Comments on: Hell In A Handbasket

By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings

Angie @ Many Little Blessings — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:39:58 +0000

I hadn’t heard about this until just now. Oh my goodness — how horrible!!!

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:54:15 +0000

I read that on the front page of our newspaper yesterday! My jaw dropped and mouth stayed open as I read the whole thing. What a sick world we live in when tiny children are somehow taught vengeance.

By: gretchen from lifenut

gretchen from lifenut — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:36:00 +0000

I read about that on a site where people left commentary. Believe it or not, there were people DEFENDING the kids, saying the teacher must have done something to provoke them.
Sick, all around.

By: trashalou

trashalou — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:30:09 +0000

Seriously? 8 and 9 year olds? Scarey.

By: Shalee

Shalee — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:27:25 +0000

Okay, here is where I get on my soapbox and say that parents must start parenting and start disciplining their children in the ways of respect and accountability! Rather than just stick them in front of the boob-tube or in front of a violent video game, which is becoming quite the common occurrence around the US. Kids don’t always make the jump from reality to fantasy and they really do need guidance (and spankings, but that’s another soapbox for another day.)

By: Shalece Fiack

Shalece Fiack — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:36:01 +0000

Um..yeah I’m thinkin’ these kids need a little more than a “time out” from school. Maybe a frontal lobotomy???

By: Kellyn

Kellyn — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:06:39 +0000

It made me sick to my stomach to hear about this, and how the school handled it. It took a teacher going against the principal for the other parents to find out. It happened on Friday, and the parents of the non-involved children didn’t find out until Sunday. That seems wrong in my mind.
It makes me nervous about the schools my children go to. My son’s school had bomb threats two years ago, they shut down school for a week to get to the bottom of it.

By: Antique Mommy

Antique Mommy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:27:09 +0000

That is just astonishing, in a bad way. It makes every cell in my body sad that our culture is so soaked in violence that it permeates little 3rd graders.

By: Amanda- VintageDutchGirl

Amanda- VintageDutchGirl — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:16:21 +0000

That is SCARY! They are in the THIRD GRADE.
I second Dana’s suggestion of expulsion for the year and mandatory counseling.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:35:13 +0000

Scary. And sad.
I believe expulsion for the remainder of the school year is in order. If those children are to be re-enrolled in that district, I think it should only be after mandatory counseling.