May 14, 200718 yr Um...yeah...and someone thought this was a good idea? Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables. The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip. “We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation,” he said. ... During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on a locked door. After the lights went out, about 20 kids started to cry, 11-year-old Shay Naylor said. “I was like, ‘Oh My God,’ “ she said. “At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out.”
May 14, 200718 yr The teachers should take steps to protect themselves from irate parents, because I sure would be one. I have anger issues, especially when it comes to people messing with my kids. I think this would set me off as a parent. Some teachers would get some serious bruising.
May 14, 200718 yr This might be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. How are people this stupid actually put in charge of teaching our children?
May 15, 200718 yr QUOTE(The Critic @ May 14, 2007 -> 02:52 PM) Lawsuits coming in 5..........4...........3.............2..................... And I hope they win as much as they possibly can, and some people lose their jobs. People this stupid should not be allowed to teach children.
May 15, 200718 yr Without warning and without prior notice to parents is simply inexcusable. I am amazed and disgusted that the entire heirarchy in this school gave the ok to do this and not one of them disagreed with it( i dont believe the principal had no idea). The entire school should be fired and re-staffed. Edited May 15, 200718 yr by kyyle23
May 16, 200718 yr Ive sent this link to all my friends. This has to be one of the most idiotic ideas Ive ever heard of.
May 16, 200718 yr is this any worse than telling us that in high school we had to write cursive or they would flunk us out of life?
May 17, 200718 yr I read that the only punishment those responsible got was to be suspended for the remainder of the year without pay. 2 weeks, that's it. People have been jailed for less. The people who decided that should be ashamed of themselves.
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