bjorn_skurj Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 To be honest, I didn't really like my second-grade teacher that much, either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renic Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 my 3rd grade teacher was suuuuuuuch a bitch. and had these crazy scary red nails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Ah, the little scamps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 can you imagine being charged by a gang of 9 year olds? I think I'd end up being run down simply on the premise that I didn't actually believe it was happening. that, or I'd finally live out my dream of kung fu fighting a whole class of 9 year olds, which given the odds would play out pretty sweet like Dragonball Z or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 can you imagine being charged by a gang of 9 year olds? I think I'd end up being run down simply on the premise that I didn't actually believe it was happening. that, or I'd finally live out my dream of kung fu fighting a whole class of 9 year olds, which given the odds would play out pretty sweet like Dragonball Z or something. Too funny. I wonder if they would have charged en masse, or, if like countless unnamed ninjas before them, would have allowed their teacher (sensei?) to pick them off one by one. This would have made one sweet YouTube video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I like that one of them was assigned to cleaning up after. That kid must have been either the loser of the group or the coolest ala The Wolf in Pulp Fiction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 i don't think they were all going to charge. i thought one of them was going to sneak up and hit her on the head with that pointy paperweight. i think thats really scary these kids were thinking of stuff like that. at that age, i think they must be emulating something they've seen on TV because i just don't think they have the awareness to have thought of it on their own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 To be honest, I didn't really like my second-grade teacher that much, either. How many Five year olds could you take? Hmmm...they say You could take on 23 five year old kids in a fight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Great just when I'm about to go back to the classroom after 2 years of child-care leave. They certainly don't need any encouragement. i think thats really scary these kids were thinking of stuff like that. at that age, i think they must be emulating something they've seen on TV because i just don't think they have the awareness to have thought of it on their own. I know I've said this before, but right after 9/11 my class (then 3rd graders) and I were looking at Time Magazine for Kids which did a special issue on the tragedy. One of my students came up to me afterwards and asked with great glee, "Do you want me to bring in the real Time Magazine? It has pictures of people falling out of the buildings!" Kids now are so used to violence in movies, and especially video games, that they have no real concept of what it means. Violence is merely spectacle, and everyone seems to get 3 lives in games anyway, so why not kill our teacher just once? Since kids pick up on the behaviors of their elders, it's kind of a sad commentary on our society as a whole. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I could take 25. That seems about right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 i don't think they were all going to charge. i thought one of them was going to sneak up and hit her on the head with that pointy paperweight. i think thats really scary these kids were thinking of stuff like that. at that age, i think they must be emulating something they've seen on TV because i just don't think they have the awareness to have thought of it on their own.I dunno. I went through periods where I really HATED being in school. I would claim to have brought a bomb to school in my Six Million Dollar Man lunch box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 i guess my point/idea was that a bunch of kids would never come up with something like that on their own if they had never seen/heard anything like that before. heck, it could be exposure to anything- the news, parents talking about stuff, real life experience, or whatever- but not something they could imagine out of the blue. kids are creative but a can't believe any grouping of kids would be naturally violent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 It could easily have been one kid's idea who got it from the news or a t.v. show or a Grimm's fairy tale or whatever and gotten a gullible group of followers/sheep to act with him/her. To my knowledge, no actual violence was planned, just a hair-brained concept to punish the teacher. I'm not trying to excuse or validate the plot and it is a bit unnerving but I think it also shows that there are plenty more kids (another student blew the whistle on the cabal-in-waiting) who are able to distinguish between what's acceptable (right) and unacceptable (wrong). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Can someone link to this somewhere? I haven't seen anything about it. A class plotted to kill the teacher? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 How many Five year olds could you take? Hmmm...they say You could take on 23 five year old kids in a fight. Damn. You beat me to posting this link. I could take on 26. Here's the story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I stand corrected on the violence aspect of this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Man, I was so freaked out by my teachers until like....5th or 6th grade. I probably would have believed that teachers could take like.....8 baseball bat swings and a bunch of stab wounds and still keep coming at you. There's no way I would have tried this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I had the opposite experience in high school. There was a history teacher who was really into martial arts. He used to say things to our class like "if all of you attacked me right now you would eventually win, but the first dozen of you would be really badly hurt." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Seems like this teacher has already deflected the violence to a student. http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=4562061 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I had a high school American Government/Political Science/History teacher who would lock his door at the beginning of every class. If you were late, you had to yell "I want to learn!" to get him to open the door. I like that solution. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Seems like this teacher has already deflected the violence to a student. http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=456206122 year old teacher with fifteen year old students. Hmmmmm... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 22 year old teacher with fifteen year old students. Hmmmmm... think of it this way. "Seems this teacher has already deflected the violence a student." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 These kids should be rewarded. Did you see that they had a PLAN? And that the PLAN included delegating responsibility? Working as a TEAM? Thats pretty impressive for 3rd graders! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 These kids should be rewarded. Did you see that they had a PLAN? And that the PLAN included delegating responsibility? Working as a TEAM? Thats pretty impressive for 3rd graders! Excellent point Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 22 year old teacher with fifteen year old students. Hmmmmm... That fairly accurately describes me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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