Comments on: SSU painting over The Rock draws criticism from students

By: student

student — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:43:00 +0000

I think the thing that mostly bothered us, was that it was painted over for a dumb reason. “Who stole the rock?” Really, you could have painted over it something important. We all knew it would be painted over, but not for something like that.

By: A BHS Student

A BHS Student — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:50:00 +0000

I was friends with Jon Kramnic, and my friends and I paint the rock for him, but we know it’s not going to be on there forever. There are other activities and students that get to use the rock. I get that it is really hard losing someone, but the rock can be painted by anyone, and they have done this clue game for three years now. I’m not trying to be disrespectful towards Sam because I’m not, but the rock has been painted over when people painted it for Jon, Brandon, Tyler, Mr. Sonju and others that have passed away throughout the many years at Buffalo High School.

By: Mariah B.

Mariah B. — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:48:00 +0000

I can understand where students are coming from. I get that Sam was loved by a lot of students and teachers in this school. I also think that having a reminder everyday that he’s not with us anymore can almost be harder on students who were affected by this tragedy. At some point the rock was going to painted over. It wasn’t going to stay like that forever and as hard as this is for people they have to try to coupe and go on with their daily routine and lives. I’m not saying Sam will ever be forgotten or that people should try to forget what happened. That’s not the message I’m trying to get across at all. I just think that people will have to preserve the memory that they have of Sam and they don’t need a rock to do that.

By: Jake willmert

Jake willmert — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:26:00 +0000

Great story! Good job on not taking a side on this story as a writer.

By: Ashley M

Ashley M — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:34:00 +0000

i agree with the students who say, it was a reminder every morning. I think alot of us just weren’t ready for it to be painted over.. of course we knew it was going to happen sometime but i think alot of us were hoping it would take longer. Of course the rock is for the whole school to use and it’s a super cool way of expressing stuff and bringing people together but i just don’t think everyone was fully ready to let sam get painted over.

By: A student

A student — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:19:00 +0000

I totally understand where those students are coming from, but it was going to get painted over eventually, not sure what I think, but it was obviously not meant to be disrespectful, they will always have the memory of Sam in them and from other things.