Indeed. I've had fairly wide experience of teens at least. I've had students
and ex-students die from accidents, drug overdoses, murders (3) and a few who
became lawyers. But never had an abduction of the type that's reported in the
press (if we exclude parental separation disputes). Neither has any teacher of
my acquaintance. I might be lucky but I suspect that it's a much rare
occurrence than we're encouraged to believe.
My favourite was a case where a student at my school got annoyed with the kid
behind him and turing around, jabbed him in the hand with a pair of blunt
scissors. Hardly broke skin. The local press reported it as a 'stabbing'.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 07/01/2011, at 7:42 AM, Moose wrote:
> I'm not advocating anything specific here, only suggesting that public
> perceptions and actual risks may vary a lot. Life
> is inherently risky, suffering and death are givens. You can try to avoid all
> risks. Doing so will just expose you to
> others* - and you will die anyway. Remember the boy in the bubble.
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