West Potomac HS situation

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

YOU are the only one who cares enough about your kids to keep them safe. It's not what we want to believe, but it's the truth. If you "send your kids to school" expecting others to do YOUR job, you are a rotten parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few days ago on the jobs forum someone was asking about what they should do after losing their job. The poster was a single mom of a young daughter. Multiple posters said they should immediately apply to be a substitute teacher.

Were posters really recommending this thinking that this woman should expect, as part of substitute teaching, to jump into fights and to adminster life-saving techniques to stop blood loss (bare handed, mind you!?)

No and that's a weird take. But anything more than what that man did would be acceptable. Even a panicked look or a frenzied attempt to quieten the scene or move kids away from it is better than what we have witnessed.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

YOU are the only one who cares enough about your kids to keep them safe. It's not what we want to believe, but it's the truth. If you "send your kids to school" expecting others to do YOUR job, you are a rotten parent.

Have you heard the term in loco parentis? Because that is the standard for schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

YOU are the only one who cares enough about your kids to keep them safe. It's not what we want to believe, but it's the truth. If you "send your kids to school" expecting others to do YOUR job, you are a rotten parent.

So much is wrong with you. I don't even know where to start.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A few days ago on the jobs forum someone was asking about what they should do after losing their job. The poster was a single mom of a young daughter. Multiple posters said they should immediately apply to be a substitute teacher.

Were posters really recommending this thinking that this woman should expect, as part of substitute teaching, to jump into fights and to adminster life-saving techniques to stop blood loss (bare handed, mind you!?)

No and that's a weird take. But anything more than what that man did would be acceptable. Even a panicked look or a frenzied attempt to quieten the scene or move kids away from it is better than what we have witnessed.

No, hysteria is never helpful in an emergency. What is wrong with you.

And no, it's not a "weird take." It's exactly what posters here are saying--that teachers should intervene. Maybe not all, but some. If they expect this guy to intervene, why not the single mother who is just looking for temp work after losing her job? Maybe this guy also just lost his real job and is subbing temporarily.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

YOU are the only one who cares enough about your kids to keep them safe. It's not what we want to believe, but it's the truth. If you "send your kids to school" expecting others to do YOUR job, you are a rotten parent.

So much is wrong with you. I don't even know where to start.

I'm not the one calling other people "rotten" for not doing MY job as a parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

Oh so the kid who did the stabbing was the one who was on the floor getting kicked and hit by the red shit kid before someone pulled the red shirt off him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

Oh so the kid who did the stabbing was the one who was on the floor getting kicked and hit by the red shit kid before someone pulled the red shirt off him.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

YOU are the only one who cares enough about your kids to keep them safe. It's not what we want to believe, but it's the truth. If you "send your kids to school" expecting others to do YOUR job, you are a rotten parent.

So much is wrong with you. I don't even know where to start.

I'm not the one calling other people "rotten" for not doing MY job as a parent.

So if a drunk driver kills your kid or harms your kid, it's YOUR fault as the parent for not doing the job? What kind of standard are you making up?????????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

1) Yes, we are very desensitized to violence. Both adults and kids. Guns are everywhere, people get shot every day, and we, as a nation, yawn and move on with our lives.

2) Heroes are few and far between. In both the adult world and the kid world. Luckily, there are a few out there. But the majority of people will not intervene. Even though we think we would respond admirably, in reality, when caught in a scary situation, most of us would just be a bystander.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

They should call for help--meaning physically go to the SRO's office, or the main office to alert the principal, and/or calling 911.
These are the adults that have the training and authority to intervene.
A poster here is being very vocal that they know for a fact that the substitute was no longer present when the knife was out--how do we know where the substitute was at that time or what he was doing? Is it possible that he was on his way to the SRO's office, principal's office, or a place where he could safely call 911? Is it possible that he took the photo so authorities could later identify the students who were involved in the fight? Seems logical to me.

No, the average teacher or another adult employee, should NOT physically intervene in a student fight.

So your answer is yes, an average teacher should just stand there and watch a student stab another to death. That’s not what the teacher saw because it hadn’t happened yet. But if it was, you’re cool with kids just killing each other. Literally. FML if this is the world I live in.

