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Posted by: STONERS 2 years, 7 months agoTwo students were arrested on felony charges that they tried to poison their science teacher by pouring a fabric freshener into her soda, authorities said Monday.
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STONERS
April 2, 2007, 9:51 p.m.The teacher, 51-year-old Jacqueline Hutchins, was not hurt, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. She noticed an odd taste when she sipped her Pepsi on Friday.
Other students told deputies the boy and girl, both 15, huddled around the teacher's soda and talked about putting the Febreeze fabric freshener in her soda, authorities said.
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BronxBomber
April 3, 2007, 12:30 a.m.What is with these kids? Why? Was the teacher gonna fail them? Is that worth killing for? Life is sure cheap these days!
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jordan11
April 3, 2007, 12:40 a.m.I don't get it. What's different now from 25 years ago? The worst thing my kids did was get in a fight and break a coffee table.
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johnkamis64
April 3, 2007, 1 a.m.I don't know about you gents, but it seems to me that far too few students meet the Board of Education.I met the Board many times,(Nothing serious!!!)[I'm still finding splinters]
butt I've never been in trouble.
When kids find out there are NO consequences for thier actions; they lose respect for the system.(And you wind up with Le Shrub!!!)
And now ya see why I try to avoid serious subjects...
JK
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BronxBomber
April 3, 2007, 1:57 a.m.Excellent point Pupi!!! That's the problem! The authorities are not making the parents responsible! Let them share the punishment along with they're kids, and you'll see a change for the better! They'll straighten up, and fly right!
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STONERS
April 3, 2007, 2:22 a.m.Well call me old fashion but back when I was living at home we got ours when we stepped out of line from our parents,we knew better but now its abuse and stories like this come out all the time.If they dont get punished then why not do it,they have nothing to fear.
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djapollo2k
April 3, 2007, 5:35 a.m.I was taught by nuns and Jesuits. I thought back then that the disclipline was much too severe, sometimes draconian: forcing the disobedient to kneel on marbles; beatings with rulers; terrible humiliation if one didn't come up with the correct answer...on and on. Really tough boys would pee their pants out of fear.
I was taught, however, to deal with pressure and even violence with grace and creativity. Didn't learn "respect," but I did become very strong and durable:) Never give up.
And I learned a great deal including self-discipline which in the end enabled me to be genuinely free.
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uncle-dave
April 3, 2007, 8:40 a.m.This is the second story of this kind that I've heard in the last two weeks. There was another case involving girls putting strawberry lip gloss on thier teachers soda can knowing full well that she had a severe allergy to strawberries and could have died from it, however she wasn't harmed.
I too am a victim of a Catholic grade school education. I attended school in the 50's when corporal punishment was not only allowed but encouraged by our parents. Suffering physical pain and public humiliation at the hands of the nuns was par for the course. I wonder how these children would have reacted to those conditions.
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annadurfee
April 3, 2007, 11:48 a.m.And you wonder why teachers want to be paid more? Our(yes, I'm a teacher) freakin' lives are in danger! Hello, hazard pay?
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SlapALib
April 3, 2007, 11:59 a.m.Kids need to quit being taught that they have to understand Adam and Steve. Kids should be focused on discipline and character development. The rest of the problems will work themselves out with a strong dose of personal integrity.
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bill2936
April 3, 2007, 12:07 p.m.Anyone notice that there is another story of a teacher planning to kill the students. Just find it interesting.
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sjames352
April 3, 2007, 12:48 p.m.I've been a victim of a student putting something in my drink that wasn't healthy (hand lotion in my tea) & that student wasn't punished; all she had to do was apologize. She stated that she didn't mean anything by it. Now she's a police officer.
Most parent's hands are tied when it comes to punishing their children. Some people will report you if you try because they feel you might be hurting the kid. They don't care if the kid deserved it or not. I was told by a social worker that if a parent hits on the buttocks, that was acceptable; otherwise not.
Most teacher's hands are tied because of the gov't & the administration at the school. "We don't want to hurt their feelings--it will make them feel bad about themselves." We do have to report any so called "abuse"; otherwise we get in trouble with the law.
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sjames352
April 3, 2007, 12:49 p.m.Continued
Some kids act out because they don't get any attention at home so they figure that if they act bad in school, they will get some attention even if it's bad attention.
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Poulenc
April 3, 2007, 1:10 p.m.Stories like these are pretty horrible--but I don't think they should be taken as a call to arms.
