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I absolutely am OK with students doing things on school grounds not sponsored by a teacher, not an actual experiment, and generally faffing about in the name of
by Zimahl 13y ago
I absolutely am OK with students doing things on school grounds not sponsored by a teacher, not an actual experiment, and generally faffing about in the name of curiosity and learning.
Really? I mean, it would've been OK if she did this in the middle of a cafeteria during lunch? And, yes, much of chemistry is highly dangerous and that's the reason it is done in a lab with fume hoods and safety equipment.
MO, the only reason this student should be given a felony charge is if she was planning to perform a dangerous detonation with malicious intent to harm.
The reason why I asked for more information is because we don't really know whether or not this wasn't her intent. Was she being bullied and was going to do this to someone else? I have a hard time associating this with 'science' because the narrative seems so one-sided.
- jlgreco 13y ago"Was she being bullied and was going to do this to someone else?" Do what to someone else, hurt their ears? Have you ever actually seen a works bomb go off?
- Zimahl 13y agoI've seen one on Youtube and they are all fine and dandy when everyone is aware what is going to happen and moves away. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be anywhere next to one when they went off and possibly get Drano or toilet cleaner in my eyes.
- jlgreco 13y agoSurely if you were going to intentionally cause harm in such a way you would save yourself a lot of trouble and just throw Drano at the person.
- john_b 13y ago> Really? I mean, it would've been OK if she did this in the middle of a cafeteria during lunch? And, yes, much of chemistry is highly dangerous and that's the reason it is done in a lab with fume hoods and safety equipment. When I was in school stuff like this did happen in the cafeteria, though to my knowledge it only involved Mentos+Coke and no household chemicals. Kids would do it specifically to make a mess or prank other kids. But that's all it was, a prank, not a terrorist act. Occasionally kids would mix household chemicals together outside to see what would happen. Families that hunted routinely had guns in their cars too. Nobody freaked out, nobody died, and the world kept spinning.
- pnathan 13y agoThe narrative is indeed one-sided, and I look forward to hearing more from all sides of the story. Again, barring malicious intent to cause significant harm, I don't think this is a felony. The best punishment is, IMO, probably being stuffed in an AP chemistry class and taught how to do chemistry properly. If she likes it, good, if she doesn't like, well, she shouldn't have done dumb chemistry. :-)