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fortyfeetunder

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143. Pray tell, why does she need a mental evaluation?

Mon May 6, 2013, 02:20 AM

May 2013

I have to ask out of curiosity, you said in this post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2798505

that you do more science than 90% of the people on DU. I can assure you I am not in that 90%.

I fail to understand your rationale of why this young lady needs a mental evaluation. I am not so sure she should have been permanently expelled. Reprimanded, a few days off from school, yes. FWIW, I would have sentenced her to write a lab report of her botched experiment with consequences of her actions...

If mental evaluations are in order for every budding scientist who tried a dangerous experiment out of a controlled environment, the mental health system would be super-overloaded....

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It may have something do besides race... Pelican May 2013 #44

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Sadly, this is far from a new problem. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #115

She wasn't in science class marshall May 2013 #4

Probably another excuse to get Science banned Ilsa May 2013 #5

Please. She wasn't doing an assignment. LisaL May 2013 #74

I doubt that agrees to the anti-science crowd. Ilsa May 2013 #79

I do more science and math Aerows May 2013 #89

I didn't say, "don't do anything". Ilsa May 2013 #105

It was a hydrogen explosion.. X_Digger May 2013 #111

At best you get flying caustic liquid Aerows May 2013 #130

That dumb ass principal is going to learn that his actions have consequences too. nt bemildred May 2013 #6

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She did no make a bad choice. bemildred May 2013 #144

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fascinating. galileoreloaded May 2013 #10

3-3 leave it. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #12

wise. galileoreloaded May 2013 #99

close. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #101

Actually that was just a side comment. bemildred May 2013 #13

as a matter of curiousity, to what "reasonable standard for behaviour and gender politics" do you niyad May 2013 #18

Pre-suffragette? cui bono May 2013 #66

"fierce herd pile-on"? "misandric feminism"? redqueen May 2013 #29

what am i talking about? galileoreloaded May 2013 #100

no, you didn't. all the words are english, they are all spelled correctly, the sentences are niyad May 2013 #117

still waiting for an answer to my question--to WHAT "reasonable standard for behaviour and niyad May 2013 #95

re read the OP and find the logic. you can't. pure emotion. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #103

you did NOT answer my question. to WHAT "reasonable standards of behaviour and gender politics" niyad May 2013 #116

Where's the popcorn smiley? Lordquinton May 2013 #96

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This wasn't a science experiment Aerows May 2013 #17

It wasn't an experiment. It was a prank NightWatcher May 2013 #20

Exactly Aerows May 2013 #24

Your evidence that it was a "prank"? redqueen May 2013 #27

It was a prank Aerows May 2013 #31

Evidence? redqueen May 2013 #34

Read what she did Aerows May 2013 #38

I have read what she did. I'll pass on explaining myself to you. nt redqueen May 2013 #41

Okay Aerows May 2013 #45

What was it then if not a prank? NightWatcher May 2013 #39

Even good students who aren't troublemakers engage in pranks. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #88

You can do the same thing Aerows May 2013 #90

question--you keep talking about drano--and what I read said "toilet bowl cleaner" NOBODY I know niyad May 2013 #120

We've come to an age of overreaction LittleBlue May 2013 #19

Yes, let's just let kids blow shit up at school Aerows May 2013 #21

Let's charge them as adults LittleBlue May 2013 #25

I don't think she should be charged as an adult Aerows May 2013 #33

Wow.nt redqueen May 2013 #36

Fair enough LittleBlue May 2013 #49

So there are no other options to deal with the situation? Mariana May 2013 #46

I've noted more than once Aerows May 2013 #55

In grade school I made a rocket and gave it to my friend. hunter May 2013 #78

That was in grade school Aerows May 2013 #80

When I was sixteen I was building even bigger home brew rockets. hunter May 2013 #91

I'm into electricity Aerows May 2013 #92

Why are you picking on St. Louis suburbs?? Ino May 2013 #60

Ha! LittleBlue May 2013 #67

Ha! ReRe May 2013 #22

Respectfully, I think that your Mr. Wizard used a hydrogen-filled balloon. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #108

You win.... ReRe May 2013 #109

I, too, had a Mr. Wizard. He sure liked to entertain. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #112

I admired this guy... ReRe May 2013 #114

I blew shit up in Chemistry class Aerows May 2013 #122

I am sick and tired of "Zero tolerance" and "three strikes". All they do is get... marble falls May 2013 #23

