In high school, I was a bit of a slacker - lots of kids were. And most of the time, I accepted the consequences, just like the other kids did.
Admittedly, there was a time when I was allowed to use a teacher's laptop, and I did use that chance to edit my grades in her grading program (as well as those of a few friends). But that is about as far as my grade modification ever went.
I know that some kids have attempted to bribe teachers in the past - it often makes news when they do (and I'm sure some get away with it). So, it really shocked me when I read this:
PATERSON, N.J. (Sept. 12) - Authorities say a New Jersey teenager threatened to rape and kill his teacher if she did not give his entire class an "A++" for the last school year.[1]
The kid, who is 14-years-old, informed his teacher he would kill her and rape her family for good grades - and he didn't even negotiate properly! A++'s for everybody? That's not how you do it.
And really, you have to be a pretty stupid 14-year-old to think that you won't get caught for such an absurd attempt at extortion. After all of the teachers getting caught having sex with their students, and all of the students getting caught trying to bribe their teachers with money, death AND rape threats are NOT the way to go.
Oh, and he did it through e-mail. So not only did he make a stupid threat (and not go through with it, making him a sissy), he made a stupid threat and left some pretty damning evidence to it.
New Jersey: Such a cesspool of crime and corruption, even the kids are getting in on it.
Admittedly, there was a time when I was allowed to use a teacher's laptop, and I did use that chance to edit my grades in her grading program (as well as those of a few friends). But that is about as far as my grade modification ever went.
I know that some kids have attempted to bribe teachers in the past - it often makes news when they do (and I'm sure some get away with it). So, it really shocked me when I read this:
PATERSON, N.J. (Sept. 12) - Authorities say a New Jersey teenager threatened to rape and kill his teacher if she did not give his entire class an "A++" for the last school year.[1]
The kid, who is 14-years-old, informed his teacher he would kill her and rape her family for good grades - and he didn't even negotiate properly! A++'s for everybody? That's not how you do it.
And really, you have to be a pretty stupid 14-year-old to think that you won't get caught for such an absurd attempt at extortion. After all of the teachers getting caught having sex with their students, and all of the students getting caught trying to bribe their teachers with money, death AND rape threats are NOT the way to go.
Oh, and he did it through e-mail. So not only did he make a stupid threat (and not go through with it, making him a sissy), he made a stupid threat and left some pretty damning evidence to it.
New Jersey: Such a cesspool of crime and corruption, even the kids are getting in on it.
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