My dad played football at Mooney in the 60's and all I heard growing up was what a great school it was. So when I walked through the doors as a student for the first time in 1994 I was shocked to hear of all the drinking and shenanigans that went on over the weekends. Face it, it was only a matter of time before someone got caught. Daddy always told me that we all put on our pants one leg at a time in the morning. So as I've said before, punish the offenders and make an example of them. By the way that nice congressman we produced, Jim Traficant, did some time in federal prison the last time I checked. I'm just sayin...
So kensgirl thinks I need counseling for stating a fact? Here's some more: it's against school policy and the law to provide minors with alcohol and tobacco. I don't care who the students and parents are or which school they attend. Punish them and make an example of them.
I went to Mooney and I can tell you that place is a party school. If you ran with the right crowd there you could get into some pretty wild parties. A lot of students had parents that had the money to provide the booze, clean up the mess and keep everyone's names out of the papers. And no one wants to see a "nice kid" from Mooney get in trouble. I say make an example out of those players. It's about time those little rich kids got what was coming to them.
I grew up in Youngstown and I liked it a lot better when YSU was known for it's championship football teams. What scares me is that shootings at colleges seem to be annual events now. Last year in Huntsville there was a professor that shot one of her colleagues at a meeting.
One more thing. What were 17-year-olds doing at a frat party?
I went to Mooney in the 90's and my freshman year we had a classmate that committed suicide. It was difficult. It happened right before Easter break, when we were all excited about our vacations, and it just sucked the life out of all of us. Unfortunately high school is not what it's made out to be in High School Musical. It is painful for many students. Many students stress over school work, over making decisions about their future or about fitting in at school. I myself never felt like I fit into the mold of the typical Mooney student. I got made fun of a lot. I felt like I couldn't relate to my classmates. I am far from the only student that has been through this. Things like this happen at every high school: public, private, inner-city, rural. We need to pay more attention to these kids and listen to their concerns. We need to provide a place to go where they won't be judged for being who they are and where they can get help when they start feeling suicidal thoughts.
My heart goes out to the friends and families of these students. I hope something good can come out of this tragedy.
Mooney investigation to take up to 2 weeks
My dad played football at Mooney in the 60's and all I heard growing up was what a great school it was. So when I walked through the doors as a student for the first time in 1994 I was shocked to hear of all the drinking and shenanigans that went on over the weekends. Face it, it was only a matter of time before someone got caught. Daddy always told me that we all put on our pants one leg at a time in the morning. So as I've said before, punish the offenders and make an example of them. By the way that nice congressman we produced, Jim Traficant, did some time in federal prison the last time I checked. I'm just sayin...
December 20, 2011 at 11:01 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Reports of alcohol at Mooney probed
So kensgirl thinks I need counseling for stating a fact? Here's some more: it's against school policy and the law to provide minors with alcohol and tobacco. I don't care who the students and parents are or which school they attend. Punish them and make an example of them.
December 17, 2011 at 12:21 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Reports of alcohol at Mooney probed
I went to Mooney and I can tell you that place is a party school. If you ran with the right crowd there you could get into some pretty wild parties. A lot of students had parents that had the money to provide the booze, clean up the mess and keep everyone's names out of the papers. And no one wants to see a "nice kid" from Mooney get in trouble. I say make an example out of those players. It's about time those little rich kids got what was coming to them.
December 16, 2011 at 11:36 p.m. permalink suggest removal
A SAD DAY
I grew up in Youngstown and I liked it a lot better when YSU was known for it's championship football teams. What scares me is that shootings at colleges seem to be annual events now. Last year in Huntsville there was a professor that shot one of her colleagues at a meeting.
One more thing. What were 17-year-olds doing at a frat party?
February 7, 2011 at 10:34 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Two Mooney teens’ bodies found at cemetery
Also, let's have a little respect with these posts! Two teenagers just died and this is not the place to be insulting each other!
December 8, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Two Mooney teens’ bodies found at cemetery
I went to Mooney in the 90's and my freshman year we had a classmate that committed suicide. It was difficult. It happened right before Easter break, when we were all excited about our vacations, and it just sucked the life out of all of us. Unfortunately high school is not what it's made out to be in High School Musical. It is painful for many students. Many students stress over school work, over making decisions about their future or about fitting in at school. I myself never felt like I fit into the mold of the typical Mooney student. I got made fun of a lot. I felt like I couldn't relate to my classmates. I am far from the only student that has been through this. Things like this happen at every high school: public, private, inner-city, rural. We need to pay more attention to these kids and listen to their concerns. We need to provide a place to go where they won't be judged for being who they are and where they can get help when they start feeling suicidal thoughts.
My heart goes out to the friends and families of these students. I hope something good can come out of this tragedy.
December 8, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. permalink suggest removal