Yep. I agree with you. Eleanors38 May 2013 #40

If this "zero-tolerance" crap were in effect when I was in High School, Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #65

I firmly believe 80% of the males I knew up to 25 years old including me a ... marble falls May 2013 #75

She should have stolen billions. Turbineguy May 2013 #26

Or a pay on the back by Mittens an Rush for her ingenuity. nt Ilsa May 2013 #106

That hurt! How true. nt joeunderdog May 2013 #137

There should have been no police involvement in this at all. blackspade May 2013 #32

I'd say this is actually dumber seeing as it will likely ruin the kid's life. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #62

Indeed. blackspade May 2013 #70

Here folks Aerows May 2013 #35

Yeah, then read this one. redqueen May 2013 #37

This is not a science experiment Aerows May 2013 #42

YES, she should have been suspended. BUT... Th1onein May 2013 #93

Expelled for being a danger to other kids around her Aerows May 2013 #94

Would you be this outraged if HappyMe May 2013 #43

We wouldn't even be reading about this Aerows May 2013 #50

You keep talking about boys being expelled for the exact same activity. Link? redqueen May 2013 #51

Here's one Aerows May 2013 #58

If she'd just been expelled Mariana May 2013 #53

Oh, I agree that charging her with two felonies and as an adult Aerows May 2013 #57

Yeah, this is a lot different HappyMe May 2013 #56

Here's a guy who got hurt by one. Aerows May 2013 #61

Agreed LittleBlue May 2013 #72

Me either Aerows May 2013 #81

I hope that she's able to work out a plea deal for life imprisonment MannyGoldstein May 2013 #47

Yep. Bothers me too. This is madness. Let criminals go, but scar her for life. geckosfeet May 2013 #54

A zero tolerance society is a zero freedom society DJ13 May 2013 #59

Here's some other kids that were charged with making these and arrested Aerows May 2013 #63

Classic case of POWB cui bono May 2013 #64

My high school chemistry teacher showed us how to MineralMan May 2013 #68

Those times are long gone. LisaL May 2013 #73

You're probably right, but we learned chemistry. MineralMan May 2013 #76

You both have completely missed the point Aerows May 2013 #82

I didn't miss the point. I agree with you, this case doesn't look like some science experiment to me LisaL May 2013 #83

By the way Aerows May 2013 #84

Nope. We made firecrackers, which we set off in different MineralMan May 2013 #85

Setting off firecrackers Aerows May 2013 #86

No, I'm not a scientist. MineralMan May 2013 #87

In my youth we blew up M-80s, Benton D Struckcheon May 2013 #104

In our science lab in middle school d_r May 2013 #77

Contact Information SaraRhiannon May 2013 #98

Was she the daughter of some prominent scientist, truebluegreen May 2013 #107

No, she read about it on Youtube Aerows May 2013 #124

Ah. It is beginning to make sense. truebluegreen May 2013 #125

Pretty much Aerows May 2013 #126

Doing a science experiment while black BainsBane May 2013 #110

Creating a bomb at school Aerows May 2013 #127

no question it was stupid BainsBane May 2013 #128

I have always maintained that trying her as an adult is horrible. Aerows May 2013 #129

Get real - she's black in Florida with Jamaican connections, extremely bright malaise May 2013 #118

You get arrested making these in public period Aerows May 2013 #131

Pray tell, why does she need a mental evaluation? fortyfeetunder May 2013 #143

So who was the friend who set her up on this? Told her to do it, helped her make it, but walked away Blue Diadem May 2013 #119

I presume she knows who the friend is. LisaL May 2013 #121

Funny there has been no mention of this "friend" in any of the news. Blue Diadem May 2013 #138

How can they come up with who this supposed friend is, unless she tells them? LisaL May 2013 #139

I don't understand why you think they'd only find out the name from her? Blue Diadem May 2013 #142

The kid make a Works bomb. Aerows May 2013 #123

LOL, what is your deal? No one agrees with you! You sure.... Logical May 2013 #141

"science experiment' LOL dementianurse May 2013 #132

Flushing a cherry bomb Aerows May 2013 #134

Hey, I'm not saying she shouldn't be punished dementianurse May 2013 #135

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #136

I think charging her with a crime -as an adult, no less- is completely insane. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #140