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appleannie1

(5,073 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:34 PM Mar 2012

Boy in the Hoodie was going to aviation school part time.

After taking an airplane ride two years ago, Trayvon decided he wanted to learn to fly, his uncle Ronald Fulton said. The teen attended a Miami aviation school part time and was studying to be an engineer, a path to realizing his ambition, Fulton said.

Math was Trayvon’s favorite subject.

Something else you may not know about Trayvon Martin:

“He was extremely creative,” said Michelle Kypriss, Trayvon’s English teacher at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami. “He just loved building things. He really was intrigued by how things worked.”

She described Trayvon, a junior, as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness.

Something you may have heard about Trayvon Martin:

Trayvon was under a five-day suspension when he was shot that Sunday night, but Kypriss said it was due to tardiness and not misbehavior.

“Trayvon was not a violent or dangerous child. He was not known for misbehaving,” the teacher said. “He was suspended because he was late too many times.”

http://www.stinque.com/2012/03/22/boy-in-the-hoodie/

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CAPHAVOC

(1,138 posts)
1. OK
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:39 PM
Mar 2012

So what is going on with this? Are they shoving it under the rug? I thought there was a big protest. Seems like a wall of silence is coming down.

FarPoint

(12,466 posts)
5. It's a 2 hour drive from Tampa to Sandford...
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:57 PM
Mar 2012

Is Govenor Scott ordering a media blackout? Where I live, it's on all the local news stations and cable news as well...I have Sirius Radio too...so I get even more options...Oh, then there's the Huffington Post, DU links, TPM, Kos....So,I see no evidence of a wall of silence. You may need to be more attentive.

 

CAPHAVOC

(1,138 posts)
6. Ahhh Dunno?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:00 PM
Mar 2012

Seems to me the story is getting the big Kibosh. Maybe bad poll. Million Hoodie March? Who cares about real justice? I will stay tuned as they say.

Booster

(10,021 posts)
12. Anybody else think a call from someone in the White House (for me, preferably Michelle) to call
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:20 PM
Mar 2012

Trayvon's mother and express their condolences? Mr. Obama called that white girl who was called a slut and this is far more serious than that. A male black friend of mine (I'm white) said that would make Mr. Obama seem like he was giving preferential treatment because the family is black. In my mind, it's still discrimination if you're not calling because they are black. The Black community can't win for losing. I think the mother deserves a call.

appleannie1

(5,073 posts)
13. My grandson, in first grade, was suspended for being late too many times. Did not miss but was a
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:21 PM
Mar 2012

couple minutes late too many times.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
7. How was he attending an aviation school in Miami?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:01 PM
Mar 2012

So he was probably not attending the school when he lived in Sanford, which is a long trip from Miami.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,027 posts)
16. He was visiting his dad. Another story says he rescued his dad from
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:59 PM
Mar 2012

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a burning house when he was nine year old. The kid is -was- a really good soul it sounds like.

 

OPOS

(73 posts)
18. "Boy" in the Hoodie is insulting to Trayvon
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:40 PM
Mar 2012

Insulting racially for the "Boy" connotations and the author should have understood that.

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