sorry it's been a while since i've been on... so these are responses to posts that are a little old but new for me...
in response to Michelle and Stacey's posts... about the RMHS rape/sexual assault/did it really happen case.... I am in the same shoes as they are, I know the boy who is being charged and actually was pretty decent friends with him in 7th and 8th grade. I'm really good friends with some of his friends and just from the past and knowing how he is, I truly cannot bring myself to believe any of this. I know I sound naiive, but he's just a really friendly guy who sure, probably got a little too touchy feely for her and instead of telling him off and walking away she snowballed it into this huge thing.
A situation similar to this happened while we were all at Carl Sandburg together with a different boy... him and a girl were flirting on the bus, tickling and like playing "are you nervous" and touching each other's legs. Both were laughing and jokingly saying Oh stop stop but still flirting and continuing.... then it turned into a big thing and she reported the guy for sexual assault and not stopping when she said no and that he sexually harrassed her, but really from the people on the bus it's been pretty much a known fact that she was giggling and egging him on too. I just think that the RMHS situation has been blown out of proportion, at least I hope to God it has, and that the boy who is being charged is still the good guy we remember him being.
Also, how is everyone feeling about tomorrow and Thursday's big committee meeting/convention? What do you all think about this project?
