-Caveat Lector- School: Teacher Gave Bomb Lesson PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - A high school teacher faces suspension for allegedly showing his class how to make a pipe bomb and where to place it for maximum injuries and damage to the school. Timothy Falls of Palm Harbor University High presented the lesson a day after the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, according to a school district investigation. The Pinellas County school superintendent has recommended that the social studies teacher be suspended for 10 days, meaning he would lose $1,430. Falls, 38, has requested a hearing. He did not return a call for comment from the St. Petersburg Times. According to an account provided by the school board, Falls discussed the Columbine shootings in several classes, calling it a travesty and emphasizing the importance of students being aware of their surroundings. Then, at students' request, Falls allegedly drew a diagram of a pipe bomb on the chalkboard ``and described its components in detail.'' He also ``initiated a discussion explaining to students exactly where a pipe bomb should be placed at Palm Harbor University High School in order to maximize impact and why such a placement would be most effective in causing injury or harm.'' A parent contacted school administrators in this Gulf Coast community near Tampa. Jade Moore, executive director of the teachers union, defended Falls. ``If he advocated building a pipe bomb, that would be one thing. Or if the students were prone to do that, that's one thing. But explaining it, discussing it, that's topical,'' Moore said. ``It sounds to me like he was probably exercising his First Amendment right to academic freedom.'' DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
