Topic: teacher gives terrorist assignment to kids...
mightymoe's photo
Wed 08/25/10 06:54 AM
Edited by mightymoe on Wed 08/25/10 06:54 AM
the brilliance of it all...this has got to fall into the "WTF was she thinking" category...
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ADELAIDE, Australia – ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent Australians as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, education officials said Wednesday.

The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in the state of Western Australia were given the assignment last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.

Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.

But after news of the assignment was published in Wednesday's West Australian newspaper, talk radio and online forums began a busy debate and some survivors of terror attacks across Australia — which has been a target of terror campaigns at home and abroad — came forward to express their outrage.

"It's extremely offensive if you've ever been involved in it," said Peter Hughes, who was burned over half of his body in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the Indonesian resort island.


"It's something they would probably do in some radical school in Indonesia. For it to be done in the state education system is mind-blowing," he told the newspaper.

The students were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.

noway
that is a definite oops


more at the website

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/25/australian-teacher-assigns-students-plan-terrorist-attack-kill-possible/?test=latestnews

msharmony's photo
Wed 08/25/10 10:35 AM

the brilliance of it all...this has got to fall into the "WTF was she thinking" category...
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ADELAIDE, Australia – ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent Australians as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, education officials said Wednesday.

The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in the state of Western Australia were given the assignment last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.

Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.

But after news of the assignment was published in Wednesday's West Australian newspaper, talk radio and online forums began a busy debate and some survivors of terror attacks across Australia — which has been a target of terror campaigns at home and abroad — came forward to express their outrage.

"It's extremely offensive if you've ever been involved in it," said Peter Hughes, who was burned over half of his body in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the Indonesian resort island.


"It's something they would probably do in some radical school in Indonesia. For it to be done in the state education system is mind-blowing," he told the newspaper.

The students were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.

noway
that is a definite oops


more at the website

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/25/australian-teacher-assigns-students-plan-terrorist-attack-kill-possible/?test=latestnews



not to go against the flow,, but what type of assignments do they give in a class on terrorism?

Foliel's photo
Wed 08/25/10 01:48 PM
Edited by Foliel on Wed 08/25/10 01:49 PM
Thank you msharmony, I was going to ask that same question...

Not sure but maybe they might want to cut that class out of the curriculum...

mightymoe's photo
Wed 08/25/10 01:55 PM
seems like the class would be called anti terrorism... but still, is it something you want to teach high school kids?

msharmony's photo
Wed 08/25/10 03:15 PM

Thank you msharmony, I was going to ask that same question...

Not sure but maybe they might want to cut that class out of the curriculum...



I think so, thank goodness someone else was thinking it, I was starting to feel like me and Jacobib were the only ones who werent taking crazy pills (thats a zoolander reference,,,,lol)

Dragoness's photo
Wed 08/25/10 03:20 PM


the brilliance of it all...this has got to fall into the "WTF was she thinking" category...
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ADELAIDE, Australia – ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent Australians as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, education officials said Wednesday.

The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in the state of Western Australia were given the assignment last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.

Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.

But after news of the assignment was published in Wednesday's West Australian newspaper, talk radio and online forums began a busy debate and some survivors of terror attacks across Australia — which has been a target of terror campaigns at home and abroad — came forward to express their outrage.

"It's extremely offensive if you've ever been involved in it," said Peter Hughes, who was burned over half of his body in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the Indonesian resort island.


"It's something they would probably do in some radical school in Indonesia. For it to be done in the state education system is mind-blowing," he told the newspaper.

The students were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.

noway
that is a definite oops


more at the website

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/25/australian-teacher-assigns-students-plan-terrorist-attack-kill-possible/?test=latestnews



not to go against the flow,, but what type of assignments do they give in a class on terrorism?


My question here exactly.

How do you teach about counter terrorism and terrorism without crossing some boundaries?

TonkaTruck3's photo
Thu 08/26/10 12:01 AM
Thats easy. You teach the students about Islamic people and their evil doctrine, and then you teach them how to counter it.

Thomas3474's photo
Thu 08/26/10 12:14 AM

the brilliance of it all...this has got to fall into the "WTF was she thinking" category...
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ADELAIDE, Australia – ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent Australians as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, education officials said Wednesday.

The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in the state of Western Australia were given the assignment last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.

Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.

But after news of the assignment was published in Wednesday's West Australian newspaper, talk radio and online forums began a busy debate and some survivors of terror attacks across Australia — which has been a target of terror campaigns at home and abroad — came forward to express their outrage.

"It's extremely offensive if you've ever been involved in it," said Peter Hughes, who was burned over half of his body in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the Indonesian resort island.


"It's something they would probably do in some radical school in Indonesia. For it to be done in the state education system is mind-blowing," he told the newspaper.

The students were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.

noway
that is a definite oops


more at the website

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/25/australian-teacher-assigns-students-plan-terrorist-attack-kill-possible/?test=latestnews



I suppose we could teach the kids about the holocaust by dressing some of them up in Nazi uniforms and putting a gun to some poor Jews head and yelling "Bang"!

You educate people on these issues by showing them videos and reading them books and articles on terrorism.You don't make a mockery to the victims and parents by acting like a complete A-hole by teaching these kids that this is somehow a game like cowboys and Indians.Terrorism is the cancer of the world and evil like we have never seen before.Endorcing or pretending to be terrorist no matter what the occasion is piss poor judgement and disgraceful to the human race.

Lpdon's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:47 PM

the brilliance of it all...this has got to fall into the "WTF was she thinking" category...
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ADELAIDE, Australia – ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent Australians as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, education officials said Wednesday.

The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in the state of Western Australia were given the assignment last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.

Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.

But after news of the assignment was published in Wednesday's West Australian newspaper, talk radio and online forums began a busy debate and some survivors of terror attacks across Australia — which has been a target of terror campaigns at home and abroad — came forward to express their outrage.

"It's extremely offensive if you've ever been involved in it," said Peter Hughes, who was burned over half of his body in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the Indonesian resort island.


"It's something they would probably do in some radical school in Indonesia. For it to be done in the state education system is mind-blowing," he told the newspaper.

The students were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.

noway
that is a definite oops


more at the website

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/25/australian-teacher-assigns-students-plan-terrorist-attack-kill-possible/?test=latestnews


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