I resemble that remark, TL! -- j
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"does not compute;;; does not compute!" -- j
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Our political and humanoid made culture embraces, death, disorder and non-realities.

the rules are made to be broken when it comes to
life-saving effort. . surely there's a little nugget of
common sense surviving in there somewhere! -- j
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I will remember that remark, Timelord ;^)

It has reached the point where you have to steel yourself for the vicious reactions of others when you do the right thing. Standing up for others (e.g. the unborn) might land you in jail. But then you can be a benefit to those there as well!

"There's only two people in the whole world with a lick of common sense, you and me. And I'm not too damned sure about you!" -Timelord

Feel free to use it at will, attribution appreciated.

This attitude is becoming universal. You must follow the rules to the letter. No room for thinking or common sense. All part of the continuing dumbing down. Did you ever go to a fast food restaurant and say something like "I'd like meal #3 but instead of fries, I'd like onion rings?" Or, the bill came to $5.83 but I gave the cashier $6.03. You can almost see the person's brain heating up in confusion and then the frozen stare and finally the call for whoever is in charge.
It's like in Forbidden Planet when Robbie The Robot is asked to kill the monster and his 'brain" burns out. That's what I always picture on those occasions. (Sorry, I'm just an elderly nerd.)

I'll bet you $0.25 that if you read the board of ed's policy manual the teacher followed protocol. A quick FOIA request would confirm it. There's a 0% chance of a lawsuit, especially since she's OK. I'm also betting, solely from reading the quotes from the parents, that they're at the low end of the economic scale. They can try to make a fuss with the press or the school board but their class status will assure that they're ignored. If they try hard and they're lucky they could get a lawyer to make a small fuss at no charge, maybe enough to cause some anxiety for the superintendent or the school board.

What fools! You give the lad a reward not a punishment, I think it says a lot for todays society. When I was at school you were taught to save life not watch while someone dies!

Under the circumstances I think the young man's language was not only justified but actually appropriate. The teacher should be flogged in the public square and the student hero given a little reception sponsored by the PTA and recognition by the school board.

Can you imagine how much worse it would have been for that boy if he'd whipped out his inhaler and given it to her?

On a moral level you were doing the right thing, however, it's a shame these day we all have to consider the parasitical trial lawyers behind every bush...

how about 1/2 century

I'm a retired state corrections officer who worked at a maximum security prison for 21 years and received at least a week of advanced training annually.
I wish to present an extreme example~
If I saw a death row inmate on the floor of his cell having trouble breathing, my response to get him medical help would have been immediate.
Irrelevant would be the fact that his execution would be scheduled later that same day.
My immediate response would protect my job and prevent me for being sued for negligence.
You had better believe that inmate's family (if not just his lawyer) would be eager to sue the DOC for allowing that waste of breathing space for a murderer to die or even unduly suffer before his legally scheduled lethal injection.
The DOC would try to wiggle out that tort action by presenting training documents that I signed to place all the blame on me.
Compared to a death row inmate, one would think that a choking girl on a classroom floor would be of far more value and a far higher priority for a life threatening emergency.
Come to think of it, I now wonder if the parents of that girl are not consulting a lawyer.
That pudding head for a teacher has left her butt wide open for her failure to practice some common sense CYA.

Brain dead has been a job requirement for at least a couple decades.

ain't that the truth

And you think those who are paid to teach the youth of america aren't brain dead. This is what they learned from their teachers.

No good deed goes unpunished.

This story is ridiculous. Suspended for walking out of class? Yeah, guess it would have been better to let the student die while waiting for an EMAIL from the nurse.

People, in general, have gotten very, very stupid.

Gov't won't keep Ruelas down. The article called it a "selfless" act. They're using the colloquial definition. It actually sounds like a "selfish" act in that he saw someone he wanted to help and did it, not so he'd look good for other people but becuase he wanted to do it. Good for him for him for doing something he wanted that in no way violated the rights of others.