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At our house, we love a good practical joke. But we also have a rule: It's not really a joke unless everyone is laughing. The idea, of course, is that a prank that hurts someone else isn't really funny ... it's just mean.An Auburn, Washington middle school teacher wasn't laughing last week when two of her students pulled a "prank" on her. Two boys, ages 13 and 14, spiked her coffee with ipecac. After taking a drink, she quickly fell ill and was taken to the hospital. But not before she identified the two suspects, part of a group of kids who had been standing around her desk when she walked into the room.
The teacher was treated at the hospital and released. Ipecac is a syrup that induces vomiting. Once used as a poison control medication, it.can be harmful to people taking certain medications.
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Local authorities are putting the blame right where it belongs, however. The boys -- who both boasted about and then admitted to their crime -- were immediately expelled from school and have been arrested on charges of suspicion of introducing a noxious substance with the intent to commit bodily harm. The charge is a felony.
We talk a lot about safety in schools, and how kids deserve a safe place to learn and grow. But teachers deserve to feel safe in their workplace, too. Practical jokes are one thing, and a little fun can be expected at the junior high level, but putting anything in another person's drink crosses the line, especially if lands that person in the hospital. The teacher wasn't permanently harmed, but I've no doubt she was terrified. It'll be a long time before work feels safe for her again.
| Throw the book at them before they really hurt someone. | |
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| Suspension, expulsion maybe. But criminal charges? I'm not so sure. | |
| I don't know what the big deal is, it was just a prank. |
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-20-2009 @ 5:04PM
courtney.tucker said...I think we'll try to teach a similar philosophy at our house (that a joke isn't a joke unless everyone is laughing). That is a good rule of thumb to live by.
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4-20-2009 @ 5:48PM
Giselle said...As a mother of a 12 year old, I know that children this age just don't have an adult concept of consequences. These boys may have caused harm to their teacher and for that I am truly sorry, but I'm sure they didn't think through the results of their actions. Charging them with a felony offense is just cruel and reactionary. Perhaps these children (and they are CHILDREN) should be made to do something positive in the community, not be punished by being taken out of school or, worse, imprisoned.
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4-20-2009 @ 9:20PM
Kirstie said...There is a big difference between x-lax and ipecac. Syrup of ipecac can KILL YOU, because accidental overdose can occur very, very easily.
These boys need to be punished severely (long-term suspension or maybe even expulsion), but I don't think a felony charge is necessary. They are children.
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4-20-2009 @ 11:59PM
queenoqueens said...I couldn't disagree more.
It's a personal pet peeve of mine when adults trivialize pranks by kids and say that "they're just kids". I was just a kid too, and never had a desire to put something in my teacher's drink that would make her ill. But either way, it's better to nip it in the bud with a serious consequence, than to suffer a death at the hands of a kid who just kept getting crazier in his pranks because he thought he could get away with it. Accountability is the only way that children/adults will learn that attacks on others for their amusement are unacceptable. Adults who say "they're just kids" just ENCOURAGE deviant behavior.
I think the teacher's victimization is way more cruel than a felony on the perpetrator's record.
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4-28-2009 @ 1:27PM
Michelle said...My thoughts exactly.
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