[mysterio]

Now, if any creepy-crawly wanders into her classroom at Eagle Rock Elementary School & Magnet Center, the student bug monitor swoops in with a paper towel or napkin, scoops up the critter and shepherds it outside.

I agree with the teacher. I do the same thing in my house.

[massgopguy]

In Germany, homeowners are charged big Marks for the “relocation” of Termites that are eating their homes.

[MacDorcha]

You appoint other people’s children to stop doing their school work and take a bug outside?

I don’t mind “saving the bugs” (sometimes). But if I saw a spider in a classroom and it caused a big enough stir to stop class, it better be bigger than the fire department can get out!

[cripplecreek]

I don’t kill them unless I need to. One the other hand I get a special pleasure out of collecting Japanese beetles by the hundreds and throwing them in the lake for the fish.

[YankeeGirl]

I’ll always remember my 2nd grade teacher who made us tippy toe outside to see a praying mantis coming out of a cocoon in the schoolyard. She made a big deal about how it was illegal to kill them because they were protected by law since they ate other bad insects. This was in 1960 something, before the environmental wackos were loose.

She gave me a profound respect for nature.

I do hate bugs, give me a mouse, or even a rat any day. But I will not kill a spider in the house either. That might be a Spanish custom (?) that my mother passed on (bad luck etc...)

[dbwz]

I agree with the teacher. I do the same thing in my house.

Same here - the catch-and-release program, I call it. :-)

There are exemptions, like flies and mosquitoes for instance. But spiders, lacewings, mosquito hawks, anything beneficial goes back outside unharmed.