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Christopher

Christopher

Portland, OR
November 2002

NOV 19, 2004 08:58 PM

A high school teacherl in England sent his class home to make them see how every moment is a precious gift. He also told them that “an asteroid was about to hit Earth and kill them all

Keith Hogan, head teacher at St Matthew's RC High School in Moston, Manchester, said he regretted any distress caused to the 230 pupils.

The head of year behind the assembly "stunt" later moved to reassure them.

He had told the year nine students that the asteroid was on a "collision course".

It is also believed that the students were told that they should go home and say "final farewells" to their families.

I don’t think it would be an issue of not “seizing the day” but an issue of “crapping my pants.”

totovader

totovader

Minneapolis, MN
OLD SKOOL

NOV 19, 2004 11:14 PM

I wonder how many babies were made that day...

freshprncebelair

freshprncebelair

Ellicott City, MD
June 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:26 PM

That teacher is pretty cool...

ThisIsWhoWeAre

ThisIsWhoWeAre

Oakland, CA
July 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:26 PM

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

MisterGraves

MisterGraves

Portland, OR
November 2003

NOV 19, 2004 11:27 PM

Well, it is something to consider.

MisterGraves

MisterGraves

Portland, OR
November 2003

NOV 19, 2004 11:27 PM

ugh. crappy double post


[Edited on Nov 19, 2004 11:52PM]

totovader

totovader

Minneapolis, MN
OLD SKOOL

NOV 19, 2004 11:29 PM

xer0yne said:
Well, it is something to consider.



xer0yne said:
Well, it is something to consider.



Ok, Ok... we get it. Cherish life EVERY DAMN SECOND.

Heh.

llouys

llouys

Brazil
August 2003

NOV 19, 2004 11:33 PM

apocalypses are COOL.

thunderbolts

thunderbolts

Toronto, ON
February 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:40 PM

and don't forget the other lesson about not beleiving everything you're told even if it seems to come from the highest authority..
now that's teaching!

Shawna

shawna

Marquette, MI
April 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:51 PM

We had a teacher in my nineth year who told anecdotes about his wonderful dog all year. He even had a picture of it on his desk next to the picture of his fiancee.

At the end of the year he told us that he didn't really have a dog, and that he just told his students that so they wouldn't harrass him.

From the moment I heard him say he didn't have a dog, I never trusted that man again.

Also, in my fourth year I watched a movie about how the sun was going to implode in "the not so distant" future, and I didn't sleep for two weeks.

Personally I think it was a cruel joke for this teacher to play, and I would have hoped he'd have better training.

thelost

thelost

United Kingdom
June 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:53 PM

hahahaha heheheehe. how very dead poets'....

jake_lex

jake_lex

Lexington, KY
February 2003

NOV 19, 2004 11:55 PM

"Dead Poets Society" is one of the most overrated movies of all time. It's ghastly.

monkeybutt

monkeybutt

I'm lost
May 2004

NOV 19, 2004 11:58 PM

dude, so ummm...oh wait i

Enigma_Entity

Enigma_Entity

Colorado Springs, CO
September 2004

NOV 20, 2004 12:02 AM

I guess it worked. Now how many people do you think would have, as first impulse, created a thread to that effect on SG? Until next time...

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

NOV 20, 2004 12:56 AM

What an asshole.

"Your Mom has inoperable cancer .... PSYCH!!!" HAHHAHAHAHAHAH

Some shit just ain't funny.

Orangutan

Orangutan

Brighton, CO
February 2004

NOV 20, 2004 01:09 AM

crispy said:
What an asshole.

"Your Mom has inoperable cancer .... PSYCH!!!" HAHHAHAHAHAHAH

Some shit just ain't funny.



Oh come on you guys have to admit this is a little funny.

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

NOV 20, 2004 01:12 AM

No, it's really not.

ClicheGuevara

ClicheGuevara

Toronto, ON
September 2003

NOV 20, 2004 01:19 AM

Ok, so even if your stupid ass believed this "collision course" story when it was announced, you only believed it for like 15 minutes. You leave school, go home, check the news.. oh, that's right, you're a moron.

I'm saddened that kids were stupid enough to think that we're not technologically advanced enough to know a bit ahead of time when a huge asteroid is coming to destroy the earth.

