Students Give Blood To Avoid Detention

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More than 50 teenagers donated blood to get out of Saturday detention hall at Los Alamitos High School.

Student Steven Butler said giving up a little blood was a lot less painful then having to sit in detention.

He said in detention hall, you can't move and you can't speak.

So, compared to that, a pint of blood is nothing.

Blood-for-detention is something new to the American Red Cross' Aura Spencer.

"I wish more schools would do that," