Wednesday, November 22, 2006

It's good these people can still get jobs

I was browsing through cnn.com yesterday and I saw some very interesting headlines. First, one was that a subsituted teacher allowed needle sharing in some school.

I was like, uh, needle sharing? Did the sub just let people tie off and shoot up heroin? Because that would be an awesome sub. But even the sub should know you can't let people share needles. But then i watched the video (really, cnn.com, can't you have someone transcribe that?) and I saw that the experiment was for students to prick their fingers so they could look at blood under the microscope. However, I guess some of the students were sharing the needles they used to prick their fingers.

First, I don't see how this is a good experiment. Can't you just bring in some pig and slaughter it in front of all the kids, and then look at its blood? Is that wrong in school's today?

Second, what kind of teacher allows students to share needles? And does the regular teacher allow students to share needles? And wouldn't you think that might be a reason to include a large warning in the notes for a sub: WARNING: TRY NOT TO LET STUDENTS SHARE TOO MANY NEEDLES.

I don't know if this is entirely the sub's fault, and really it's probably just being blown out of proportion and hopefully there aren't any crazy infections or anything that happens to the kids. It's just pretty ridiculous that something like that is even capable of happening. I've got some bad news for that sub though: it could be kind of hard to find a steady job after this.

Second, and making me feel much better about people in general is the story that a coach raped a 14 year-old girl. The headline of the video said coach, but the text underneath said minister. So it looks like this was a two-fer.

The 'coach' and/or 'minister' was actually the Spring Hill Director of Music and Youth. He was driving his two daughters and two other girls, one 14, one 19, somewhere. And on the way home it was reported that he sexually abused the 14 year-old one. Well, I know what you're thinking. He must really love kids.

Well, according to most people in the area, he's been a church member and leader for years. He used to sing this song 'Thank God for Kids'. And according to the bishop(?) at the church, and this is the actual quote he gave, "I think he really loves kids...I mean that in a positive way."

Now, you also might be thinking, why rape the younger girl when he had a girl of age with him? Well, he's got that covered. Allegedly. You see, the rape of the 14 year-old actually happened on the way home from whereever they went. But, on the way there, he allegedly sexually abused the 19 year-old. The 14 year-old thing was reported first though.

Now, this dude posted $50,000 bail on Sunday (I don't know too many people who can post that kind of bail) and he resigned from his position at the church. Allegedly is was so he could keep the investigation from hurting the church or something. Or, maybe it's because he's guilty and going to jail.

My question is this: How does a dude abuse girls when his daughters are in the vehicle? That takes balls. So not only should this man not be put in jail, he should be allowed to keep working with kids. Because he loves kids. In a good way. In a way that you could call, I don't know, biblical.

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