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In reply to the discussion: Disney world prank angers parents-Teachers' elaborate joke 'really stupid judgment' [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)65. Why are you so intent on arguing that this wasn't cruel?
It's cruel to a make a person believe that they are going to receive something highly desirable and then disappoint them by saying, "Ha, ha, not really!" It's called getting someone's hopes up, and pretty much the entire sane world understands that it's a mean thing to do. Everyone but you.
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The Straight Story
Feb 2013
OP
Utterly cruel, a complete violation of trust, and everything that "teachers" are supposed
villager
Feb 2013
#6
As a teacher, it would never cross my mind to be that mean-spirited to my students. Never.
callous taoboy
Feb 2013
#16
Nothing like teachers violating the bond of trust their students have with them.
TeamPooka
Feb 2013
#15
How Rube Goldberg machine of them: to stop "snooping" they get brochures, make a powerpoint,
KurtNYC
Feb 2013
#45
You would have a point if the teachers hadn't explicitly told them it was affordable. (nt)
jeff47
Feb 2013
#36