sa_butta
05-15-2007, 02:44 PM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2332564.html?menu=
Teachers at a US primary school terrified children by staging a fake gun attack and shouting: "This isn't a drill!"
The 69 pupils, aged 10 and 11, cried and hid under tables as the lights went out and a hooded teacher pulled at the locked door, reports the Daily Mirror.
Then the teachers turned on the lights and said it was just a joke.
Parents are furious, especially after last month's Virginia Tech massacre in which 33 students and staff died.
Bosses of the school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, said the five-minute "prank" was intended as a "learning experience".
Principal Catherine Stephens said it was "poor judgment" but added: "I hope we learn from this."
The school website claimed children were warned a prank would be played and afterwards "most said, 'That was a good one, you got me'.
But it admitted: "This prank crossed the line... prompt and appropriate discipline will be taken."
Teachers at a US primary school terrified children by staging a fake gun attack and shouting: "This isn't a drill!"
The 69 pupils, aged 10 and 11, cried and hid under tables as the lights went out and a hooded teacher pulled at the locked door, reports the Daily Mirror.
Then the teachers turned on the lights and said it was just a joke.
Parents are furious, especially after last month's Virginia Tech massacre in which 33 students and staff died.
Bosses of the school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, said the five-minute "prank" was intended as a "learning experience".
Principal Catherine Stephens said it was "poor judgment" but added: "I hope we learn from this."
The school website claimed children were warned a prank would be played and afterwards "most said, 'That was a good one, you got me'.
But it admitted: "This prank crossed the line... prompt and appropriate discipline will be taken."