Volume 26, Issue 7
WisconsinChristianNews.com
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Life As A Conservative Teen In A Public School
By Aurora McQueen Year-End 2025
the kid sitting next to me in the classroom or the kids I pass in the hallway rejoice over his death and claim he deserved it — when they say he is better off dead — I know they also think I am better off dead for my beliefs. I look at the majority of my peers and fear for my life because they blatantly admit that I deserve to be gunned down for my beliefs. This is not new, they are just saying the quiet part out loud now. Because of this, I come to school and do not speak. I have a lot to say, but I mute myself so the very students celebrating this atrocity do not make my sister an only child and break my parents’ hearts. The schools are far left-leaning, making it clear that they care more about the LGBTQIA+ than anyone else within the population of this school. This school is all for “inclusivity” unless you are a Republican or Conserva- tive. I was walking through the hall one day and was stopped because of what was on my phone screen. I had turned my phone on to check the time — I did not unlock it, but apparently my wallpaper was enough to “victimize” other students. My pink wall- paper includes a picture of Trump on it. The student told me it was offensive and I needed to remove it immediately. Since when is the president of our country offen- sive? When I took a wellness check on Google Classroom for my health teacher, one of the questions in the “spiritual” wellness section asked if I am “comfortable with people of other sexual orientations” than myself. I answered with a truthful “no.” My results concluded that my “spiritual well- ness” was low. Do you realize how broad of a question that is? How many different groups of children are asked to answer that — children of different backgrounds and cultures, beliefs and faiths? Imagine how insulting that must be, how disre- spectful and out of place that question is within a public school. Why are they asking questions like that in a school environment [supposedly politically and religiously un-
biased] for a grade? I hope the person who authorized that feels ashamed the same way I am forced to feel ashamed every day in this district for my beliefs. “Education should focus on teaching stu- dents how to think, not what to think,” is a common phrase, even often said by Char- lie Kirk. Yet, there are signs in every class- room supporting the left idealization and none promoting love and kindness for peo- ple with differing political and religious be- liefs. So much for DEI. It is clear to me that my school does not care about my physi- cal or mental health. It is almost 2026, and in my school there is no hate for people who identify as animals or objects, not for those who deny the science of their own bodies and claim to be another gender, for those who want to be romantically involved with people of the same gender. Congrat- ulations. There is, however, blatant hatred for those who do not agree with the clear agenda currently being spread. So much so, in fact, that I have been harassed by someone on campus, who I thought was a good friend of mine last year, after he found out about my political affiliations. He judged my character by his perception of my beliefs, ignoring the true character he had already gotten to know. He called me hateful, racist, sexist, homophobic, and ig- norant. None of which I am. He then vandalized my property, stole my phone, broke my earbuds, and dis- rupted my work. What did the notified teachers do? Nothing, because they do not care. I am not hateful. I do not insult or judge those who believe differently from me. I go about my days showing love and kindness, trying my best to be Christ-like. I have never treated anyone as if they were less than human for what they iden- tify as, or called those I disagree with names. So why are they allowed to treat me this way just because I believe what I believe? I have trouble exercising my First Amendment rights as an American citizen
because I am scared people will turn their backs, weaponize my words, hurt me, and turn me into the villain others have in the past. When news of Charlie’s assassination struck, students jumped with joy, cheering. I found out he was dead via their celebra- tion of his passing on my bus. Is this truly the environment you want your school to embody? A hateful place that celebrates when a fellow American is gunned down just because he opened his mouth and dared to say he believed differently? (Ob- viously not too differently, considering he represented over half the country). “The party of love and acceptance,” I was told. A place where students are happy a husband and father was ripped from this earth by force. Charlie Kirk is, if I may so boldly say, the Martin Luther King Jr. of our generation. Just as MLK spoke out against division based on race, Charlie spoke up against division between right and left, Re- publican and Democrat, Conservative and Liberal. He was killed for having conversa- tions, so is it really crazy that I am scared to have conversations? I do not trust the school administration because I know the majority will look at me differently, like I am the problem, and will look at my grades differently. Thankfully, I found a counselor who still has morals, wants what is best for students, and actu- ally cares. Students like me, here, are si- lenced with fear, outnumbered, and have no safe place. How does one focus on school when they are scared an alarm may ring in response to a shooter — when my political party of association and beliefs alone are the very reason so many are fully condoning murder. Students get their information from the echo chambers of social media platforms. They do not watch unbiased news, talk to adults, or do their own research. Adults are just as guilty of this. Charlie Kirk acknowledged that “when people stop talking, that is when we get vi- olence.” Does it look like students are talk-
ing (anything but hate)? They do not take the time to understand why a person be- lieves what they do; students just scream and tear those that believe differently down. I have been congratulated by grown adults lately for saying that the murder of Charlie Kirk was wrong. I was congratu- lated for having the basic understanding that an innocent, non-violent, man mur- dered in cold blood is wrong. There were no punishments for the students cheering for murder. However, if I were to call a man “he”/ “him” when he identifies as “she”/ “her,” I would get in trouble and be lectured by the teachers. Did I promote murder or hate? No, I stated a fact. Agree or not, I have the right to my beliefs and should not be alienated for it in a public school. Schools are meant to take no political sides; they are not supposed to be so far “Left” they leave the “Right” behind. There are no signs supporting different political ideas: there are only signs saying it is a safe place for gays and the like, or anyone who is not white. Is this really progress? Are schools in- clusive to all or just certain groups? Do schools promote a safe environment for everyone? No, they do not. Not unless you are available for brainwashing or liberal ideologies. Who else has to die before you wake up and realize there is a better way? Would you draw the line if students celebrated my death for the same reasons, or would you sit by silently, or maybe even cheer along? What has to happen for you to draw a line? I will no longer be silenced, and neither will students like me. For those who feel vic- timized by the truth of my words, we are done catering to you. We can do better for future generations. You can do better. Do better — it is not rocket science, this is common sense. If a fifteen-year-old can sit before you with solutions to stand up against hatred, why can you not? It is time to do better, before more blood is spilled. Let this be a turning point.
My name is Aurora McQueen. I am a fif- teen-year-old student at Liberty High School in Oregon. I have been a part of the Hillsboro School District for three years, this will be my fourth. I have expe- rienced more incompetence from a public school than should be allowed, and en- dured things that no student should have to face. I have walked alone in the halls, sat in counseling office after counseling of- fice, while explaining to administrator after administrator the common sense they are meant to be equipped with. The Hillsboro school district is not a safe place and will not become a safe place until it makes the choice to treat every stu- dent fairly, and require every student to do the same. I am a Conservative and a Christian. It’s hard to be against the major- ity — “Democratic” or “liberal” — in a city like this, attending a public school that fa- vors only one side. The new curriculum for English Lan- guage Arts classes featured student read- ers in one of the last units in which the theme was something along the lines of “all men are secretly gay.” How is this not harmful to the male students reading this material? Teachers, in the last few years, made it exceedingly clear where they stand on the political spectrum, which should not be ac- cepted in a public school. I tolerated the comments about Trump and Vance, but I will not tolerate the hate and violence any- more. I will not tolerate what happened to an innocent man like Charlie Kirk becoming a laugh-track in the background of our halls and lunchrooms, and I will not willingly allow his fate to become mine. I am scared of being shot for my beliefs within the walls of this school. Charlie was not a man dis- connected from Americans, he said what many people, me included, believe. He represented over half of America, and many of his beliefs are my own. So when
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