WAG - What? Haven't you been tempted to do something like this?
I'd wager you have.
Some people are simply outraged about the story the story of the teacher who bet a student $20 that they'd get hurt if they jumped out the window.
I can't say I've ever done anything like that (most of my bets have a $5 cap, though they most regullarly hover around a buck), but I will admit I've thought of stuff like that. Ever want to teach a smarmy kid a lesson? I think we all have.
Of course, the number one reason not to make a bet like this is because the kid would probably go for it. Personally, if a teacher challenged me like that, I'd have a hard time turning it down. It's win-win for the jumper.
If you stick the landing, and a second-floor hop doesn't look so bad, you've bested the teacher - regardless of whether or not you collect your cash.
If you get hurt, what's your excuse? The teacher put me up to it. You'd have students beating each other to colloborate your story.
And if you really want to get the teach the teacher a lesson, make the jump, collect the cash, and THEN turn him or her in.
Excepting the fact that $20 didn't exchange hands, that seems to be what has happened in the story. The kid won, and the teacher lost (both his point and his pride and probably his job).
I'm not saying to go easy on the person. It's still wrong.
I'm just saying people should be more cautious about denouncing the guy. You may not have expected something like this, but don't say you'd never "dream of something like this."
Twenty bucks says you have.
You know it. Stop saying otherwise. It's nothing personal, but that's the humans are.
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"You'd have students beating each other to colloborate your story." I think you meant to say collaborate. Dumbass. But yeah, screw you for saying that it is wrong. If I was a teacher, I'd be betting kids they didn't have the balls to bring a gun to school. Little shits. When is the bird flu going to kill everyone? HUH!?
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Blog owner approval!? What the hell!? How gay is that!? Seriously! On a scale of 1-10, I'd give that an 11 on the gayness scale.