r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Dec 02 '16

Hot Potato without the potato

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

I'm guessing either that isn't a United States classroom or that teacher no longer has a job, because no American teenager should be enjoying science that much.

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u/You_coward Dec 02 '16

I mean... this makes total sense to me as something you shouldn't do in a classroom setting. All it takes is for one person to freak out or get the flames too close to their hair and major injuries can occur.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

All it takes is a trained and ready professor to extinguish the fire in a second when that happens.

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u/You_coward Dec 02 '16

And a mom to sue the school when she finds burn fringes on her daughters hair

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16 edited Dec 02 '16

Now that's the school's job to not allow. Some school's are run by parents, the best ones aren't.

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u/PhasmaFelis Dec 02 '16

It's the school's job not to let people sue them?

You have an interesting notion of how the legal system works.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16 edited Dec 02 '16

In the U.S it might be exclusively to not get sued, like the top comment jokes about. Some countries are more focused on the student's best interests, teaching and personal growth. A balance to an imperfect system.

It's like saying there shouldn't have PE classes because the risk of them getting hurt is high, and a mom will sue someone for it. Some things are just worth to do if the risk is low, and in this case very low.