{"id":156,"date":"2008-06-23T22:52:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T02:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/2008\/06\/23\/your-classmates-are-dead-ha-ha-just-kidding\/"},"modified":"2008-06-25T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T14:33:04","slug":"your-classmates-are-dead-ha-ha-just-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/your-classmates-are-dead-ha-ha-just-kidding\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Classmates are dead. Ha Ha, Just Kidding."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in high school, one Monday the morning announcements told us that one of the students had died over the weekend. She was an underclassman, a special ed kid. No one in my classes knew her, but it was still stunning news. It was wrong, it was creepy, it was scary – kids our age weren’t supposed to die in real life. And even though none of us knew her, there was still a sense of loss.<\/p>\n

Last week,. in Oakland CA, police officers visited 20 classrooms in the El Camino High School and informed the students<\/a> that several of their classmates had been killed in drunk driving accidents over the weekend.<\/p>\n

But… it was a hoax. Ha Ha, just kidding. No one had died; the school administrators cooked up the scheme to “teach” the kids about the dangers of drunk driving.<\/p>\n

The kids were furious, and shouted at the teachers during the assembly when the truth was announced. Some held up protest signs. But at least a few were accepting. 15-year-old Carolyn Magos said “You feel betrayed by your teachers and administrators, these people you trust. But then I felt selfish for feeling that way, because, I mean, if it saves one life, it’s worth it.” Congratulations, Carolyn, you win two awards with that statement – the Mindless Drone awards and the Nanny clich\u00c3\u00a9 award.<\/p>\n

When I first heard this story (sent to me by Parrot) I was seething. This is beyond vile, beyond appalling. Every police officer, school official and teacher who participated in it deserves to be horsewhipped in the town square, literally horsewhipped, then fired and banned from ever working in their profession again, for life.<\/p>\n

But because they’re government drones, they’ll probably be promoted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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