10th graders stage a mock assassination of Donald Trump and aren’t disciplined at all

Two 10th graders at John Marshall High School in San Antonio staged a mock assassination of President-elect Donald Trump for a classroom skit and despite the outrage from many parents, received no discipline for their actions.

The skit was aptly titled “The Assassination of Donald Trump, ” but according to the English teacher who gave the assignment, that wasn’t the version she approved and said that was a last-minute addition. The district superintendent released a statement on the incident:

Last week, an English teacher at Marshall HS instructed her students to create and perform a brief in-class skit following their study of Shakespeare. The teacher asked for students to submit their scripts for her preview and approval.

Two students, after their original script had been submitted, changed their skit to include a mock assassination of the President-elect. The teacher had no idea this change had occurred until the students began to perform this in the classroom.

The teacher stopped the student skit immediately when it became apparent that it was inappropriate.

I want to be clear: NISD does not condone the action of these students or anyone else who would threaten violence. The incident was addressed immediately and appropriately by the teacher and campus administration.

Yet, some parents were upset that the students or the teacher weren’t punished.

“Honestly I have run out of words to describe how angry I am and how shocked I am that they’re still in school today,” one parent said.

Other parents weren’t buying that the teacher stopped the skit when it became clearly inappropriate and questioned whether she should be back in the classroom so soon.

Of course, this is the world we live in now where it’s okay to do something like this. Imagine if the students staged a mock assassination of President Obama. There would be mass hysteria, accusations of racism, and probably lawsuits. But kill Trump and it’s, “Enjoy the rest of your school day, sweethearts.”

But it’s not surprising when “experts” are telling us to coddle our children, like Purdue Professor Judith Myers-Walls who teaches human development and family studies. She appeared on Fox News to advise parents and teachers not to punish students for acting out — excuse me, “expressing themselves” — post-election.

“This election was unusually nasty. It was in many ways at a child’s level with the candidates at times acting like they were in pre-school,” she said.

In other words, do whatever you want. There are no consequences. This is why we have the problem of progressive lunacy spreading all across American colleges.

H/T IJ Review