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Falstaff
Joined: 14 Jan 2004
Location: Ansan
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 Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:17 am Post subject: |
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My brother was stabbed in art class by an exacto knife 
Kid just picked it up and jabbed into my brother's leg. Brother went to the hospital, got a few stitiches, and was fine. Barely missed an artery, though.
There is little difference between an exacto and a box cutter, actually. An exacto's balde is a bit shorter, but it doesn't have a safety catch, so I'd personally be more worried about an exacto.
And having taught a class where I had special education students using circular saws and power drills, I tend to be a little less intimidated by exacto knives. |
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Crois
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: You could be next so watch out.
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:21 am Post subject: |
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This is crazy. You sound like Bush....the students have WOMD....should we confiscate them at the door? Metal detectors? Dogs?
Thankfully, Korea is not governed by fear (yet), unlike the US and Canada...if we start viewing the students as "people with weapons", you are opening a Pandora's box. Do you seriously think about this kind of thing? Are you a US citizen?
Change the line of thinking...it's insanely paranoid....I have never heard of a student weilding an exacto knoife on a fellow student or teacher.
Yes, it could happen, but anyone could snap anytime, anywhere and do anything to anyone.
I think the teachers are the ones who should have sharp objects taken away from them. 
I generally don't drive my students into blind rage...I don't inspire them enough, I guess.
If this thread was just a joke, then I am sooooooo gullible....sell me a bridge.  |
DOnt think anyone wants to sell you any bridges because you have already burnt too many.
I like how you have such a high opinion of us teachers here. |
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baldrick
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: Location, Location
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:23 am Post subject: |
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Had a BB gun in class the other day (it only fired small plastic things, but enough to kill a pigeon or seomthing).
The co-teacher accidently fired it and the pellet hit the wall and rebounded into a students mouth.
No joke. |
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blah
Joined: 08 May 2003
Location: Ulsan, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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My elementary school-aged kids are always running around with medical syringes. They fill them with water and squirt each other, pretend to give each other shots, etc. I complained to the director that this is a serious accident just waiting to happen. And asked her where in hell��s half acre did they get them? Who would give a child a syringe to play with? She told me they use them in science class, so it��s OK.
Hmmm��I guess a kid has to trip and fall, plunging his little ��squirt-toy�� into his neck before they decide it��s better to turn them in to the science teacher every day after class.
Funny though, they never play with their exacto blades. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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ladyandthetramp
Joined: 21 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
This is crazy. You sound like Bush....the students have WOMD....should we confiscate them at the door? Metal detectors? Dogs?
Thankfully, Korea is not governed by fear (yet), unlike the US and Canada...if we start viewing the students as "people with weapons", you are opening a Pandora's box. Do you seriously think about this kind of thing? Are you a US citizen?
Change the line of thinking...it's insanely paranoid....I have never heard of a student weilding an exacto knoife on a fellow student or teacher.
Yes, it could happen, but anyone could snap anytime, anywhere and do anything to anyone.
I think the teachers are the ones who should have sharp objects taken away from them.
I generally don't drive my students into blind rage...I don't inspire them enough, I guess.
If this thread was just a joke, then I am sooooooo gullible....sell me a bridge. |
Yeah, I don't think that most kids want to stab the other kids in class either. But, my students fight over stupid things, and sometimes I catch them using whatever they can (luckily, usually books) trying to fight each other. If one of them happened to be holding an exacto knife, I can't say they'd be smart enough not to use it. Of course, they haven't, yet.
That said, living in America's "fear culture" does take it's toll.
Of course, my high school almost had a shoot-out in it, too. It was, like all of them, one of those "you wouldn't have thought it could happen" towns/cities.
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Had a BB gun in class the other day (it only fired small plastic things, but enough to kill a pigeon or seomthing).
The co-teacher accidently fired it and the pellet hit the wall and rebounded into a students mouth.
No joke. |
A kid at my last hagwon brought a BB gun to school and, as far as I know, shot somebody with it on accident. Then the supervisor, holding the gun while yelling at the student, accidently pulled the trigger and shot someone else.
Maybe it is safer just to keep such things out of school... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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