Will My Name be Shouted Out? 4

Before:
I'm excited to see how this last installment of O'Connor's Will My Name be Shouted Out?  Like I've previously blogged I really enjoy reading the student's writing and the emotions playing inside their heads.  However, after our class discussion today I'm beginning to wonder if I would be able to teach like this.  Sure, I admire O'Connor for sort of stepping outside the box, but would I be able to do that as a teacher?  I think ethics really comes into play here because there could be some serious consequences for O'Connor if word got out that these already troubled children were reading and writing about murder and violence, as well as using racial slurs and cursing.  I'm not sure if I would be willing to risk the backlash and possibly losing my job if I was their teacher.
After:
I have mixed feelings on O'Connor's overall "success."  On one hand I thought the final play was astounding with all of the different writing pieces put together, however I think his teachings also backfired with some students.  For example, one of the students, Ali through a rock at O'Connor while screaming "I am 'Yusef Hawkins!'"  Although Ali later apologizes one can't help but wonder if the amount of analyzing Hawkins' murder has negatively impacted these students by glorifying violence.  This goes back to ethics because should teachers really spend a lot of time on such a subject matter especially with students who experience violence on an almost daily basis.  Overall, I think the project came along nicely but it only pretty much showed the positive.  None of the angrier letters were published or any of the "bad" words, so it's hard to get an actual effect on where most of the students' opinions fell.