Two Students Suspended for Don’t Blow It - Seniors .08 T-shirts

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October 8, 2007

Two students at Oswego High School were suspended after they refused to change or remove their t-shirts that has “Seniors .08″ on the front and “Don’t Blow It” on the back. The Seniors .08 is was a play on words because it is not only for those who are going to graduate in 2008 but .08 is also the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. The student claims that the “Don’t Blow It Seniors .08″ message was anti-drinking and to remind her fellow classmates that they should not drink during homecoming. Over 50 t-shirts were sold with the message. Oswego High School had five deaths that were from an alcohol related crash.

Despite what the student believed about the t-shirts being anti-drinking, the school administrators informed the student that it COULD be interpreted as promoting drinking. When dozens of students wore the red shirts to school they turned their shirts inside out following the request of the administrators…well except the student who created the t-shirts.

Source: ChicagoTribune

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