Protocols

[woodchip]

It never ceases to amaze me that people will put "protocols" pertaining to a given situation as some sort of unbreakable rule. Here is a case where school officials ought to be charged with child endangerment and be punished just as how they treated a student:

"A Minnesota public high school was so committed to obeying its fire drill policy to the exact letter of the law that it forced a female student–dressed only in a swimsuit, and sopping wet–to stand outside in the freezing cold for ten minutes. As a result, she suffered frostbite."

"It was 5 degrees below zero in St. Paul that day. With the windchill, it was 25 degrees below zero."
http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/03/schoo ... e-results/

So why shouldn't the school officials who prevented her from going someplace warm not be arrested?

[Top Gun]

They should. That's beyond asinine.

[callmeslick]

completely irresponsible if it was a known practice drill.

[Top Gun]

Even if it was a real fire, one of the teachers couldn't get her into a goddamn car to keep her warm?

[callmeslick]

good point above......

[woodchip]

I have to wonder why anyone was listening to the teachers when a childs life was in danger?

[Sergeant Thorne]

This is the kind of person our society is asking for, despite how much they may complain when the ★■◆● hits the fan.