Michele wrote
>> Natacha wrote :
>> > Sullivan seemed to be in agreement with Lynda althought he didn't
>> > want to be when she was complaining and calling David a 'Golden Boy'.
>> > Which suggests that professionaly he had to care about his students
>> > but personaly he didn't like him.
>> If memory serves, Mr Sullivan baulked at Lynda's reference
>> to David as "Golden Boy" because he was irritated at Lynda's childish and
>> derogatory remark, which he correctly thought was totally uncalled for.
There is no
>> suggestion that Mr Sullivan didn't like David.
>Sorry Vince, but I would have to agree with Natacha on that one.
Well, I have to back Vince on that one, I had a vague thought that Sullivan
may even have said something like "haven't I told you about categorising
people" (or words to that effect) but I have no idea about whether it was
even in that story. I do remember Sullivans tone, however, which (to me)
sounded very despairing of Lynda's quickness to judge and categorise.
>> > I think he must have been a draftee, considering what Kerr was able
>> > to tell Lynda after he was dead.
I thought David was a volunteer, given his extreme "enthusiasm" to be on the
writing team, although he could have been a draftee, I suppose ... - no,
wait, he must have been a volunteer, as otherwise the option to quit the
gazette wouldn't have been open to him (as inferred when Lynda said she
wouldn't let him on the writing team, but she would let him come back with
everything forgotten) - remember the draftee's choice "your last chance:
join the Junior Gazette or get kicked out of school" (Spike, "Page One).
>>> I think they considered him a
>> > possible suacide and thought that the Junor Gazette might help
>> > prevent it. Unfortunatly they forgot to warn Lynda.
>> Sorry Natacha, but again I disagree. There is no suggestion that they
>> knew David was suicidal. I am quite sure that no one knew how depressed
>> David was.
I'm with David again - I _really_ don't think that there was any suggestion
that they (Matt Kerr and Mr Sullivan) thought he was suicidal - maybe, as
Michele said, Sullivan:
>did know that he was depressed and a lonely boy
but I wouldn't think any morethan that. As regards Kerr's comments about
David (which I got the feeling might be the basis for some of the ideas
about K&S knowing about Davids condition)(Kerr said "from what I understand,
David was ...(a lonely guy or whatever)") I always thought that these were
things he'd gleaned since the suicide had happened - I mean - in Kerr's
position, you would want to find out about the fellow involved, wouldn't
you?
Just my 13 dracmunds,
Murray
(emailing from his account at UWA Human Biology to save his 14 minutes of
access time at his home account (muzza@omen.net.au))
PS - For interested parties - just got my honours grade - a "high"(so I'm
told, though my report doesn't say so) first class honours. Yay! (and the
peasants rejoice :))
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