"Facing Consequences at Eden Prairie High"

Compare this editorial from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune to the article from The Associated Press. Both cover the same issue, but each takes on a different style and tone to present their slants.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 3's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Media in a Democracy, Daily Me, The Newspaper Is Dying, Facebook Photos Sting, Abolish high school football, Facing Consequences, Time to raise the bar, New Michigan Graduation Requirements, Why I Hate Cell Phones, Editorial Cartoons, Let's Hear It for the Cheerleaders, Girl Moved to Tears, In Depth, but Shallowly, Advice to Youth, The War Prayer, Gambling in Schools, How to Poison the Earth
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  1. credit
    approval
    In the case of Eden Prairie High School vs. the partying Facebook students, we give administrators credit for their judgment and flunk the students on common sense.
  2. discipline
    punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
    Similarly, any parents considering taking legal action because they think the school went too far in disciplining students need a reality check.
  3. decisive
    characterized by resoluteness and firmness
    Teen drinking remains a serious problem in this state and Eden Prairie administrators deserve praise--not legal threats or complaints from parents--for taking decisive action that they knew would be controversial.
  4. escapade
    a wild and exciting undertaking
    Face it, parents, the Facebook kids screwed up, and here's a chance to talk about personal responsibility in the context of an underage drinking escapade that, thankfully, did not involve death or injury.
  5. incident
    a single distinct event
    In the past four months, these four young people all died in drinking-related incidents in Minnesota.
  6. privacy
    the condition of being concealed or hidden
    With that backdrop, protests over invasion of privacy are ridiculous.
  7. consider
    think about carefully; weigh
    Students who think the Web has been used against them unfairly should fast-forward a few years and consider how they'll feel when a potential employer uses Facebook or MySpace in a background check, with a job offer on the line.
  8. sympathetic
    showing or motivated by understanding and generosity
    Some are viewing the athletes among the students who were caught red-cupped in Eden Prairie through a surprisingly sympathetic lens.
  9. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
    The Minnesota High School League requires student-athletes and their parents to pledge that the students will abstain from alcohol and illegal drugs.
  10. consequence
    the outcome of an event
    There are a lot of discussions going on in a lot of households about alcohol and consequences.
Created on Fri Nov 14 15:34:24 EST 2014 (updated Sun Nov 16 00:37:28 EST 2014)

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