The commencement address of Kennebunk High
School teacher Sean Watson has created some debate this past week among
parents, students and district administrators.
Watson,
an economics teacher at KHS, was chosen by the Class of 2012 as their
commencement speaker and included in his lengthy address such thoughts
as, "I'm arguing that affirmative action is unfair to bigots, and even
bigots have a right to be treated fairly."
Watson couched his speech in terms of
playground rules, offering up these three tenets to live by: tolerate
intolerance, don't demand a mile when people volunteer an inch and don't
take things that aren't yours.
Here's another playground rule we'd like to suggest: Don't be selfish.
Don't
hog the ball when playing a game and don't hijack someone's special day
or big moment by making it all about you, even if you can. It just
isn't right.
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