And then when you check the news, and realize it was a joke, you now have an entire day off from school to have a great day. I see no problem, except in people being this gullible.


This teacher is hilarious, and I truly wonder how many kids lived it up that day, like he wanted them to. I wish this happened to me when I was in high school. It would've been good times a plenty.

abracadabra

abracadabra

Seattle, WA
April 2004

NOV 20, 2004 01:42 AM

on the other hand there's four fingers and a thumb...

ortho7117

ortho7117

Charlotte, NC
April 2004

NOV 20, 2004 01:43 AM

What is it with the obsession over asteroids hitting the Earth and killing everyone? Is it because of movies?

This reminds me of that "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast back in the little-green-men obsessed era (1938). Of course , back then, people listened to the radio as a legitimate news source.

It is pathetic that students are this gullible. I wonder if any of them spoke out during class and argued with the teacher. Didn't anyone ask for any details, like the source of the information, etc.?

This proves my point I've made off and on that school students don't seem to be taught how to critically think. They are taught to memorize what the teacher says and regurgitate it for standardized testing. Asking questions just confuses the teacher and takes up class time - at least that's the general attitude.

The only foreseeable destruction of the Earth is going to be caused by the lemming-like, unquestioning gullibility of the planet's inhabitants. And to think, this is what it's like in an industrialized nation! puke

totovader

totovader

Minneapolis, MN
OLD SKOOL

NOV 20, 2004 02:22 AM

ortho7117 said:
What is it with the obsession over asteroids hitting the Earth and killing everyone? Is it because of movies?

This reminds me of that "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast back in the little-green-men obsessed era (1938). Of course , back then, people listened to the radio as a legitimate news source.

It is pathetic that students are this gullible. I wonder if any of them spoke out during class and argued with the teacher. Didn't anyone ask for any details, like the source of the information, etc.?

This proves my point I've made off and on that school students don't seem to be taught how to critically think. They are taught to memorize what the teacher says and regurgitate it for standardized testing. Asking questions just confuses the teacher and takes up class time - at least that's the general attitude.

The only foreseeable destruction of the Earth is going to be caused by the lemming-like, unquestioning gullibility of the planet's inhabitants. And to think, this is what it's like in an industrialized nation! puke



If an asteroid was about to hit the Earth, death would be caused by those flipping through the channels trying to find proof.

Gullibility and trust of an authority figure are two completely different things. If you question every single detail in life- it proves you aren't learning.

thunderbolts

thunderbolts

Toronto, ON
February 2004

NOV 20, 2004 02:24 AM

ortho7117 said:
What is it with the obsession over asteroids hitting the Earth and killing everyone? Is it because of movies?

This reminds me of that "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast back in the little-green-men obsessed era (1938). Of course , back then, people listened to the radio as a legitimate news source.

It is pathetic that students are this gullible. I wonder if any of them spoke out during class and argued with the teacher. Didn't anyone ask for any details, like the source of the information, etc.?

This proves my point I've made off and on that school students don't seem to be taught how to critically think. They are taught to memorize what the teacher says and regurgitate it for standardized testing. Asking questions just confuses the teacher and takes up class time - at least that's the general attitude.

The only foreseeable destruction of the Earth is going to be caused by the lemming-like, unquestioning gullibility of the planet's inhabitants. And to think, this is what it's like in an industrialized nation! puke



seems to me that he HAS taught these kids to question what they're told.

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

NOV 20, 2004 02:26 AM

ortho7117 said:
This proves my point I've made off and on that school students don't seem to be taught how to critically think. They are taught to memorize what the teacher says and regurgitate it for standardized testing. Asking questions just confuses the teacher and takes up class time - at least that's the general attitude.



when and where has it ever been any different? where did you come from?

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

NOV 20, 2004 02:26 AM

But to do it by telling them that everyone on Earth is about to die?

That's a little beyond extreme.

McBane13

McBane13

I'm lost
April 2004

NOV 20, 2004 02:28 AM

What would be really hillarious would be Darth Vader saying "Luuuke, I am your father." Luke bawls like a sissy...then Vader says "Psych!"....

I need to lay off the crack.
biggrin

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