Credentials?

[asterroc]

WTF?! What were this person's credentials? A substitute teacher in a high school bio class had students pricking their fingers to take a blood sample, and then pass the needle on to someone else! If this isn't a good reason to require all teachers to have degrees in their subjects, including substitutes, I don't know what is. I don't even get why they'd let a sub run a lab anyway. STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

You are correct. I'd noticed at the time that I posted this that the link from the CNN front page was worded to imply that the teacher did actually tell them to share needles, but the article didn't say so. The link is no longer on the CNN front page, so I can't quote it at you.

The article says "the substitute teacher didn't give a reason for why he allowed them to share needles" - it isn't clear whether the sub forgot to tell them not to share, told them but didn't watch their actions and missed that they were sharing, consciously (maliciously) watched them sharing but didn't take any actions to stop it, or even was unaware of the fact that sharing needles is a health risk. Any of these are bad, though some clearly are worse.

The affiliate's webpage linked on the right doesn't have a text article, and a Google search didn't turn anything else up on it.