Mother blames school after boy is blinded by eclipse

Telegraph ^ | 09/11/2005 | Stewart Payne

[ElkGroveDan]

Momma always told me not to look
in the eye's on the sun
But momma that's where the fun is

That line from the Manfred Man song always seemed dumb to me. Now apparently it appears that some kids actually do that.

[ElkGroveDan]

It look slike it's to be that much easier for the Muslims to take over Europe with the next generation staggering around blind, because the parents relied on the schools to warn their kids to not stare at the sun.

[edcoil]

And she says she had no responsibility to warn her own children?

[fhlh]

"Mother blames school after boy is blinded by eclipse - sues President Bush"

...another Bush's Fault :)

[ClearCase_guy]

"Kids, today is a special day. Today there is an eclipse of the sun. This is a rare occurence, and it will probably be years before you get another chance to see it. The good news is that the eclipse will occur during your regularly scheduled outdoor play time. The bad news, is that I am going to keep you inside today, with the blinds down, because I am afraid of your stupid parents."

[ElkGroveDan]

Conor has written to Tony Blair asking for more warnings to be given to young people about looking towards the sun.

My mom taught me that if something hurts you should probably stop doing it.

[Monti Cello]

I remember this was a big deal back in middle school -- they gave stern warnings about this stuff - but the school got some welding masks we could use to look at it directly.

[md2576]

He's 10. My son is 6 and knows not to look directly at the sun during an eclipse or any other time. This parent is placing her responsibilities on the school to teach her son everything because she is too lazy or too stupid.

[Izzy Dunne]

if something hurts you should probably stop doing it.

"Stop doing that or you'll go blind!"

[standingfirm]

"I could see that there was a bit out of the bottom of the sun and thought it was cool," said Conor. "I looked at it for about a minute."

If there was only A BIT OUT OF THE BOTTOM it would still hurt to look at the sun. What was this kid thinking??

[aruanan]

Conor's mother, Serena Howard, 32, said: "It was the duty of the school to warn the children of the dangers. They could have changed the break time or kept them indoors."

Boy hit and injured by bus returning home from school. School blamed. "It was the duty of the school to warn the children of the dangers."

[Lonely Bull]

If an aspiring pilot gets severe vision problems after staring at the sun for a minute, does he get the Darwink Award?

(No, I didn't add any keywords or notice any before starting to write this post.)

[martin gibson]

That line from the Manfred Man song ...

uh, dude...that's The Boss...

[johnny7]

At first, she wanted to sue Sun Oil. ;^)

[sine_nomine]

That really takes a lot of staring. We were warned early and often not to do it. So most kids tried a little and did fine. He must have have eye-lock on the sun.

I know the solution - label the sun. "Do not stare at me at any time. The FDA and NIMH have found that staring MAY cause blindness."

Be honest, folks. Would you want a kid like that to be a pilot on your flight?

[MEGoody]

When I was in school, they made a big deal about such eclipses. We made a special 'thing' to be able to view the eclipse, and our teacher made sure we knew that if we stared at the sun, it could damage our eyes.

Maybe they don't do that kind of stuff with kids any more.

[ElkGroveDan]

uh, dude...that's The Boss...

Yeah, I always forgot who wrote it/sang it first. Manfred Man's re-cut turned it into a hit first, and then Bruce's original began to climb the charts after that. Same thing happened to John Cougar Mellencamp when Pat Benatar re-did "I Need a Lover"

[Hand em their arse]

she just doesn't want the truth to come out that her son was notoriously guilty of sitting very close to the television, and a couple dozen Victoria Secret catalogs were found hidden between his mattreses...

[kenth]

The mother should be blaming the boy's genetically deficient parents.

Didn't the kid have any natural instincts at all? As in, "The sun is hurty, I'm going to look at something else."

[thoughtomator]

Would you want a kid like that to be a pilot on your flight?

I was thinkin' the same. I'd rather he be starin' at the runway.