There will always be emotionally wayward, under-attended kids who act out in ways dangerous to themselves and others. The solution is to pinpoint the troubled, and to get them help--which means being a vigilant parent, of course. I don't believe that the authoritarian approach-- "the belt," as one poster put it--works in the long run.
I for one can't imagine causing children of mine physical pain and the humiliation that goes with doing it.
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BronxBomber
April 3, 2007, 1:45 p.m.You mean "Spare the rod, and spoil the child"? In some cases, certain children really need punishment, & discipline from their elders.. but never to the point of abuse though.
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SilverPaladin
April 3, 2007, 2:01 p.m.I had an Electronics Course while I was in High School at our Vocational School nearby. I was about the only student that worked in that class and happened to win Student of the Year in that category (which I was proud to get because it was the only award I ever got in school). To get back to the topic some of the students from there slipped laxatives into our teacher's coffee.. he told me this when I went back to talk with him after I had graduated. I have a lot of respect for all the teachers out there high school and college the ones around here really helped me out and I wouldn't be where I was today without their help and knowledge.. hopefully these situations (whether they involve bad teachers or students) start getting better so as to increase the welfare of our future generations. A nice bit of closing advice I would recommend not leaving any of your open drinks out of your sight. ^_^
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lvrofwolves
April 3, 2007, 2:27 p.m.When I was growing up, if you did something wrong at school, not only did everyone in the class know it, but also heard the
SWAT in the hallway, and that wasn't even the worse, the worse was when you got home, there was punishment then too..either another few swats, grounding-(where most kids didn't have TVs in their bedrooms let alone cell phones and video games...then even when you weren't in school, you had to be careful outside in case some neighbor saw you doing something wrong and would call your parents. children back then had much more respect for authority and their parents, maybe that respect was out of fear..but big deal! we survived!
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vidman04
April 3, 2007, 2:45 p.m.Maybe they wanted to convey that her breath wasn't the freshest! (I know, I know, calm down, it was only a joke)!
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thomas998
April 3, 2007, 3:11 p.m.Maybe the reasoning was more simple. Students weren't allowed to drink Pepsi, lord in my town they wont even let student take softdrinks to school in their lunch boxes. So the students did a little Boston Tea Party protest. Why should she be drinking in front of them and they had to beg for a hall pass to get nasty tap water.
The peasants revolted....
Or maybe she was a worthless old bat that was too busy sucking on the government teat to actually teach the poor little fellows so they figured if they got rid of her they might get a better teacher that cared....
Or maybe they were just little b@st@rd that should be locked up for life before they kill someone.
Take your pick, I'm a romantic at heart so I'll just believe she was a worthless old bat.
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hugine001
April 3, 2007, 3:35 p.m.I've been substitute teaching for the last two months, and boy does that job suck. I got into teaching all naive and hoping to make the world a better place, and I've finally realized that kids are ******s. My theory is that we coddle them too much and make them all out to be winners, so that they end up thinking they deserve things they must earn. And parents don't care.
I've had some scary experiences...huge football playing guys screaming in my face because I told them to stop making out with their girlfriends in class...12 year olds screaming that they lost their engagement rings...my students hitting on me because I look their age. Take a look in the Philly schools - teachers are regularly assaulted by their students there and have been scared to report it.
Why is the safety of our teachers not one of our priorities?
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crash1968
April 3, 2007, 3:39 p.m.Please this is nothing but a childish prank its Fabreeze for godssake I'm sure these kids were not trying to Kill the teacher its basically the same as putting visine in someones coffee and the Felony charges will surely not stand up in court this is another news media hype and scare tatic gimme a break.
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kriicket
April 3, 2007, 4:29 p.m.Keep up the good work my little winged friend.....you are teaching...just not in a classroom. ;-)
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runningspirit
April 3, 2007, 5:05 p.m.What happened to the good old days when kids put exlax in the teachers Coca Cola?
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lasizz
April 3, 2007, 5:24 p.m.I'm a second year teacher, and I can only relate to the total lack of respect that these kids show. Last year I was cursed out on a daily basis, had things thrown at me, and that was a good day. I am by no means the greatest teacher out there, but I'm not stupid either. I'm learning the things college doesn't teach and I'm seriously reconsidering my career choice. These kids have this feeling of entitlement that I can't figure out. I started teaching to help kids, and I had a professor laugh at me and tell me I was nuts, and I tend to agree with him more days than not.
It's everyone's fault though, parents, teachers, kids, society... These kids are handed everything, and are coddled beyond any form of the word. The IEP's, the fact that most don't have to do their own work, or any work. Any homework is considered "too stressful"... It's insane and it's not helping our kids, as we can see!
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