I'm suddenly glad I live in the UK and the worst I ever faced was the students. The teachers as well would have been far to much

if someone did this to my child I'd smack them right in the fucking face

(I'm a pacificst, btw)

That's sad they didn't team up and kill the fake attacker.

This is where the American propensity for lawsuits might come in handy. SUE THEIR ASSES!!!

Next lesson: a tall man in a trenchcoat jumps out of the shadows, grabs a girl, pulls her into an alley and stages a mock rape.

Despite the fact that she probably should be more concerned with Johnny Football Hero than a stranger raping her.

It's funny, I was just reading about moral panic on the ol' Wikipedia yesterday before I read this story.

As long as they didnt pretend to murder children backwards. Thats for commies.

I was totally in line to consider this an over-reaction until I read where they told them it wasn't a drill. That's the equivalent of falsely pulling a fire alarm (which is illegal, by the way.) People could have really been physically hurt had someone panicked. Those teachers are really lucky that all they're potentially facing is some pissed off parents and possible unemployment.

But, it was for their own good.

Fear is the #1 tool of the state.

emotional distress, baby!

indeed... you'd think they would've thought they stood a chance being all against one...

I'm appalled that the school leadership and teachers pulled such an ill-advised stunt.

The greatest disservice are two of the lessons they taught their students:

1) Don't trust your teachers - they will lie to you.

2) The proper reaction to a threat to your life is to ineffectively cower helplessly.

Of those two lessons, I consider the second the most injurious. They have taken concrete steps to raise another generation of sheep.

this thread has ruint my ability to guage sarcasm.

Im suing y'all for emotional distress.

I'm surprised that none of the kids had a cell phone stashed away and attempted to dial 911. It would have served the teachers right to have SWAT surrounding them.

As cruel as it is, I'd laugh my ass off if that hoodied teacher took a bullet because of this stunt. Total Darwin award time.

You should read a psychology book sometime. That is actually the instinctive reaction of humans. People who don't react that way are the odd ones.