Comments on: Outrageous

By: Rambie

Rambie — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:13:15 +0000

AR, I mostly agree. But in light of the school shootings we’ve had over the last decade, I wouldn’t object to a drill like this too much.

Rudi, good find on the article.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:41:51 +0000

Query for David Schraub: Which was more worthy of firing- this or shock jocks goofing on Condo Rice and boinking?

By: Rudi

Rudi — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:47:45 +0000

http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/NEWS01/705140314/1002
The above link is to Mufreesboros’ local paper. At no time did the teachers/gunman appear anywhere near the students, the gun fire was in the backround. If an adult or older student appeared in the state park dorms dressed as a gunman, then we would have an “outrage”. This was teachers and students going on an anual trip with a prank done in bad taste, nothing more.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:07:08 +0000

Here’s the article from a local Nsaheville paper, seems the wire services and cable are overreating to the story.

http://www.ashlandcitytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/NEWS04/705140348/1018/NEWS

School system says students told to expect prank
Murfreesboro board members donâ€™t want overreaction

By JAIME SARRIO
Staff Writer

Elementary students on a school field trip had been told to expect a â€œcampfire prankâ€ by the teachers, but a tale of a gunman on the loose went too far, Murfreesboroâ€™s city school system said in a statement Sunday.

When a story like this happens, it’s allways best to get the “actual” story from a local source. Cable and wire sources leave out significant details, just like the Dearborn police officer calling 911 to report a hemp overdose.

By: Elementary Education » Elementary Education May 14, 2007 2:53 pm

Elementary Education » Elementary Education May 14, 2007 2:53 pm — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:57:28 +0000

[...] Outrageous 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 was, according to the teachers, meant as a ?learning … [...]

By: Rudi

Rudi — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:43:55 +0000

AR – I hear news reports that the trip is a yearly event with a situation where the students are scared. After VT, this is a BIG mistake, but if the trip has a history of such “scaring” then disciple is required, but not dismissal. If these teachers are willing to do field and overnight trips with students then they are probably caring teachers worthy of another chance.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:11:18 +0000

Rambie – why should they hold drills like this at all? Despite the sensationalism of today’s media, the likelihood of this happening at any campus is so remote that I cannot see how there is any preparatory value that exceeds the irrational fear it would impose on elementary kids.

This is what we really think we should be teaching our children? That any minute a gunman might break into what most of them think of as one of the safest places (rightfully so) in their lives?

I fear that the ‘gunmen at the school’ is headed towards being the next ‘pre-school Satanic child molesters’ meme.

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:05:56 +0000

I agree.

By: Rambie

Rambie — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:05:06 +0000

Agreed, elementary students are too young to need this “learning experience”. If they’d had made it a drill, and announced it as such, then my feelings would be different.