Fifth graders charged with trying to poison teacher's tea

Would taking two and a half pills really cause you any harm? How were they able to do this supervised? Why does the article make a point of identifying the race of the students (African American) and teacher (Caucasian)?

i knew someday that the movie 9-5 would eventually get it's karmic turnstyle for it's fictional representation of rat poison and i thought it would be in an episode of 'lil fred' as a small spin off of lil bush depticting Fred Phelps.

Whatever happened to just putting a good old salamander in Mrs. Trunchables water?

Those were the simple less deadly days...

yeah..this is scary b/c this is the 2nd story out of GA in the past week... ONE plot to Kill a teacher w/ knives and handcuffs...another with poisoning...

Joe

genius kids turn on their predecessors? wow.
i hate to see what kind of person they grow up to be. normally those this minds such as these kids grow up to be writers or end up in jail.
but those that take the path of a writer never act upon their imagination.
also when events like this take place they are not normally in a third grade classroom. i fear that the day that even teachers will have to carry protection with them to school is closer then we would like to think. i don't want to imagine a second grade teacher having a concealed weapons permit and a gloc 45 under her blouse.

Totally Anjela-

Well put! Put down the violent crap, and start using your minds.

This is definitely a reflection on society. Teachers represent "the man" and our social consciousness glorifies railing against "the man". Not because that particular man is necessarily bad either.
It has become acceptable, and even sport to come up with clever ways to get back at that man. Why is it so surprising that our children are modeling the behavior that see day after day throughout society?
We have become a nasty nation. We hate everyone and everything. No one wants to lend a helping hand. Doing for others is frowned upon. Its easier and more satisfying to complain about how some other person/place/thing is loathsome. Media, parents, government and everywhere we look, people are nasty to each other...for kicks or maybe because it makes them feel better about themselves (at least better than the poor schmuck they berate). Maybe if we decided to actually be nice and do for one another, with no expectations in return, kids might start behaving the same way. At the very least, it would make this a nicer place to be.

They're sick of the "No Child Left" behind program.

They don't get to go out and play anymore, all arts programs are practically GONE, so it's no wonder they're going crazy...

F Bush!

just posted a new story about the waycross georgia school:
http://current.com/items/88887875_schools_in_waycross_georgia_also_had_bomb_thre...

as a teacher myself, this is super scary..

...just means that i have to worry about one more thing while i'm up there teaching: watching my back... :(

Hmm, I wonder. Why tylenol?

and this is why i hate teaching.

i have enough enemies without students plotting.

...a poisoned apple?

Whatever happened to giving a teacher an apple?

Why word! Are kids in the country no longer getting disciplined? Parents, are you out there? Anyone?

Now, in all fairness, we all had childhood fantasies about taking revenge on our teachers. But, most of us also learned that we could SLOWLY torture our teachers to death with tacks, spitballs, fire alarms, and pen clicking. Much more fun...

Better believe, this is going on the notorious "permanent record".

that tells you how stupid them kids were ....if they really knew anything, they would know that Draino or comet works much better!!

How can kids that young hate that much? We wouldn't have even considered stepping out of line at school - the punishment when you got home just wasn't worth it.
11 and 12 year olds should be in 6th and 7th grade. You would think at that age, they would know that all the Tylenol would do is make the tea taste funny. Wasn't even enough to make her sick. Our teachers would have paddled our butts and then called our parents.

well if these kids had enough homework and decent class work, they wouldnt be able to poison their teachers or plot to kill em! its probably the church! or the fact that their parents dont whoop their asses! i bet they get some gay shit like time out! screw that...id beat their asses, and if i get tired, ill call a time out to rest, then go back to breaking it in their asses again!!

bet they wont try that this again!!!!

Wow Twice in one month, we need to investigate this, and Game block Jack Thompson before he screams "GTA GTA GTA"

yeah , it's a sad thing when kids want to off their teachers more often than their parents ( it would seem ) - another example of bad parenting .

Yet another sign of our declining society. What is the world coming to when fifth graders try to murder their teacher?

C'mon this is bush league stuff. In middle school numerous teachers were gone for weeks, puking their guts out from somehow ingesting poisonous cleaners.

apples don't fall far from their trees.

hated teachers know they're hated. all the more reason for them to shape the fuck up.

kinda reminds me of those third graders who tied up their teacher and attempted to kill her by stabbing... all because she yelled at them for messing around...

children of the corn? hahaha lol! thats good!

WOW. These kids must really hate there theachers. I thought I had a mean third grade theacher but i would never harm her.

i remember a kid in class who brought a knife to school...those childhood memories...

Whatever happened to just choking a teacher to death...?

kids are getting sloppy these days... in my day we used to off teachers left and right and nobody suspected a thing...

I'm with the guy who wrote the artilce -- how are kids ages 10, 11, and 12 all in the fifth grade?

yup. very scary!

This is the second news report I've read about young children trying to physically harm their teacher, what is going on?!