Fourth grade students try to poison student for being too smart

well...I for one blame not the parents, but society as a whole. Children are being introduced to the rat race of "achievement" too early in their short lives. everyone tries to raise little geniuses but in all probability will end up with performance anxious, afraid-of-the-world, evil little brats when they realize they won't be up to the standard imposed by their parents, school and community.

as so eloquently put in a t-shirt: monkey says "chill"

i don't know what's worse the events in this article or the backpacks in that picture

Plotting, conspiring, mixing toxic chemicals at home ... when do the anti-terrorist squad get involved?

it is a sad day when you cannot send your child to school without the fear of shootings, gangs and now poisoning?! i say give the parents back their rights to discipline their child without the fear of "big brother" stepping in. i'm not talking about abusing a child, that is by no means ever acceptable, but a parents right to punish their own child for bad [hurtful/harmful] behavior. if a person, no matter what age they are, commits an act of violence they should be punished for it. if one of those BRATS were mine- i would haul their sorry butt to the police station myself and have them locked up! if they are old enough to plan/commit these heinous crimes then they are old enough to accept the consequences of their actions. the adults in this sad society of ours need to remember to set good examples and be the parents. kids need consistency and rules to follow; break the rules and you pay the consequences. just my .02

That's insane.

Where's Mr. Yuk when you need him?

This is totally disgusting. Note that they were jealous because of her intelligence - we should be encouraging our children to embrace other's intelligence, not just try to get rid of them

This just goes to show that we, as a culture, pride ourselves in ignorance.

are you smarter then a 4th grader!

i blame the parents!

This reminds me of the child who shot 2 people. Something is happening where kids are thinking of mortal punishments for other people and not caring about anyone that may be affected. I wonder what is going so wrong? Because something is.

Keep this story away from chidren!

i never thought that kids would even think of poisoning other kids becuase they are a little more intelligent. its not even that, the kid chooses to learn the material or pays attention. i know janellelynne, it almost makes you speechless lol. some people might say that kids don't know what they're doing but these kids are 10 years old and deserve to get punished. nuff said....

Wow... just wow... I don't even know what to say!

If she was so smart, why did she eat poison?

Wow. This is another kind of horrible.

They are going to blame Heavy Metal music or Video games, just wait.

They are stupid. They thought they could out smart the smart kid with a cocktail that made her drink bubble? ha. ha. Seriously?

And that's why she is the smart one and they are not.

bitches be crazy

wow. i'm dumbfounded.

basic parenting would ensure a kid would not be
able to fathom such a scheme. it's so simple, really.

the parents of these kids are guilty.

they're up for a planetstupid award.