Class project on terrorism goes wrong
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August 26, 2010, Thursday
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A HIGH school teacher in Australia who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent people as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, the school principal said yesterday.
The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in Western Australia were given the task last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.
They were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.
The task included choosing the best time to attack and explaining their choice of victims.
"Your goal is to kill the MOST innocent civilians in order to get your message across," the assignment read.
Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.
"The teacher, who is relatively inexperienced, made a well-intentioned, but misguided attempt to engage the students in an assignment on contemporary conflict and how beliefs and values influence the behaviors and motives of individuals," Martino said in comments provided by the state Education Department.
Student Sarah Gilbert, 15, told the newspaper she was horrified by the assignment.
"I was shocked and quite offended," Gilbert said.
The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in Western Australia were given the task last week in a class on contemporary conflict and terrorism.
They were asked to pretend they were terrorists making a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community," according to a copy of the assignment received by the West Australian newspaper.
The task included choosing the best time to attack and explaining their choice of victims.
"Your goal is to kill the MOST innocent civilians in order to get your message across," the assignment read.
Principal Terry Martino said he withdrew the assignment as soon as he heard of it.
"The teacher, who is relatively inexperienced, made a well-intentioned, but misguided attempt to engage the students in an assignment on contemporary conflict and how beliefs and values influence the behaviors and motives of individuals," Martino said in comments provided by the state Education Department.
Student Sarah Gilbert, 15, told the newspaper she was horrified by the assignment.
"I was shocked and quite offended," Gilbert said.
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