Saturday, 16 January 2010
Less Science Middle School
And the moral of the story, boys and girls:
Elsewhere (via Reynolds, who calls it “another reason to take your kids out of public schoolâ€):
Related (to the “what the government tells you†link):
Comments are disabled.
Post is locked.
Teach your children well Dept
San Diego Union Tribune:Students were evacuated from Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School in the Chollas View neighborhood Friday afternoon after an 11-year-old student brought a personal science project that he had been making at home to school, authorities said.(probably an Education major...)
...A vice principal
saw the student showing it to other students at school about 11:40 a.m. Friday and was concerned that it might be harmful, and San Diego police were notified.When in worry, when in doubt...
The school, which has about 440 students in grades 6 to 8 and emphasizes technology skills, was initially put on lockdown while authorities responded.
[Maurice] Luque [San Diego Fire Rescue spokesman] said the project was made of an empty half-liter Gatorade bottle with some wires and other electrical components attached. There was no substance inside.!!!!
When police and the Metro Arson Strike Team
responded, they also found electrical components in the student's backpack, Luque said. After talking to the student, it was decided(Don’t-cha just love that passive voice?)
about 1 p.m. to evacuate the school...run in circles, scream and shout!
as a precaution while the item was examined...!!!!
A MAST robot
took pictures of the device and X-rays were evaluated. About 3 p.m., the device was determined to be harmless, Luque said.Oh, I bet that went over well with the parents!
...
He said fire officials also went to the student’s home
and checked the garage to make sure items there were neither harmful nor explosive.Gee, that’s really white of them...
“There was nothing hazardous at the house,†Luque said.
The student will not be prosecuted,
but authorities were recommending that he and his parents get counseling...What the hell for?
Luque said both the student and his parents were extremely upset.I don’t doubt that one bit!
“He was very shaken by the whole situation, as were his parents...â€
And the moral of the story, boys and girls:
No matter what the government tells you, if you want to stay out of trouble at school,
Be a jock or cheerleader- not a geek.
Elsewhere (via Reynolds, who calls it “another reason to take your kids out of public schoolâ€):
BoingBoing: Candy-ass vice-principal calls the bomb squad...
Related (to the “what the government tells you†link):
Norman Matloff:
There is no tech labor shortage. No study, other than those sponsored by the industry, has ever shown a shortage. HR departments routinely exclude CVs of applicants they deem “too expensiveâ€--those that are over age 35. (So managers never see these CVs, and mistakenly believe there are no applicants.)
Posted by: Old Grouch in
In Passing
at
22:12:11 GMT
| No Comments
| Add Comment
Post contains 418 words, total size 6 kb.
73kb generated in CPU 0.017, elapsed 0.334 seconds.
51 queries taking 0.3255 seconds, 200 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
51 queries taking 0.3255 seconds, 200 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.