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Submitted by HZRD (View user info) at 2005-02-15 13:19:26 EST
I laughed at this so hard people were staring at me on the Metro this morning: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/express/pdfs/EXPRESS_02152005.pdf (bottom of first page)
"An elementary school in Athol, Idaho, has instituted a colorful plan to keep lunchroom chatter in check. A stoplight in the cafeteria monitors noise levels; when kids get too loud, the "Talk Light" turns red signaling teachers to turn out the lights. The students eat silently in the dark until the light returns to green. Kids who continue to talk are told to write "I will not talk during lights out" 50 times, a lunchroom supervisor said."
This is the part that fucking slayed me:
"The device is "stupid and it stinks," noted fourth grader Ethan Stiles."
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Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-02-15 16:52:29 EST (#)
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It would be all red lights around here.
That was funny. We have to import newspapers here.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-02-15 16:37:40 EST (#)
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We had one of these when I was in first grade..... um in the early eighties and it was the dumbest thing evar!They did not do the whole lights out thing though they just smacked us round till we shut up.
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-02-15 16:01:36 EST (#)
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i had one of these in kindergarden - somethingth grade...c. 1983? 4? no idea!
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2005-02-15 16:00:56 EST (#)
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this is how schools get bombed and shot up.
i weep for those children.
Submitted by standardeviant (user info) at 2005-02-15 16:00:48 EST (#)
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Once defiled always defiled. Ramble on.....
Submitted by standardeviant (user info) at 2005-02-15 15:59:41 EST (#)
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This is the first time I have actually been drunk while in uber session. I know the rules and have once broken them once already today but the rambling will just not stop.
HELP ME!!! PLEASE!!!
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-02-15 15:49:04 EST (#)
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Submitted by j0andre1 (user info) at 2005-02-15 15:40:44 EST (#)
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It's too bad it wasn't a school for the epileptic... and the light was a strobe light.
Then they really have a hard time eating their food
Submitted by wtf_is_going_on (user info) at 2005-02-15 14:44:38 EST (#)
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HAHAHAHA!
Pretty funny!
Submitted by Punam (user info) at 2005-02-15 14:05:36 EST (#)
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Ha Ha.
Submitted by drfeggphd (user info) at 2005-02-15 13:56:51 EST (#)
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you just know some of these kids will freak out and kill their drivers ed instructors
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2005-02-15 13:45:09 EST (#)
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Wow...and to think, when I was a kid, they would just smack us around to get us to behave.
Submitted by Jughead_Jones (user info) at 2005-02-15 13:24:38 EST (#)
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we used to have one of those when i was in sixth grade. it's fucking retarded, and it sucks.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-02-15 13:21:15 EST (#)
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"This post is "stupid and it stinks," noted fourth grader Ethan Stiles."
ha just kidding. somewhat amusing. i'll have to post some of the stories from my Christian school.