Watch Yo Profamity” from the October 5 High Life school newspaper was horrible. Not just her erroneous insight on the subject of “profanity”, but the overall wording of her article. When did it become ok to use profanity at any K-12 public school? When did it become “fashionable” to consider cursing a part of a teen’s “normal” everyday vernacular? Not all things that are done outside of school are acceptable inside of school. Also, sorry Jessica, but many of our students DO NOT CURSE. Try cursing on a job interview. Many career jobs do not allow cursing while at work – such as education, i.e. Poly High School. Not to mention self-respect should factor in somewhere. Jessica, you stated in our article that “… because I cuss in front of my friends doesn’t mean I’m gonna do it to an adult.” Sorry Jessica, you blew that one with your article. Lasly, Article 1, Section 48900, Item (i) of the California Education Code allows for a student to be expelled or suspended for habitual cursing. Ray Porter, CSO