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[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Just think, that kid was ready to lay his life down to protect the freedoms of the very people who are sticking it to him.

Eh, anyone in the military is always restricted from certain freedoms.

Originally Posted by MouseWife

But that isn't what was decided, we are not talking about what should or could have been done. But what they decided to do after the fact.

I still maintain that someone at any given point should have said "this is ridiculous, give the kid his A and let's forget about the whole thing." But as scaeagles said, in our litigious, finger pointing society, this just isn't possible anymore. Anyone with a brain is going to get shouted down for not "taking every precaution."

Hmm, which country to move to...

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I still develop a suicide plan almost daily.

God bless Alex Stroup. I've done this a-plenty, but not lately.

Things I daydream about:

Punching people and smashing things (born of pure frustration)
My own death and the deaths of others, often including funerals (always very dramatic accidents)
What I'd do if someone ran the red light at the next corner/pulled out of the driveway up ahead/slammed on the brakes in front of me on the freeway. Sometimes these are so vivid, I flinch.

[wendybeth]

I think everyone has weird or disturbing thoughts, especially at this kid's age. I'm far more disturbed by the teacher reneging on the amnesty offer at the outset of this assignment.

CP- wait until you have a kid. Nothing you can imagine can surpass the awful, fantastic imagery one can conjure up with regards to their kids. Everything from 'what if the babysitter snaps!" to ways to do yourself in should the worst happen to your child. You think you want to murder the guy who cuts you off on the expressway? You should see what I'd like to do to the bastard who caused Tori's hearing loss, or the kid who makes a snide crack about how she speaks, etc.


I have a very good imagination.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I still maintain that someone at any given point should have said "this is ridiculous, give the kid his A and let's forget about the whole thing." But as scaeagles said, in our litigious, finger pointing society, this just isn't possible anymore. Anyone with a brain is going to get shouted down for not "taking every precaution."

Hmm, which country to move to...

Things I daydream about:

Punching people and smashing things (born of pure frustration)
My own death and the deaths of others, often including funerals (always very dramatic accidents)
What I'd do if someone ran the red light at the next corner/pulled out of the driveway up ahead/slammed on the brakes in front of me on the freeway. Sometimes these are so vivid, I flinch.

Sure, of course, if he'd have received an 'A' we wouldn't be here discussing this.

That is a bit of a wide range lable to say people with brains are shot down for not taking every precaution. Everyone can justify whatever they do, or don't do, after the fact.

You do have to learn from mistakes.{previous school/workplace shootings, etc.} They shouldn't have taken it this far. If they did indeed do this assignment to 'test' the kids, they should have had the school psychologist talk to the kid. Believe me, they do this all of the time and parents probably don't even know. And, that could have solved the whole mess.

Some teachers are overzealous and use their positions to be a-holes. My nephew told his teacher 'You suck!' and the teacher said he was going to file a sexual harrassment type of complaint against this 12 year old kid. My sister told him he was the one with the dirty mind and perhaps he shouldn't be working with kids.

Oh yes, where the imagination takes us when someone hurts our kids.

Road rage???? Sure, the imagination goes a bit wild while driving. Especially after a really good work out, I feel totally pumped. Ready to get out and act upon my urges. But then I laugh and remember I am not really so tough.

But, the imagination can bring about precautions. Thinking about what could happen makes you think about what you should/could do in those instances.

blueerica~ your teacher sounds really cool. A bit like Not Afraid, even with the hair.