Teacher has kids drink milk until they vomit!

[The diplomat]

SMITHFIELD, N.C. — A high school teacher was suspended for a classroom experiment that caused several students to vomit after drinking large amounts of milk.

Jeff Ferguson, a chemistry and physics teacher at Smithfield-Selma High School, organized the experiment last week to test the body's ability to neutralize acids in milk.

It was intended to show the body can handle only so much before a natural reaction occurs and the person vomits. Out of 42 students in two classes, at least five did just that.

The teacher's attorney, Lamar Armstrong, said students were not required to participate, and students had receptacles in case they became ill.

"If anybody wanted to quit at any time, they could have," Armstrong said.

Ferguson videotaped the experiment for later analysis, as he does all experiments. A photographer also was there taking pictures for the yearbook.

Parents alerted school administrators about the incident last Wednesday. Ferguson was sent home the next day and was suspended with pay Tuesday, pending an investigation by a law firm hired by the school district.

Meanwhile, Ferguson is seeking a court order that would allow him to return.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103545,00.html

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What in the world????

[Dis]

life in prison is what she/he should get

[Q Classic]

if it's true that he did say that they could stop any time they wanted to, then those kids are idiots and deserved to vomit. these will be the same kids who later will die of binge drinking even after their friends say that they've had too much.

that said, this guy is a nutjob and should be punished. jail is excessive, but a hefty fine, or a restriction on his teaching abilities...

[MikeH]

Science in action, great teaching. Bet those kids will remember that lesson.

[The diplomat]

Jail is excessive, I agree. I think the teacher should have to drink milk until he vomits, that way he'll know what it feels like!

[The Mad Monk]

I would have preferred he got permission slips from the parents, but other than that, I don't see a problem here.

[Immortal Wombat]

genius. I wish we had such interesting experiments at school.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, I don't see the problem. The kids could stop whenever they wanted.

[Dis]

upon closer examination of the article (I was just illustrating the typical knee-jerk reaction of an american in my above post), life in prison is too harsh.

The experiment is genious. The teacher should get a raise instead of life in prison.

[General Ludd]

Is it a crime to cause someone to vomit?

[Q Classic]

yeah, the kids are idiots. when your body's starting to feel sick, that's a sign that just maybe you should stop that.

outside of that...

[mrmitchell]

The publicity will be enough of a punishment, the expirement was optional thus the kids are just idiots.

Permission slips would've been good though.

[chequita guevara]

I think it was a cool experiment.


. . . wait a minute!?! Forty-two students in a class!?! What the hell is going on at that school!?!

[Dis]

bah! my classes had more students than that, and look at how well I turned out

[The Mad Monk]

42 students in two classes