No, kid put the knife down. No kid don’t do it. No stop. No nothing. Let the kids handle it. They did. That’s what your answer is.

Also have you watched any of the videos? the sub could have called 911 or the SRO right then and there. He was comfortable enough to take a photo, smirk and casually walk away. He could have called/texted right then and there. Did he, no. Stop being an apologist and just be a better person. I cannot believe as a society we are just supposed to be ok with this.

100% agree. This is outrageous and people who are ok with this are either a) insanely desensitized to violence or b) so far removed from reality that this is just entertainment. DISGUSTING.

When I send my kids to school, I trust the adults in the building to do SOMETHING to keep my kids safe--and lazily walking by a crime scene without doing anything is not acceptable to me. What a rotten human.

1) Yes, we are very desensitized to violence. Both adults and kids. Guns are everywhere, people get shot every day, and we, as a nation, yawn and move on with our lives.

2) Heroes are few and far between. In both the adult world and the kid world. Luckily, there are a few out there. But the majority of people will not intervene. Even though we think we would respond admirably, in reality, when caught in a scary situation, most of us would just be a bystander.

As much as everyone wants to avoid a crime from happening, not everyone is willing to go through what Daniel Penny did for doing just so. We are damned if we do, damned if we don't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

A lot of keyboard warriors....teachers are humans too. Would you jump in knowing you could die or go get the officer who has been trained on this? Maybe you'd jump in but also maybe not. This was horrible but society is a hateful messy place and you acting like a typical FCPS parent know it all help no one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

A lot of keyboard warriors....teachers are humans too. Would you jump in knowing you could die or go get the officer who has been trained on this? Maybe you'd jump in but also maybe not. This was horrible but society is a hateful messy place and you acting like a typical FCPS parent know it all help no one.

Let me be clear. No one is saying jump in but we are saying DON'T IDLY WALK BY. Thankfully there was a coach on hand who diffused the situation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

A lot of keyboard warriors....teachers are humans too. Would you jump in knowing you could die or go get the officer who has been trained on this? Maybe you'd jump in but also maybe not. This was horrible but society is a hateful messy place and you acting like a typical FCPS parent know it all help no one.

Ever heard of “being the adult in the room?”

PP and I mentioned that I have taken control and managed chaotic scenes in schools and in my private life. I’m not one to stand by idly.

If I -as a five foot nothing, menopausal woman can safely and effectively act quickly and respond, so should any other adult at West Potomac! The last thing I’d do is break up a fight/literally try to disarm someone but I sure as hell can call 911, can usher non involved students to safety, scream loud enough to summon help, etc.

In FCPS there’s lots of buzz about “tabletop training” and dusty binders full of emergency plans in some schools but yesterday’s incident should be an immediate call for action and review of emergency response protocols.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry, no precious adults got hurt. It took students to break up the stabbing. There is even video footage of it on X. A male student (with his backpack still on) is holding back the stabber while he still waves around the knife and is holding it. A child risked their own life to stop this. A child.

This is what we have become, as society, just walk away. Don’t say anything. Don’t do anything. Let the kids kill themselves and don’t intervene. The adults are not responsible.

The child has (legal) protections that adult does not.

Here you go: 2 students holding the kid back while he’s still holding the knife.

I mean, why ever help as an adult at all, just let the kids handle it. WTAF is wrong with you?

https://x.com/davidez1911/status/1915423557137404117?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

And? What do you think this proves in the context of whether adult teachers should physically get involved in student fights?

Should the adults in the building just sit back and watch as one student stabs another to death? Is this the Hunger Games?

A lot of keyboard warriors....teachers are humans too. Would you jump in knowing you could die or go get the officer who has been trained on this? Maybe you'd jump in but also maybe not. This was horrible but society is a hateful messy place and you acting like a typical FCPS parent know it all help no one.

Let me be clear. No one is saying jump in but we are saying DON'T IDLY WALK BY. Thankfully there was a coach on hand who diffused the situation.

It was 2-3 students that difused the situation, not the teacher/coach. He got there after the students had already intervened.