Summary Of Love Simon By David Wiegand

3/16/18- “Sincerity alone can't sustain teen coming-out tale” by David Wiegand David Wiegand, a television critic, states that the movie, “Love, Simon” the story of a gay teen coming-out, is full of heart and “sincerity” but it seems to be lacking “realism and authenticity”. He thinks that the movie should show the harder parts of coming-out and not make it seem like a happy go lucky event. He feels that if the harsher side of the experience was shown the movie would be even more powerful for the people it was meant to reach. Main Purpose: To tell people that the movie “Love, Simon” should not just be loved because it is a coming-out film and that it could have been a better product for the people who need it. Bias: There is a lot of bias in the piece. The similes used help show Wiegand perspective of the love, that it is unrealistic. He compares Simon's mother to a compassionate cartoon
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Students want to participate in these walkouts but fear the repercussions from their schools. Some administrations are more accepting and are allowing time and space for the event and others are promising suspension to anyone who participates. Some see schools responses as appropriate and others see the punishments as dogmatic and bias. In the end the American Civil Liberties Union states that schools can punish student, but no more then they would if the student skipped class any other