huKSer Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I had some old potassium I was going to get rid of after school. I had it on the counter and three students came in - one distracted me while the other two went to the back and put some in water. It exploded up and made a mess of the ceiling and overhead screen - no one was hurt but the potential was there. I wrote them up and got one day of in-school suspension. All three of them have engineering degrees and the ring leader has his from MIT Why do I teach chemistry? So I can blow up things - but safely Link to comment
strigori Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 zero tolerance = zero thinking required of adults in authority This. Zero Tolerance is a lazy 'feel good' line of BS. Nothing is just black and white, and only having black and white rules is not how the world works. Link to comment
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