Now, they've gone too far. Today, I was called down to the guidance office at my middle school. Apparently, one of the school staff (probably one of my teachers, but they won't let me know which one) just happened to "come across" my DeviantArt page, and just happened to view all of my submissions, posts, comments, reviews, etc. (I'm guessing that whoever it was just randomly Googled my name) Then, they just happened to send the principal an email saying something like: "This is one of our eighth grade students, you should take care of this." They then provided the following links:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/19502848/
(This was their main concern. In the Flash, (yes, it did suck) a "goth girl" blew up the middle school in which the Flash took place. They took this Flash movie, which I made late last school year as a threat to the school, and filled out "Threat Assessements" because of it. Ok. First of all, I made this last year. If I was planning to blow up the school since then, I probably would have done it by now. Second of all, everything in the movie was based on actual things that really do happen in middle school. Yes, some middle schoolers do cut themselves, play with fire, and plan to burn schools. WOW. How surprising... Third of all, it's a fucking flash movie about Dibburville Middle School in Dibburville. I don't believe that is the name of the school and area that I live in. Fourth of all, the character in the movie that blew up the school was a "goth girl". Although this year it may not be as apparent to the school as it is to me and everyone else, I am actually not a goth, nor am I a girl. The prinicipal was also concerned to see that, in the beginning of the animation, a character who he believed "represented" me (he seemed to think that almost every character "represented" me), was cutting himself. He assumed from all of this, that I was depressed, a cutter, had intentions to commit some form of mass murder, and was very "violent". He called my parents, and emailed them the link. Nothing in the animation necessarily concerned them, but he felt that action would need to be taken. His solution to this problem: "Kenny is spending way too much time on his computer. He needs to go play with butterflies in parks and run around joyfully. If he had done that all along, he would never have become so "violent". Kenny should also join a great social group, like.... the Boy Scouts! Yes, Kenny needs to join Boy Scouts." (Luckily, I'm not doing either of these things) I will also be put on close watch during school hours, and am scheduled for a few meetings with psychologists. The worst part though, is the fact that half of the school staff have my DeviantArt page bookmarked, and will probably now visit it on a regular basis. Waiting for my next submission. I don't find that thought very comforting...)
http://comments.devi..1/21559637/176925287
(It's a comment that I made on Autumn Tree... They gave the line: "It's interesting to see the other side of the story." a lot of attention, and assumed that I "thought that the Columbine shootings were a wonderful and interesting subject", or something to that extent. I explained to them that it was just a "review" that I wrote for a very well made Flash movie that dealt with a subject that cannot simply be ignored, and that I did not support the way that the two kids that commited the Columbine shootings handled their problems, nor did I ever state that I did. They seemed to ignore it and just move on, still believing that I was in some way a supporter of the Columbine shootings.)
http://comments.devi..1/13110094/174719833
(At this, they were "shocked" that I had given my grade, city and state, and the name of my school over the internet. They also said that I wasn't to use my name on the internet any longer, because as we all know, as soon as people see: "Name: Kenny Holstein, Age: 13", they will all track me down, and rush to my house or school to kidnap and rape me. Hmm... Another interesting quote by the principal while we were on the subject: "I don't give out any information about myself on the intrer...net because I dont know all that much about computers and anyone could track me down and do bad things to me. I don't even feel safe about buying things off the internet because the people I'm buying products from could be bad people. You just never know..." At one point, it even seemed almost as if they were urging me to delete all of my records and accounts on the "dangerous internet" and stay away from it.)
So I am now considered an "at-risk" student. "At Risk of commiting a mass murder or other violent crime." ...
The worst part of this wasn't the "consequences" that I will face because of this, which really aren't that bad, but the idea that the school was basically "stalking" me. They were snooping around through all of my deviations, comments and activities on DeviantArt. For some reason, this scared me more than anything else in the past year or two.
It started out like this:
*I walked in and saw the guidance counseler sitting in her chair, in front of her desk, next to her computer*
Guidance Counseler: "Hey, Kenny! Ok, just take a seat."
Me: "Ok."
Guidance Counseler: "So, I met with your parents yesterday, and they were nice."
Me: "Yeah..."
Guidance Counseler: "Well, anyway, I think you know why you're here."
Me: "No, not really."
Guidance Counseler: "Just take a guess."
Me: "I... don't know..."
(I hadn't caused any form of trouble all year so far,unlike previous years (I went to the office 4-5 times/year) so I had no clue as to what it was.)
Guidance Counseler: "Can you think of anything that might have done on the computer recently that you might be in trouble because of?"
(I could think of a few things, but doubted she was referring to those.)
Me: "No... wait... MY computer??!"
Guidance Counsler: "No, at school. Come over here, does this look familiar to you?"
*My DeviantArt page is open and "Days in Dibburville" is playing*
Me: "Uhh... I didn't make that in school, or ever show it in school... I made that last year, not recently."
Guidance Counseler: "That isn't the issue here." *Pulls out "Threat Assessment"*
For some reason, that was the least thing I expected to see. It just wasn't meant to be seen by the school staff. It seemed to me like... an invasion of privacy... And Puddle was angry.
So, basically, what I'm saying is: "What the fuck?"