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Written by Tori Sanders, age 12   
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 02:11

Hey! Have you ever wondered what goes on at your child’s school? Believe it or not they don’t teach them to spell school s-k-o-o-l and they don’t tell them how to survive in the world. No, they teach them about how to avoid danger. Everyone remembers the long school assemblies about “stranger danger”, but little did we know the “trusted staff” was increasing the risk of stranger danger.

I know, I know, that’s ridiculous, right? So here is exactly what happened: Before my mom began working from home I took the bus to my grandmother’s house. Now let’s remember this is bus full of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. So one day the bus driver says there were way too many people on the bus and that some of them have to get off. If there were kids on that bus that didn’t belong I didn’t see them.

A minute later we were back at my school and the principal (the woman who signed the information letters about the kidnapping attempt that morning) was climbing the steps of the bus. She starts telling people who usually ride the bus that they have to get off and start walking home. Then she said that if our bus came back to the school everyone was getting off! Now does it seem to you like this is a good system? The people getting off the bus all have the kidnapping attempt letters in their back packs! This isn’t a good idea.

So the second time that there is a kidnapping attempt the principal comes over the intercom and says no matter what happens, no one is allowed back inside after they leave. Sounds like a good plan—if they’re trying to cut down on the number of children in the school!

So if you were one of these children’s parents what would you do?
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