Wow - AX! A new interpretation.
I read the McBeef play, and my only reaction was “this is CREATIVE writing?” He didn’t develop any of his characters, provided no reason for the sudden anger and attacks or the premise of the plot. It was as if he included everything he had heard on the news recently without thinking through a context, there also seemed to be deep Catholic hatred. My initial thought was 8th grade (that’s about the age when guys are obsessed with all the stuff he included in there) but maybe you’re right, it is fifth grade. A lot of gross stuff appeared to be there just for the sake of being able to say it.
When I was in college, I sometimes screened submissions for the literary magazine. I was on the newspaper, and the publications folks were a pretty tight little clique, so we helped each other out. A whole lot of college poetry, fiction and drama writers use heavy-handed profanity and shock language, because the wannabes suddenly realize that they can.
In terms of quality, Cho's writing is awful, but that doesn't particularly stand out. What does stand out is the level of rage in them. If a teacher -- who has to wade through this crap every day, and knows better than I what is unusual enough to be frightening -- tried to call attention to him, someone should have listened.