Wonder how much longer these stupid fuckers have a job
 

The sheer stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me. I cannot fathom that a bunch of educators decided this was a good thing to do with 6th grade kids.

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Tennessee teachers stage fake gunman attack
Staged assault on 6th-graders unfolds on school trip; parents not amused

Updated: 6:04 p.m. ET May 13, 2007
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - 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.

But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged.

?The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them,? said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.

Some parents said they were upset by the staff?s poor judgment in light of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 students and professors dead, including the gunman.

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.?

Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation ?involved poor judgment.?

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ADG

Nobody is reading that much on a Sunday night....

Fair enough, here's the Cliff notes version.

Teachers fake gun attack on 6th grade students
Stupid fucking idea

Mmmm... speechless (which is rare!)

First time I ever knew about the apparent level of protection needed in schools was when a friend in the US was sending her son to... not sure what it's called.. "middle school"??... he was about 12 ish.

Was reading the school rules he was given.... Can't remember the exact words but they covered "don't bring grenades or explosive devices to school" duh?? "Don't bring cell phones" Asked why?? Because they are used to do drug deals. "Don't bring firearms to school" etc....

Shit... this was not a school in ghetto world - it was in leafy tree-lined suburbia - amazing stuff. Sounds like there is a problem somewhere which starts outside schools :pimp