Most children are fools till age erodes their dumbness. The rest kill themselves in accidents.

So sad, but I am a teacher for many years, and sometimes students
are very disrespectful and think that an act like this is funny. Recently I had a student email me a terrible, unacceptable email with lots of inappropriate words. It is hurtful also, but mainly I am concerned that there are not always a consequence for these actions.

A good one-word message. I think their diplomas should have been witheld for a year so that they could not go to college right away. They got off too easily. They could have killed one of those teachers. And an assembly should be held to instruct the ones who thought the act was funny.
Bill--Professor of English

Bill-professor of English


I'm pretty sure the school cannot deny the students their diploma. THEY EARNED THEM. Nice try though.

Agreed. Idiots. What is most interesting is that the doctor stated the symptoms were like insecticide poisoning. Did they test the chemical component of this cake? Or are they taking the kid's word that it was a laxative and how much was in the cake? 1 box, 2, 3.... My step mother found out she was allergic to laxatives when she passed out and slammed her head on the floor after taking one prescribed for a colonoscopy. She did almost die. You want to play a prank, put Vaseline on the doorknob. Call the school and ask if the refrigerator is running. Pack a penny in a tiny box and put that one in a bigger box, and that one in a bigger one and so forth until you have a piano box in the room. Before the teacher comes in, turn all the desks around to face the back of the room. You CAN NOT give a medication to anyone. Just because they hadn't heard of anyone dying from benadryl doesn't mean they can slip some of that to good ol' teach' either.

BTW, glenda, what do you teach? Improper grammar and sentence structure?

I had the same idea for prank glad I didn't go through with it

They are more than idiots. Thoughtless, ignorant with a lack of compassion for their fellow man.

I attendend high school in Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall, graduated in 1954. Yes, i'm up there in years but far from an "old codger"... did we do some "crazy things", were we "little angels" anything but. However our pranks were played on each other and never had the intent of doing harm.

I'm now a comedic actor and stand-up comedian. I see nothing funny in what these kids did. Who do we blame? Parents, possibly, possibly not, I don't know the standards and values set forth in their homes. How about the culture.. TV shows and movies that stoop to the lowest of the low to get a laugh. If "so and so" on a sitcom can do something like that, "why can't we"....These teens are fed this crap to sell product and tickets daily. What can we expect, an old saying is appropriate "monkey see, monkey do".

they were just having fun. you guys should cut em some slack i mean seriously. LAXATIVES. not poison, not human waste, not animals... LAXATIVES. if you have to blame anyone blame it on every comical movie ever made that portrays this same prank just in a more socially acceptable manner. just think about it for a second. chocolate that makes people have to poop + teacher that probably is the stereotypical boring old person = hilarity whether its seen or not

That was a horrible prank, BUT, I'm sure the worst that the students intended was for the teacher(s) to have to make a few quick trips to the restroom. I've never heard of someone dying from taking laxatives, especially after tasting one bite of cake that was laced with it??? They deserve to be punished but let the punishement fit the crime, they didn't lace the cake with arsenic or cyanide.

Where to start? I am glad that the teachers are okay. This was a stupid prank gone very wrong which does not surprise me as Utube, TV shows and every other medium encourages such idiotic behavior.

The school only did what their policy dictates, as for the criminal charges, that is a DA decision to decide the type of charge brought.

As for the comments of the teens, what can we expect, they are teens who have techno knowledge and not common sense. I am the mother of 3 (17, 15 & 3) and I can tell you that raising teens today is much scarier than 20 years ago, now technology has become the enemy since children are taught it starting at the age of 5. Even in the best of homes, teens get crazy ideas. The old adage, the older a teen becomes the smarter their parents become.

Basically, in my 2 cent opinion, the teens will plead down, graduate late, go to college & the teachers will be wary of any baked goods in future, as for the school, the will probably ban all bake sales in future. As for the rest of us, we will pray nothing like this happens to us and we wll move on in life.

I agree with the person who spoke of their brains not yet being developed in terms of executive reasoning. Correct.

They didn't think it through. Kids don't. I didn't know that heating laxatives makes a difference. I don't think the general public does.

These have heard of/seen this happen as something funny. Many of us have.

Hmm, so... on TV, I saw these three guys hit each other hot irons and nail each other in the head with ladders... I guess it would be okay for me to do that to someone else right?

I used to wonder why TV is full of disclaimers like: do not try this at home, toy does not really sing and dance, do not attempt car driven by professional driver on closed course.... after reading many of these comments, I no longer wonder.

Knowing how heat would have affected the chemical make-up of the laxative being used (or any laxative for that matter) is something that the students should have thought of. There have been many movies and television shows that have used laxatives as a prank to pull on someone. Two come to mind "Major Pain" and "That 70's show" in which no one was hurt and everyone got a good laugh. The difference is that the laxatives were not heated they were given concealed. So yes, the students were wrong in how they executed the prank (heating/baking the laxative), yet the end result of having your teachers going to the bathroom over and over again would have been funny.
Charging the kids with criminal assault I think is going to far. Even with the prank going the right way, I would suspending them from school until graduation. I would also have them do some form of community service such as hands-on garbage collection or changing diapers/bedpans of bed-ridden ederly.

I agree wholeheartedly with you. Also where were the parents when these kids were growing up?

Saying that a high school prank went wrong is sick, is sick!!! How many of you out there have raised perfect children who never did anything wrong? The best kids screw up! They went too far, and their parents are thinking the same thing I am. What kind of laxative makes your mouth go numb? Assault??? Give me a break.

Ok. seriously what the hell. youre obviously wound a bit too tight. Honestly do you know ANYONE who has ever died from a laxative? and yeah the comment "well nobody died" is a bit callous, its the truth isnt it? you say they should go to jail hmmm?? Tell me you didnt do any stupid shit back in your day. Oh and zero tolerance? yeah, you know what? that doesnt work outside of elementary school - the kids eventually come back and are either fine or even more pissed off. so the next time you feel like infecting the community with the diarreha of your mind, give what you say some thought. :)

You just can't go around medicating people for fun. I have allergies to stupid medications, like Benadryl and simple old Tylenol, so if someone were to slip these into something I ate, I would be hospitalized. And YES, laxatives can kill people. Especially someone who is already dehydrated or suffering from diarrea. So, make an example of these idiot kids and teach them a lesson. Would your opinions be the same if it was just a little acid, or pot brownies? They DRUGGED their teachers.