Yesterday, News Corp writer Rachel Corbett experienced the wrath of 60,000 or so high school students when she wrote an article telling them to eat a teaspoon of cement, harden the fuck up and stop complaining about their coming HSC exams.
Corbett was writing in response to posts in the HSC Discussion Group 2016 on Facebook, used by students to share memes and shitposts, blow off exam stress and share study advice.
She singled out the current generation of high school students as whingers, pointing to several examples from the Facebook group, an somehow failing to point out that whingeing about exams has been a high school tradition since time immemorial.
After the article went viral, students from the HSC Discussion Group found a new way to blow off steam – sending angry Tweets to the writer herself, who is probably regretting poking this particular hornets’ nest.
I’m currently being trolled by 17 year olds for this… https://t.co/bA3K5NiA2Q
— Rachel Corbett (@RachelCorbett) October 14, 2016
Earlier today, Instagram commentors began flooding Corbett’s feed with snake emojis – so many that, as of earlier this afternoon, her account settings had changed to private.
Corbett has not spoken publicly since yesterday’s comments, although if we were in her position, we’d probably be reluctant to respond to the flood of anger directed her way, either.
While many clearly took legitimate issue with her words and how they were expressed, we would hope that those commenting can respect the difference between that and downright cyber bullying.
Source: Instagram.
Photo: Instagram.
