Teaching stunt backfires.

[winnie1]

Sorry I haven't the energy to do a link but thought this would interest others. Personally I am gobsmacked but maybe I've just lost my sense of humour!
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4025293.stm

Good grief. What an eejit.

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For goodness' sake! How does that teach them about saving the day - implying they only have minutes/hours to live???

How incredibly stoopid.

Makes you wonder about the level of commonsense around.

Did he even think about what responses he might elicit?

Sounds most unlike a teacher - like he's not used to weighing up what reactions will be when he uses a certain approach. Strange.

What a stupid thing to do.

stupid stupid stupid How on earth did they think the children would react???? bloody idiots.

Pillock.

it sounds like a simulation game which got out of hand. I quite often do this sort of thing in class ( simulations etc) but obviously it's always based on the premise that it's not actually true! I owuld expect Year 9s not to be so susceptible to such extreme fantasy though. I suppose he is a convincing teacher.....

Wasn't there a similar story a while back where it had a similar effect? Children were huddled under desks phoning their parents on their mobiles to say their last goodbyes etc.