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Post by Jonathan on Oct 18, 2015 14:16:32 GMT
It's very interesting when reading comments that the school should take responsibility. I first think that it doesn't matter of age, muder is muder. Well murder is a little intense because the boy didn't have intentions to kill the lady. The word man slaughter fits more. The boy will be punished accordingly to his age. He wouldn't end up in prison but will get properly instructed of what he did wrong (if the Korean government does things correctly). I can hardly find fault in the school because these kids could have found a footage of dropping bricks from apartment buildings from the Internet. Yes, the teacher may have uncooligned a project (this was not determined when I saw the news yesterday) but does that lead to the school's fault? In the same sense, students in school would find all of their wrong doings should be taken responsibility of the school.
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Post by kevv on Oct 18, 2015 14:53:06 GMT
When I was reading the comments and different posts about this article, there were words that the 9year old kid is too young to get punished for killing the woman who was taking care of the cat. The kid eventually admitted that it was his fault, but there might be someone behind this murdering or killing that influenced the kid. The kid said that he was doing an experiment that he learned from school but why did he do the experiment at that time? that place? he probably knew who was down at the floor and he should have been cautious but still the mother died. Therefore I think that this incident will remain as a mystery and that the kid should get punished regarding his age.
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Post by susansun18 on Oct 25, 2015 11:25:09 GMT
This "cat mom" topic is a big issue nowadays throughout the nation. In my opinion, I think both child and the school should take responsibility for this murder. Actually, when I was only in middle school, something similar happened around me. Our family was having dinner with another family in a restaurant, there were 3 kids: me, Simon and a younger kid. I was with parents and two boys went to the balcony. After a while, Simon ran back and said " Tiantian(that kid) threw a brick out of the balcony and hit someone!" We ran down and saw a lady lying down on the street and her head's was bleeding. She was sent to the hospital and fortunately, she was okay. At the end of the story, Tiantian's parents took responsibility in this case. Even though in "cat mom" case, the child is only 9 years old but we cannot just pretend that nothing happened, the fact that he murdered someone cannot change no matter if he did that in purpose or not. Of course, the school should have some parts of responsibility for not teaching the safety caution.
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Post by anniee on Oct 25, 2015 12:52:15 GMT
I think the ones at fault in this case are actually three groups: the boy's school, the boy's parents, and the boy himself. All three showed irresponsible behavior, actions that combined to result in the death of the Cat Mom. The boy's school lacked safety precautions; as you mentioned, they should have told the students that this experiment needs to be performed with adult supervision as well as on school grounds. If they had uncooligned such a task, they should have known that some people might take the extreme route without guidance. Next, the boy's parents failed to watch their child and advise him on safety. 9 years old is a pretty young age to be performing such a risky experiment, and they should have known to observe their child while he was doing this project as well as teach him not to handle bricks, as they are heavy and therefore dangerous. He was at the age where his parents would have fawned over his planner to say what homework he had for that day, but instead they entrusted a mere child with his own learning and security. Finally, the boy should have had the common sense not to drop a 5 pound brick from the top of an apartment building where people might be underneath. Though he is young, his education level is high enough that he should have known the basics of what is safe versus not safe, and dropping such a heavy object should have been at the top of his Don't Do list. He should have realized that the school wouldn't plan on something so dangerous being dropped from such levels just for a cluncool activity.
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