Walsingham Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Don't you think it might be more likely that they had a quirky sense of humour that wound up being taken way too seriously by everybody? Rather than them being mental? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 People are scared and they don't know what to do, so they do something rather than nothing, even if it's stupid. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Don't you think it might be more likely that they had a quirky sense of humour that wound up being taken way too seriously by everybody? Rather than them being mental? Who "they"? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 The teachers. And on re-reading it seems to me they were just trying to spark some thought in their kids. The problem is they pulled a stunt better suited to 18 year olds on little kids. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Maybe a crazed gunman drill would be in order, you could even have the alarm do a special ringtone so the students would know not to run out and be mowed down like cattle, but to throw themselves out of the windows instead. The drill would cause only moderate casualties if propperly prepared. Or alternately, you could make sure that guns were so unavailable, particularly to children and homocidal maniacs, that these things would be so unlikely to happen that drills would be unnecessary Nahh, too advanced. the european siren takes care of the first one. (in america it's just head under your desks kids) and given the reaction I got for writing out "pull fire alarm, wait, shoot" on a letter, I could believe the CS thing. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Don't you think it might be more likely that they had a quirky sense of humour that wound up being taken way too seriously by everybody? Rather than them being mental? When is it ever humorous to traumatize a child? Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 when the child is obviously a nerd. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Don't you think it might be more likely that they had a quirky sense of humour that wound up being taken way too seriously by everybody? Rather than them being mental? When is it ever humorous to traumatize a child? You're not an uncle, are you? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 The teachers. And on re-reading it seems to me they were just trying to spark some thought in their kids. The problem is they pulled a stunt better suited to 18 year olds on little kids. Oh, you're talking about the original post. Yes, yes. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 when the child is obviously a nerd. And that is how we get events like Virgina Tech. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Do you know anything about Virginia Tech? The shooter wasn't bullied, he was a kid with a history of sexual abuse and a mental problem. The oppression he felt was imaginary. If you had the wits you'd cite Columbine, which would be the appropriate example of actual bullying pushing a person to violence. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyDogMeat Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 (edited) This was unbelievably stupid on so many levels. What if parents were armed, heard about a gunman and whipped out a weapon? Kids pissing their pants under a table thinking their lives are going to end any second. If you want to prepare for a gunmen, you tell everyone what you are doing and teach them appropriate actions to take in the situation. I'm not one for lawsuits, but frankly I'd love to see these idiots sued into the ground. Or even better, have someone break into their homes armed with weapons and make them think they are going to die... 'Oh, just kidding, it was a drill to see how you would react to a burglar'. "Do you know anything about Virginia Tech? The shooter wasn't bullied, he was a kid with a history of sexual abuse and a mental problem. The oppression he felt was imaginary. If you had the wits you'd cite Columbine, which would be the appropriate example of actual bullying pushing a person to violence. " That actually wouldn't be an appropriate example either as bullying didn't push them to violence. Atleast one of them was phsychotic. If you read parts of his diary he was just as loony as the VT shooter, if not more so. The Columbine idiots were trying to break a record. They had even planted explosives in vehicles, but thankfully none of them detinated. Edited May 16, 2007 by GreasyDogMeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 It was obviously an innocent idea gone wrong through a critical lapse of judgment. i.e. teachers are worried about kids not taking such emergencies seriously, and not appreciating any advice on how to act in such situations, so they decide it might be something they can do. Or it was just a practical joke on the kids by a group of teachers that have some humour. Unfortunately, they were severely mistaken and caused a lot of disturbance. To suggest that the group of teachers deliberately tried to traumatise the kids or that they're sick freaks is just insanely stupid, and the kind of blind thinking that leads to knee-jerk reactions and lawsuits that harm people just as much as these incidents themselves. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 To suggest that the group of teachers deliberately tried to traumatise the kids or that they're sick freaks is just insanely stupid, and the kind of blind thinking that leads to knee-jerk reactions and lawsuits that harm people just as much as these incidents themselves. It doesn't matter if it was to deliberate to traumatize these children or not, the fact remains that they were. The teachers in this incident used very poor judgement and should be duly punished for their actions. There was no cause for this action whatsoever. Pretending to be a gunman seeking to kill children is not in any shape or form an innocent idea. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyDogMeat Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Just as students are punished for misbehavior these teachers definitely need some sort of discipline. Maybe not a lawsuit... but something. If this was just some big prank, it was incredibly stupid and cruel considering the VT shooting happened within a month What they did is equivalent to going into a class room a month after 9-11 and telling the students Al-Qaida is planning on bombing the building. HAHA! Good one! If it was some kind of drill intended to raise awareness of 'how do you handle a crazed gunman situation?' it was handled in the worst possible way. Drills are something you learn and practice. It would be like the first year of school, the teacher just runs in and yells 'FIRE!' to see the students freak out and rush the exits. Then the teacher says "No no no! That is not how you should have handled the situation!" after dozens of students have been trampled and knocked around in the panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 If it was some kind of drill intended to raise awareness of 'how do you handle a crazed gunman situation?' it was handled in the worst possible way. Drills are something you learn and practice. It would be like the first year of school, the teacher just runs in and yells 'FIRE!' to see the students freak out and rush the exits. Then the teacher says "No no no! That is not how you should have handled the situation!" after dozens of students have been trampled and knocked around in the panic. I think that sums up the issue nicely. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 If a teacher or a group of teachers done this to my child, if I had children, I think a lawsuit would be in order. Not a lawsuit for money mind you, but a lawsuit that makes sure these people have nothing to do with the teaching profession for the rest of their lives and no contact with children whatsoever. For teachers to be useful in a community there needs to be a level of trust between the teacher, the student, and the community and these teachers broke that trust big time. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Now I'm scared. And scarred. Children of Sand ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 (edited) Children of Sand ... No particle accelerator needed! Edited May 16, 2007 by Sand Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Sounds like a horror B movie. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Sounds like a horror B movie. Starring Mark Hammil and Jennifer Tilly! Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I'd rather they got a straightforward dressing down, followed by them apologising and getting on with their jobs. Talk about over-reacting. Sheesh. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 (edited) They were fired the last I heard. EDIT: Oh, they were only suspended til the end of the year. Damn slap on the wrist. They should have been fired and their licenses and creditials revoked. Edited May 16, 2007 by Sand Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 yeah because your schoolsystem really needs to fire everyone who makes a bad call - that's gonna make for better education.. no-ones perfect - but no "one" was responsible here, I think it's appropriate - I bet they learned their lesson about creative drills! if they do something stupid of this magnitude again however - then you can fire them. Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 ^So, IYO, whats crossing the line? If making the children in their charge literally fear for their lives is a "bad call" punishable with what amounts to a 11 day suspension (schools typically close around 1 Jun for summer break), what is a fireable offence? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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