Teachers Fake Gunman Attack

Anti_Climax writes "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. It'll be interesting to see what happens to these teachers after the charges brought against students in recent months."

Obligatory...

[Anonymous Coward]

Won't somebody please think of the children.

In the words of Stan Marsh

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, this is pretty fucked up right here.

Re:Darwin awards

[WrongSizeGlass]

This crossed the line, turned round and started to pee on it while singing "it's raining men" and tap dancing.

Dude, have you ever tried to pee while you're tap dancing (or tap dance while you're peeing)? You ruin your shoes long before you get to the big finish.

Re:Who cares?

[uberjoe]

How does this classify as Slashdot news?

Because in about five seconds Jack Thompson will emerge from his hole and say that the teachers in question trained for this fake attack by playing Doom and Counter Strike.

Seriously...

[TheRon6]

Did anyone *ACTUALLY* think of the children before they decided this was a good idea?!?

Obviously....

[packetmon]

They could never pull that off in NY... Those kindergarteners don't play that! [nytimes.com]

Re:What Maroons!

[inviolet]

...then you have almost certainly been given only half the story.

Either that, or you're reading about US politics.

That's what I said!

Indeed, we are in danger of a stack overflow here. When you read about US politics, you are begin given half the story about the giving of half the story.

Overheard during the kicking...

[Opportunist]

...when the hood came off.

Student 1: Hey! Hey folks, wait, it's our math teacher.
Student 2: I know.
Student 3: I've known from the start.
Student 4: I've seen it in the way he walked.
Student 5: Could you cut the chatter and concentrate on kicking?

2nd Amendment

[Anonymous Coward]

After the Virginia Tech massacre I heard many gun advocates say that the attacker would have been stopped sooner if half of the students were armed themselves. I guess the problem of how to discipline these incompetent teachers would already be solved if these kids had real guns of their own.

good training

[teh_chrizzle]

faking attacks is good training in case of a real attack. when i was in the army we were the victims of mock ambushes and raids all the time in the field... often at night or when we stopped to piss. it taught us to always be on alert. my second week of basic training i learned to stop pissing mid-stream. by the 6th week my default reaction to being awakened was to choke whatever woke me up. even now that i have been out of the army for 10 years i occasionally wake up from nightmares and look around for my M16. i am sure these kids have received the same benefits, and in their formative years no less.

Re:In the words of Stan Marsh

[Cro Magnon]

Slightly OT, but I thought of a problem with the fire & tornado drills when I was at school. During a fire, we went outside, and during a tornado we went towards the basement - but what about a fire in the middle of a tornado?

Re:In the words of Stan Marsh

[TheMadcapZ]

You bend over and kiss your ass goodbye!

Re:Under the PATRIOT Act...

[Random832]

At my school, there were never fire drills. There was "dust in the ventilation systems" (read: kids smoking in the bathrooms) often enough to not need any.

Re:Under the PATRIOT Act...

[Puff Daddy]

I was not aware that carrying a semi-automatic weapon made you immune to taking a desk to the head. Thanks for clearing that up.

Re:Under the PATRIOT Act...

[Scrameustache]

The correct plan against a single rampaging gunman seems to be for everybody to rush him. An archer can shoot peons all day long if all they do is run and hide within the base, but he'll only be able to get a few if the entire workforce rushes him.

EXCELLENT plan: I'm right behind you...

It Has To Be Said...

[ryanisflyboy]

In Soviet Russia, teachers shoot YOU!