The girl who got expelled from Loyola Jesuit College

Level One:

There's a petition sweeping the blogosphere. The petition asks us to support one, Princess Jewel Essien, who was expelled by her secondary school, Loyola Jesuit College, 3 weeks before graduation, for using (and having) a mobile phone on campus. All of that would have ended there, had Princess not had a full scholarship to Stanford, the incredible university on the West Coast that we all know and love. And even that would not have mattered if the school (Loyola Jesuit College) hadn't written to Stanford, telling them that they'd expelled her, prompting Stanford to withdraw both her offer and her scholarship. All of this is really speculative. None of it has been verified. I feel like a little bit of a rumour mongerer but that's completely natural.

I think it's a little vindictive of the school to be honest. They had already expelled her, they didn't have to sour things with Stanford too. In my opinion, teenagers are stupid, and the things they do are even stupider. It is up to us, the none stupid, to correct them without wrecking their lives, and killing their opportunities. Schools should be the champions of this sort of thinking, but that one obviously isn't. 

Level Two:

There's a petition sweeping the blogosphere. The petition asks us to support one, Princess Jewel Essien, who was expelled by her secondary school, Loyola Jesuit College, 3 weeks before graduation, for using (and having) a mobile phone on campus. Apparently when she was caught with her mobile phone in front of the administrative building by the principal, he asked her if she knew that having a mobile phone on campus was against the rules, and she said, "rules were meant to be broken."

All of that would have ended there, had Princess not had a full scholarship to Stanford, the incredible university on the West Coast that we all know and love. And even that would not have mattered if the school (Loyola Jesuit College) hadn't written to Stanford, telling them that they'd expelled her, prompting Stanford to withdraw both her offer and her scholarship. All of this is really speculative. None of it has been verified. I feel like a little bit of a rumour mongerer but that's completely natural. 

I think she's a a little bit of an idiot. If the above is true, then she was asking for it. But, it's still a little vindictive of the school to be honest. They had already expelled her, they didn't have to sour things with Stanford too. In my opinion, teenagers are stupid, and the things they do are even stupider. It is up to us, the none stupid, to correct them without wrecking their lives, and killing their opportunities. Schools should be the champions of this sort of thinking, but that one obviously isn't. 

Level Three:

There's a petition sweeping the blogosphere. The petition asks us to support one, Princess Jewel Essien, who was expelled by her secondary school, Loyola Jesuit College, 3 weeks before graduation, for using (and having) a mobile phone on campus. Apparently when she was caught with her mobile phone in front of the administrative building by the principal, he asked her if she knew that having a mobile phone on campus was against the rules, and she said, "rules were meant to be broken." All of that might have ended there, had Princess not been a perpetual troublemaker. The word on the street is that, Princess had been suspended a few times. 

And I wouldn't be writing about this if she hadn't had a full scholarship to Stanford, the incredible university on the West Coast that we all know and love. And even that would not have mattered if the school (Loyola Jesuit College) hadn't written to Stanford, telling them that they'd expelled her, prompting Stanford to withdraw both her offer and her scholarship  All of this is really speculative. None of it has been verified. I feel like a little bit of a rumour mongerer but that's completely natural. 

I think she's more a little bit of an idiot. If the above is true, then she was asking for it. She was on her last legs!! She should have behaved herself!! While it is still a little vindictive of the school, them souring things with Stanford is somewhat justifiable. They might have felt that they had misrepresented her when they wrote her recommendations. But, teenagers are stupid, and the things they do are even stupider. It is up to us, the none stupid, to correct them without wrecking their lives, and killing their opportunities. Schools should be the champions of this sort of thinking, but not Loyola. In Loyola the Law is the Law, and the Law reigns above all. 

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Because I went to the school, I can say with some confidence, that it doesn't really have a comprehensive punishment structure. I know of some people that were suspended for some serious issues, but come graduation, their records were expunged. These weren't petty offences either, bullying, cheating etc. etc.

There were also some people that did really awful things but weren't expelled. I know I should write about them, but I won't. This blog is a happy place, and it's my space. You'll have to read about all of that elsewhere.

She was apparently using the phone to talk to the admissions office at Stanford, because the school, Loyola had disallowed computer access for students in their final year for months (This sounds like a Loyola policy, I won't lie) As a result she had no way of communicating with Stanford. I don't quite buy this as I believe that if she needed to safeguard her admission or communicate with the Stanford, the school would have helped her. But then again, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. 

If you believe that it was unfair, then sign the petition here: http://www.punchng.com/columnists/medals/princess-jewel-essien-the-case-of-the-unusual-victim/

If you're not convinced, then jog on. 

And that's all I'm going to write today. 

Happy Days,

The Rambling Madman Afam