Teachers convince sixth graders gunman is on the loose

[onebloodonelife]

What the hell were these teachers thinking??

Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth graders

Apparently, it was just a "prank"...

School district says fake gun attack was a prank

I can't believe that a teacher and associate principal would think this is okay to do to a group of kids.

 

[redhotswami]

what a bunch of effing idiots.

 

[coemgen]

Yeah, it's the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.

 

[martha]

I read about this a few days ago. They should lose their credentials for this.

 

[onebloodonelife]

And all they got was 13 (I think) days of suspension...

 

[LyricalDrug]

Unbelievable.

Lesson here? Don't put your kids in public school in Tennessee.

 

[Bonochick]

It's not just stupid, it's cruel. Those poor kids, they had to have been terrified!

 

[martha]

Unbelievable.

Lesson here? Don't put your kids in public school in Tennessee.

Way to generalize.

 

[Rono]

I read about this a few days ago. They should lose their credentials for this.

Ehm, what does that mean ? that they never can be a teacher ?

 

[martha]

Ehm, what does that mean ? that they never can be a teacher ?

Yes. They should lose their teaching licenses.

 

[Angela Harlem]

This is unbelievable.

 

[Chizip]

that's a pretty funny prank

 

[anitram]

How is it possible in this day and age to exercise such poor judgment?

 

[A_Wanderer]

.... and yet we laugh at stupid warning labels

 

[redhotswami]

that's a pretty funny prank

 

[Rono]

Yes. They should lose their teaching licenses.

And than ? would that chance the fact that it was a very bad prank ?

Punish them but making the unemploid will only lose some experienced teachers,..that have learned a lessons after this,....

 

[martha]

And than ? would that chance the fact that it was a very bad prank ?

Punish them but making the unemploid will only lose some experienced teachers,..that have learned a lessons after this,....

Rono, I teach the same grades these idiots terrorized. "Experienced" doesn't mean good.

 

[redhotswami]

And than ? would that chance the fact that it was a very bad prank ?

Punish them but making the unemploid will only lose some experienced teachers,..that have learned a lessons after this,....

Well, to be honest, especially after my experience at VT, I would go out of my way to make sure that none of my children would end up in any school/classroom of these teachers. That was absolute crap. I wouldn't trust anyone who was in the meeting room saying "oh this is such a good idea!" as far as I can throw them.

I know I can't stop all the violence in the world from happening, but I wouldn't want anyone to experience the chaos I did. Not even as a stupid prank. If they can't be more empathetic about this situation, what in the world are they doing teaching kids? I certainly would not feel comfortable with such people being responsible for inspiring and enlightening children.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

it's possible that these teachers had good intentions and thought that by doing this they would prepare the students in case it ever really did happen... but to carry it out as if it were a real attack and not give any notification that a drill was taking place is stupid on such a level that they should not be allowed to educate students ever again.

if it were, in fact, nothing more than a prank that they thought would be funny? they should probably go to jail for something... causing a mass panic has to be a crime somewhere.

 

[vaz02]

Boy that cried wolf springs to mind

 

[onebloodonelife]

it's possible that these teachers had good intentions and thought that by doing this they would prepare the students in case it ever really did happen... but to carry it out as if it were a real attack and not give any notification that a drill was taking place is stupid on such a level that they should not be allowed to educate students ever again.

if it were, in fact, nothing more than a prank that they thought would be funny? they should probably go to jail for something... causing a mass panic has to be a crime somewhere.

I know at my school, which is a middle and high school, we do lockdown drills, but never have the officials come in dressed as gunmen or pulling on the doors, etc. We aren't told at the time that the lockdown is a drill, but since I live in a pretty small town, we usually know that it is because teachers get notification before each drill, and when they do the lockdowns, it's so the drug dogs can come.

 

[verte76]

They shouldn't be doing this. There's no excuse for this kind of behavior. The teachers should be fired. I wouldn't say don't send your kid to school in Tennessee, because this is only one school. I'm sure most teachers in Tennessee behave themselves better than this.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Interesting how the story came out in the end. The first article makes the situation come off as a drill with well-meaning intentions, but the second just brings to light the fact that these teachers are idiots.

Unless the district is hard-up for new teachers, these folks should have been fired the day they came back to work after the incident.

 

[JCOSTER]

Being that my son is that age....someone would have to restrain me.

 

[DILETTANTE]

it's possible that these teachers had good intentions and thought that by doing this they would prepare the students in case it ever really did happen... but to carry it out as if it were a real attack and not give any notification that a drill was taking place is stupid on such a level that they should not be allowed to educate students ever again.

if it were, in fact, nothing more than a prank that they thought would be funny? they should probably go to jail for something... causing a mass panic has to be a crime somewhere.