3rd grader pokes fellow students with needle

This has been on the news here for a couple days (since it happened) since Philla is so close to us. I would be pretty ticked at the teacher for letting this kid poke so many kids. I mean come on, if you were a teacher and one of the kids brought a needle in for show and tell and started poking kids wouldn't you stop her after the first kid she poked? Where was the teacher in all this? The kid obviously didn't know any better but the teacher should have.

Originally posted by Nichole+Apr 29 2005, 01:59 PM-->

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@Apr 29 2005, 10:35 AM
I would be pretty ticked at the teacher for letting this kid poke so many kids.  I mean come on, if you were a teacher and one of the kids brought a needle in for show and tell and started poking kids wouldn't you stop her after the first kid she poked?  Where was the teacher in all this?  The kid obviously didn't know any better but the teacher should have.
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Where in the news story did it say that the teacher let the student poke the kids??

Everyone is so quick to blame the teachers. Having taught 3rd grade, a lot goes on and you can't always watch/see everything. It's sad to say, but true.

Before we get all h*llbent on blaming the teacher, let's put some blames on the parent and the (gasp!) student!
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The day it happened (Wed.) it was on the news here. The story was that this 9 year old brought in her mom's diabetes testing kit for show and tell (don't know if the mom knew or not). They said she poked the kids in the classroom. The article posted here says during breakfast and lunch so the news might have gotten their facts wrong the first day. If it was during show and tell then I would blame the teacher.

Originally posted by Triste@Apr 29 2005, 04:36 PM
oh boy..let's not get on another parent/teacher fight here. 

  I am wondering how fast a child can poke 13 students?!!?! Dang! I can't believe NO child went and told before it got that out of hand. 

  I just want to point out that Nichole..the way you stated your "finally a parent who knows what is going on with their child" makes me want to go on the defensive! Careful...lol..this could turn into another debate. 

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It was 19 students and one of them tried to tell the teacher. She told him to sit down. The parents weren't told about anything till 5 hours later.

Here's the newest part of the story on the Philla local news channel.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4429565/detail.html