A high school senior was arrested after writing that “it would be funny” to dream about opening fire in a building and having sex with the dead victims, authorities said. Allen Lee, 18, faces two disorderly conduct charges over the creative-writing assignment, which he was given in English class at the northern Illinois school.

Students were told to “write whatever comes to your mind. Do not judge or censor what you are writing,” according to a copy of the assignment. Officials described the essay as disturbing and inappropriate. Lee said he was just following the directions.