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Nine and ten year olds attending the Wincheap Foundation Primary School in Canterbury, were interrupted mid lesson by a commotion outside. As they were encouraged to peer out the window they saw their school caretaker abducted by a man wearing a red-wig. The kidnapper forced the caretaker at gunpoint in to a vehicle, before speeding out of the school grounds.
In reality it wasn’t a real abduction. The man in the red wig was Clive Close, the school-headmaster. What appeared to be a gun was actually an old water-tap used as a prop. The whole incident had been premeditated as part of a bizarre teaching method, allegedly used to spark children’s imagination and help improve their creative writing in English lessons.
The most worrying aspect of the incident however was not the performance itself (a lack of visual stimulation in classrooms is a major criticism of modern teaching), but rather the fact that pupils were first led to believe the incident was real!
As first reported by The Telegraph, in July 2009 at Southway Junior School, in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, Children saw a ‘spaceship’ crash near their school and then aliens grabbed a member of staff as part of a “performance”. The “alien invasion” show, which was supported by Sussex Police, took place without parents being informed, leaving some furious that they had to comfort their terrified children. Police contributed to the invasion by providing sirens and flashing blue lights to signify the landing of the craft just before morning classes on July 10.
One unnamed mother recounted her story: God only knows what the school was playing at. I mean to shock children into thinking that the aliens have landed and have abducted a teacher is just a little too much for seven-year-olds. My daughter was deeply upset by it all and came home looking shell shocked. She wasn’t sure what had happened and really wanted to know that everything was going to be alright.
In November, 2009 at the Foxhill Primary School in Sheffield, children arriving at the school in the morning were greeted with a pool of blood and a police crime scene. One female member of staff in on the act, pretended to have been assaulted, and some children were then tasked to help police in the investigation, under the impression the attacker could still be on school grounds.
In March, 2010 at the Blackminster Middle School, in Evesham, Worcestershire, children were left crying and traumatized when they saw a man brandishing a gun shoot dead Richard Kent, their science teacher, as he ran across the school field. Following a loud bang simulating a gunshot, other staff involved in the act rushed to the teacher’s aid and appeared to try to resuscitate him. There was a delay of 10 minutes before weeping pupils were taken back to the assembly hall where teachers explained that the pretend shooting had been laid on as part of a science lesson.
Originally posted by Ixtab
I personaly think its hilarious and would have thought it the most awesome thing on the planet watching my teachers being round up at gun point and stuffed into the back of van.
That would have made my day back then I reckon.
To be honest though he probably just forgot kids are stupid....I mean naive and maybe wont understand whats going on, adults do this all the time, easily done. Dont see what the big deal is.
Oh and that Holocaust Game is pretty much the funniest thing ive ever read in a long time, thats just me though, NEVA FOGET and all that eh.edit on 7-3-2012 by Ixtab because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Children are the target. Just watch a few childrens programs, those aimed at preschool age, they contain images that children should never see. This leads to nightmares and basicaly they grow up in a state of post traumatic stress.Another generation of disconnected humans.
Thanks for posting.
Originally posted by MissPoovey
This kind of drama should only be used to "enhance" the class room experience in high school aged kids.
Never never never to be inflicted on small children who believe everything they see and hear.
Definetly PG-13 violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities
Originally posted by smyleegrl
Young children are incredibly literal. They take what they see, hear, and experience as gospel truth.
I'm a teacher and I don't believe these events were meant to be harmful, but to engage students' interest. Obviously the ploy backfired terribly. The teachers made unwise decisions.
Personally, I would have loved it if an alien space craft landed at school. But others may feel quite differently.
Originally posted by jude11
Originally posted by smyleegrl
Young children are incredibly literal. They take what they see, hear, and experience as gospel truth.
I'm a teacher and I don't believe these events were meant to be harmful, but to engage students' interest. Obviously the ploy backfired terribly. The teachers made unwise decisions.
Personally, I would have loved it if an alien space craft landed at school. But others may feel quite differently.
I can see kids enjoying the alien thing but the murder and kidnapping?
If kids knew what was going to happen it would be a different story and I believe that's the point entirely. To gauge response. This is where it stops being educational for the kids and they become a study group for adults.
Little science lab rats so to speak.
Peace
Originally posted by jude11
What the hell is going on here?
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Originally posted by jude11
What the hell is going on here?
State-sponsored terrorism.
Despite their claims of no one being hurt many of these children have be traumatized by these kinds of "exercises".
That is child endangerment and the schools in every instance should be sued until the message is clearly given that we won't tolerate them abusing our kids this way.
Very disturbing that educators would go along with any of this.
Originally posted by jude11
And more importantly, what is the REAL agenda?
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Originally posted by jude11
And more importantly, what is the REAL agenda?
The real agenda is another generation begging for protection.
To repreat Asktheanimals - State-sponsored terrorism.
Originally posted by TKDRL
Reminds me of the utterly ridiculous "school shooting" drill they did last year? The hell are these people thinking? It is beyond stupidity, sounds like they are expirimenting with child psychology right in our elementary schools....
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
It is reasonable to develop plans on how to respond to various types of disasters natural or man-made but there's no good reason to terrify children in the process. They can even participate and probably should so they have an idea of what to do but to not inform them of these drills is using them as unwitting psychological test subjects and inflicting trauma on them in the process.
This should be stopped immediately but if the parents won't take the lead here it will continue. This is a perfect example of why you shouldn't believe it when they tell you that such and such piece of legislation is to "protect children". They encourage Homeland security, schools and police departments to engage in these kinds of drills.