No Mercy

I was asked to blog about an article or type of story called 'No Mercy' written by Malcolm Gladwell. This story was about a boy who went through a lot, and had some problems in his life. One of which his girlfriend and him broke up. Another him and his mother fighting back and forth. The boy Poisoned an apple he had given to his tutor. I don't know why he did such a thing, but the school ruled it as he was going through a lot of they let him off with a "slap on the wrist." In my judgment no matter how great of a student he was prior to these problems, it gives him no right to try to harm that poor tutor.

I've recently gone through a lot of tough changes in my life including both of his, the girlfriend situation and fighting with my mother. I have been on uneasy terms with my mother for quite some time, and recently my dad committed suicide at the start of these summer courses. Yet, with this you don't see me running around trying to poison my teachers or some other crazy stunt like that. Stating this personal stuff it only further backs up my reasoning behind why he was not pushed nearly enough, because everyone has hardships in their life, this is no excuse to end up crazy, we all have morals. In the story it talks about a football player who lost his position on the team, because something not even dealing with football. I believe this was a wise decision by the coach simply because if someone can't be trusted off the field, how can they be trusted on the field. Also, for the coach to continue to let him play, what kind of example would that make of the coach. It would show he was a push over or that the rational thoughts of his players didn't matter. As a teacher or as a coach the students and players should be a reflection of them.

With all this said I believe that the student should have been expelled from school. At least a much more stricter punishment for endangering the tutors life. They could have thought of many better ways to punish the student and still let him continue school, to contribute to the quantum theory, and to graduate. This student I'm blogging about all is know as Robert Oppenheimer.