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Teachers: What were they thinking?

This goes under the heading of "what were they thinking"? Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth graders

"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."

I swear. People don't think things through. This was clearly an inappropriate exercise for 6th graders. I don't have kids, but if I did, this is not the kind of thing I would want to have my child participate in. In fact, I cannot think of any parent who would.

I wonder how long it will be before someone gets fired.

posted by Jim VAT @ 10:08 PM