Comments on: Idiots at School Go on Lockdown over Child’s Science Project that has “Wires”

By: SSGCMW

SSGCMW — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:37:02 +0000

@Phydeau:

Which party says that we should put our trust in the public school system?

Remember – Columbine happened long before Bush took office. That’s the event that ramped up all the “zero tolerance” nonsense.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:15:45 +0000

In most cases, letting the teacher know ahead of time what you are making might prevent such problems before they arise.

Of course, that would restrict projects such as nuclear baby irridators, an intersteller hyper-fusion drive, and a Dick Cheney Confessional. But I’m sure that 11 and 12 y/o minds can come up with other ideas.

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:22:47 +0000

So I guess making the model volcano is no good anymore?

By: Cap'nKangaroo

Cap'nKangaroo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:25:51 +0000

I had a chemistry teacher in high school who made up what was called flypaper. When he mixed it up it would be wet and he would put small grains of the substance on small strips of paper. Once the substance dried, the claim was that a fly landing on it would cause it told detonate.

The teacher would proceed to teach us chemistry and occasionally use a yardstick to touch the strips of paper. Just a lite touch would result in a bang as loud as a gunshot. Amazingly, the principal and vice-principal never bothered him about this or some of the really dangerous stuff he did in class.

By: Phydeau

Phydeau — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:38:32 +0000

So let’s bring this back to partisan wrangling:

Which political party has worked the hardest to install a climate of constant fear in the country?

Anyone? Bueller?

By: Animby

Animby — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:20:33 +0000

Excellent work by the principal – promoting wireless technology.

By: Major Fox Paws

Major Fox Paws — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:03:15 +0000

I had read somewhere else the authorities were afraid the bottle contained dihydrogen monoxide and you know how dangerous that can be.

By: BertDawg

BertDawg — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:40:32 +0000

It’s a head-scratcher, all right.

By: Killer Duck

Killer Duck — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:20:31 +0000

I think its funny that the school officials suggest that the student and parents “seek counseling”. For what? Learning how to live in a society run by fuktards?

By: RBG

RBG — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:19:15 +0000

Geez, you’d think at least the bomb squad would know something about that. Any chance you could volunteer to help them out?

RBG

By: deowll

deowll — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:11:15 +0000

#9 gets my vote and I stopped reading. If you are that ignorant about tech you don’t need to be at a school trying to teach tech because you have no clue.

If this is a tech school the kids should be hauling around projects with wires all the time.

In fact the simple failure to get the teacher to come take a look suggests this person is clueless in more than one way.

A wild over reaction after talking to the student and teacher would have been to take the thing outside and let the bomb squad look it over. Once outside even if the bottle had been full of hydrogen and oxygen the boom wouldn’t have done any damage.

By: Mojo Yugen

Mojo Yugen — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:27:14 +0000

So why don’t kids want to go into science and engineering in this country?

By: omnicbex

omnicbex — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:25:40 +0000

Paranoia! Who says we don’t manufacture anything in this country anymore???

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:58:41 +0000

#17, Did that, too. Great fun.

I also used to make my own rocket fuel out of pot-nit and powdered sugar, over a bunson stove. You heat it it all until it is a type of putty. Shove it into a used model rocket motor with a firecracker fuse. Worked great!

I am not sure you could even get the pot-nit anymore. I originally bought it at the local drug store in a big plastic bottle labeled Saltpetre.

By: RBG

RBG — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:54:59 +0000

“Exactly how stupid are these people? No wonder the kids learn nothing in California schools.”

You mean the principal, the police and the bomb squad. It’s just too bad JCD wasn’t there to set them all straight.

“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 about 1 p.m. to evacuate the school as a precaution while the item was examined.”

RBG