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Disney world prank angers parents (Teachers' elaborate joke "really stupid judgment")
The Windsor Star ^ | 2/21/2013 | The Windsor Star

Posted on 02/21/2013 8:10:45 PM PST by Dallas59

Parents at a South Windsor school are expressing outrage after teachers led graduating students to believe they were heading to Disney World for a year-end trip - only to reveal the next day that the kids were the butt of an elaborate joke.

One of the teachers recorded the scene on an iPad and it was later shown to another class so they too could join in the teachers' merriment.

"I have a lot of respect for teachers and what they do, but this was really stupid judgment," said parent Peter To-polovec.

(Excerpt) Read more at 2.canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: jokes; teacher
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To: Dallas59

“Bonnie Stewart, mother of twins who attend Grade 8 at Roseland, came home at 5 p.m. Friday to find both her kids already in their beds. She woke her son, who told her everything.”

8th graders in bed at 5:00pm on a Friday? What the.....


21 posted on 02/21/2013 9:15:06 PM PST by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

LOL!
Yeah, I had the specifics messed up, but that’s the story I remembered.
Thanks for finding that.


22 posted on 02/21/2013 9:28:29 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Dallas59

HA-ha!


23 posted on 02/21/2013 9:42:31 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Mase

There are new public school horror stories daily, see Massataxes for instance, and parents who were desensitized too don’t know or don’t think its their business to do anything about it


24 posted on 02/21/2013 9:47:06 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Oztrich Boy

Why would you allow your kids to go on overnight trips with these pervs in the first place?


25 posted on 02/21/2013 9:49:25 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: CaptainK

I just wanted to know the motivation for such a trick. It was mentioned near the end of the article.

We need to get our kids out of public school.


26 posted on 02/21/2013 9:55:20 PM PST by donna (Pray for revival.)
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To: fanfan; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
Thanks fanfan.

To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

27 posted on 02/21/2013 9:59:36 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: Dallas59

just what you would expect when dumb idiots get put in charge. I think their utter lack of honesty and empathy should get them fired, every last one of them.


28 posted on 02/21/2013 10:12:52 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

The Toyota woman won her lawsuit. In fairness, the kids should also sue their teachers.


29 posted on 02/22/2013 12:50:56 AM PST by Rybashka
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To: Dallas59
He said part of his weekend was spent convincing his three children that "this is not the norm" and that teachers, as authority figures, should continue to be respected and trusted.

Whatever happened to "Question authority"?

This father definintely drank the kool-aid

30 posted on 02/22/2013 11:45:40 AM PST by Don W (There is no gun problem, there is a lack of humanity problem!)
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To: Lancey Howard

Good memory. I looked it up and she got her real Toyota:

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/09/toy-yoda.htm


31 posted on 02/22/2013 11:46:18 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Dallas59
"I have a lot of respect for teachers..."

Live and learn.

32 posted on 02/22/2013 11:53:58 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Jodee Berry ...a former Hooters waitress

Are they serious? Is this the same Hooters that is known for ...

33 posted on 02/22/2013 4:14:59 PM PST by Dartman (Mubarak and Gaddafi are going to look like choirboys when this is over)
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