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> And that, is horrible, horrible judgement That's what being a child is all about. Some people want to see things for themselves. If I told a younger you ab

• ruswick 14y ago
  > That's what being a child is all about. That may be true, but it does not exonerate her from any wrongdoing. Just because some kids aren't cognizant of what is appropriate or safe to do in certain situations doesn't mean that those things aren't objectively bad or that they shouldn't be discouraged. She did something that was clearly against school policy and created a dangerous situation. She might not have had the foresight to realize how dumb it was, but that doesn't mean that it was ok to do. (And believe it or not, the overwhelming majority of students aren't inclined towards harm, and are aware, like everyone else, of the explicit or implicit bounds on what they can do. I've never understood where the perception of kids as oblivious troublemakers with no notion of nor respect for basic social norms and the law.)
• qb45 14y ago
  This "child" was 16 y.o. At this age we knew enough chemistry to laugh at people who made it to local news by blowing up their toilet with some creative mix of household cleaners instead of doing such things ourselves in school. To put it simply - she must have been either malicious, irresponsible or dumb. Even considering her age - after all, in just two years she is supposed to be able to legally use cars, firearms and pretty much everything.