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Re: Hold my beer and watch as I....
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2010, 07:01:38 PM »
My only questions...

How old is the kid?  Why DIDN'T the teacher tell the class of the danger?  Why were hazardous items left out for children to play with?  Where was the teacher when this was going on?

They are going to pay big time.  You people who want to blame a child for the gross negligence of the school and teacher don't know what you're talking about.  It was probably the teacher's idea.
uum....if you're in high school, and don't know electricity is dangerous, whelp...then someone along the line failed miserably.
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Re: Hold my beer and watch as I....
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2010, 07:22:55 PM »
Strait from the High school files of Boxboy!!

So im in electronics class(10th grade) and get paired up with a dude in 11th grade.... his dad is an electrician! :rock

funny guy says "hey ya dare me to stick these two wires into the socket and touch um to gether?"     i say go ahead fool i wanna watch this! :x

well smart guy slips one in (grinning) then slips the other in   and says "you ready for this?"    of course im like "hell ya fool do it"


Big old blinding flash of light a sound like an m-80 went off in both my ears ......    i see him fall off his stool and then hear him yell "Boxboy what the heck are you doing"   mean while im laughing so hard im crying ........ and i couldnt stop for a good 5 minutes!   scared the poop outta 3/4ths the class as the only others were at the bench behind  me watching the fool do it too!

we get taken out in the hall and scolded and told we had two choices, write 1000 sentences or have our parents write a note.........   tough guy wrote all his out because he couldnt face his dad!    Me i told mom and dad the story and they laughed and wrote me a note!

mind you these were really small guage wires for putting into the radio shack plug and play circut boards!   Teacher tells him he is lucky to be alive! later in the class we find the two wires fused or welded to gether on the floor!

LOL    gawd dang that was some funny chits!


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« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2010, 07:39:38 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2010, 08:19:42 PM »
Johnny Knoxville did it, so can I!!!!!!!!! :x
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Re: Hold my beer and watch as I....
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2010, 09:03:27 PM »
Just think about this.

These are the ones that will be taking care of us as we reach the age where we can no longer control our bodily functions or are able to care for ourselves.

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« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2010, 09:07:04 PM »
These are the same people who wack themselves in their testiculars.
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« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2010, 09:14:21 PM »
Idiots... the black wire is always the ground... oh wait... this isn't disarming a bomb?
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Re: Hold my beer and watch as I....
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2010, 09:30:54 PM »
uum....if you're in high school, and don't know electricity is dangerous, whelp...then someone along the line failed miserably.

Which is exactly why the school needs to be sued.

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« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2010, 09:33:15 PM »
Which is exactly why the school needs to be sued.

I'm so sure this was your original thinking. No, I'd doubt it.

It isn't particularly the school's fault. I haven't learned about Electricity at all except in 8th and 9th grade. I was taught AT THE AGE OF 3, that electricity was dangerous and could kill you by my parents, who evidently loved me more than this kid's folks who want to sue the school for their own child's incompetence.
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« Reply #24 on: September 08, 2010, 09:54:36 PM »
I'm so sure this was your original thinking. No, I'd doubt it.

It isn't particularly the school's fault. I haven't learned about Electricity at all except in 8th and 9th grade. I was taught AT THE AGE OF 3, that electricity was dangerous and could kill you by my parents, who evidently loved me more than this kid's folks who want to sue the school for their own child's incompetence.

Let's say this kid's parents DID teach him about the dangers of electricity right along with the dangers of hot stoves and traffic...

When I was in eighth grade my science teacher had a crank dynamo.  It had screw-on terminals about two inches apart.  He asked for two volunteers: One to turn the crank and another to put his thumb and forefinger on the terminals.  After the "experiment" when the guy touching the terminals got a healthy but non-lethal "poke" we all laughed.  Now...  My buddy John...  After class...  He grabbed ahold of the terminals....  One with his left hand and one with his right...  He turns to me and says "go ahead and crank it.  I want to see what it feels like."  Luckily, the teacher was still in the room and heard him and happened to look at the right moment, just before I turned the crank (and I was really going to turn it hard too). "NNNOOOOO!!!!"

Now...  If I had turned the crank and killed my buddy...  Whose fault would that have been?

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« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2010, 10:02:36 PM »
No one should take any responsibility for their own actions.

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« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2010, 10:28:42 PM »
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I guess...  If you really don't feel the school or teacher should be held accountable...

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« Reply #27 on: September 08, 2010, 10:33:07 PM »
It's very dependent on the situation, but if I don't know how something works, I don't mess with it.  If I see someone juggle chainsaws, it doesn't mean I think I can do it, and that it's the jugglers fault when I cut my arm off.

Buck up and take responsibility for the stupid S%* you do. They are teachers, not babysitters.
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« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2010, 10:40:17 PM »
Yes, they are babysitters. They not only asked for the job but made it mandatory for the kid to be there.

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Re: Hold my beer and watch as I....
« Reply #29 on: September 08, 2010, 10:41:46 PM »
Let's say this kid's parents DID teach him about the dangers of electricity right along with the dangers of hot stoves and traffic...

When I was in eighth grade my science teacher had a crank dynamo.  It had screw-on terminals about two inches apart.  He asked for two volunteers: One to turn the crank and another to put his thumb and forefinger on the terminals.  After the "experiment" when the guy touching the terminals got a healthy but non-lethal "poke" we all laughed.  Now...  My buddy John...  After class...  He grabbed ahold of the terminals....  One with his left hand and one with his right...  He turns to me and says "go ahead and crank it.  I want to see what it feels like."  Luckily, the teacher was still in the room and heard him and happened to look at the right moment, just before I turned the crank (and I was really going to turn it hard too). "NNNOOOOO!!!!"

Now...  If I had turned the crank and killed my buddy...  Whose fault would that have been?

if either of you had been taught the dangers of electricity, then it would have been yours for turning the crank.
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