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To: null and void
...teachers stopped their calls...

Oh yes, a cabal of evil, totalitarian teachers in the midst of a student choking to death, collectively stopped the united efforts of all those other students to call for help. Sniff, sniff. Smell test in progress.

51 posted on 03/10/2006 10:36:30 PM PST by Socratic (I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.)
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To: Socratic
Oh yes, a cabal of evil, totalitarian teachers in the midst of a student choking to death, collectively stopped the united efforts of all those other students to call for help. Sniff, sniff. Smell test in progress.

The story does get a little confused.

Several Martinsville High School students say teachers stopped their calls to 911 while a fellow student was choking..

He says one of his friends tried to call 911 with his cell phone, but just as he reached an operator, he says a teacher closed his phone...

We've heard rumors to such an effect, that a cell phone was slapped out of a kids hand," Hollanders says, "We haven't been able to determine that at all whatsoever."

Let's remember that this report is from WISH Channel 8 TV and TV reporters on the scene are usually running around trying to hear anything they can. The early reports are always somewhat chaotic.

56 posted on 03/10/2006 11:41:37 PM PST by xJones (Stå sammen med danskerne !)
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Yes, I'm surprised by how many of my fellow FReapers (whom I respect) are quick to rush to judgement based on third hand reporting from a local news station rushing to get the scoop.

I do believe mistakes were made (because this teen died), but let's get some solid facts before we devolve to mob mentality.

70 posted on 03/11/2006 5:19:54 AM PST by Toadman
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From your screen name, blind denial of what the student witnesses said and robotic defense of teachers, may I assume that you, yourself are in the edumacatuion bidness?
112 posted on 03/11/2006 8:11:29 AM PST by null and void (Sept 11th: National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval)
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Ooops. Given the history of your screen name the last post should have said:

From your screen name, blind denial of what the student witnesses said and robotic defense of teachers, may I assume that you, yourself are in the edumacatuion corrupting the youth bidness?

I forgot to include the historical background...

113 posted on 03/11/2006 8:14:46 AM PST by null and void (Sept 11th: National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval)
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To: Socratic
Smell test in progress.

Indeed. And no student would go on record. Anyway, easy enough to check the 911 records to see if any calls were actually placed and/or cut off in progress.

175 posted on 03/11/2006 12:22:34 PM PST by Wolfie
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