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L.A. Science Teacher Suspended Over Student Science Fair Projects

Posted by timothy on from the science-is-sometimes-dangerous dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A high school science teacher at Grand Arts High School in Los Angeles was suspended from the classroom in February, after two of his science fair students turned in projects deemed dangerous by the administrators. "One project was a marshmallow shooter — which uses air pressure to launch projectiles. The other was an AA battery-powered coil gun — which uses electromagnetism to launch small objects. Similar projects have been honored in past LA County Science Fairs and even demonstrated at the White House."

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  1. Sudden outbreak of common sense by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine if these things fell into the hands of tairsts, or pediofiddlers? Someone could lose an eye.

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  2. Marshmallow shooters can be quite dangerous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you cross the streams.

  3. Another school shooting averted. by Elyjah · · Score: 4, Funny

    I approve of this decision. Someone finally thought of the children; just think how many lives were saved! Science is dangerous, and definitely has no place in our schools. Clearly, the children that built these have some severe mental problems, and all right-thinking people know their parents must be fat, conservative tea-baggers. The kind of violence exhibited by these devices cannot be tolerated. This is exactly why children should not be allowed to think for themselves in school; they are too unpredictable.

    I'm glad we were able to stop these domestic terrorists before they killed anyone.