# Serious incident at my kids' school

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026 "2015-10-09T13:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026/61 "2015-11-05T00:14:50Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> The teacher informed me that she didn’t believe in nicknames and I would be “Richard” when I was in her class.

People who “don’t believe” in something that exists are numnuts who should be shot with a slow, dull bullet, though I don’t believe in the death penalty.

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026/62 "2015-11-05T00:42:45Z")

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> [@Kenm](#):
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> People who “don’t believe” in something that exists are numnuts who should be shot with a slow, dull bullet, though I don’t believe in the death penalty.

I agree, Kenneth.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026/63 "2015-11-05T03:49:03Z")

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My sister teaches elementary school. Her neighborhood, AFAIK, is not your neighborhood.

In the last year, her campus has dealt with attempted abductions by non-custodial parents, and by strangers. There have also been other issues that probably would concern parents, like drunk uncle Joe wanting to visit his nephew and ending up getting hauled away for breaking probation.

There are a lot of reasons why staff should intercept unknown adults on campus. Sucks to be the staff member though.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026/64 "2015-11-05T04:17:44Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> Did your aunt flip her shit and bitch out several people at the school?

No.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026/65 "2015-11-05T05:54:01Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> Pretty much. The back end of the school property of the Middle School I attended literally faded directly into a medium-sized city park.

I went to Catholic school, and there were always people on the grounds who had nothing to do with the school. Going to church, walking through the cemetary, etc.

There’s also another Catholic church and school in our neighborhood, and while the playground is fenced in, I suspect it’s more to protect the property than the kids. They’d have to kick people out of their houses to keep them away from the school. So I guess it depends on the location.

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