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I am starting to feel bad for these girls if this is true. I don't think that they realized the ramifications and consequences of their actions. I am not trying to minimize what they did at all. I just think that this should have been handled within the school before the hazing ever occured. The whole situation could have been prevented if someone from the school had said, "We know this hazing occurs. If you haze, you will be punished by the school and possibly prosecuted criminally." Instead of nipping this situation in the bud, this has escalated to a point where their futures are in jeopardy.
This is what happens when you don't teach the concept of actions have consequences. If it is true about the parents having an alternative prom, these parents are just condoning their violent actions. If they had been punished for smaller offenses, they might not have escalated to this level of viciousness. Of course a 17 or 18 year old is responsible for her and his own conduct and behavior. It just seems that they were not given the appropriate parental guidance.
When I was a child, my mother was strict, very strict. At the time I resented it. Now I understand why and appreciate it.
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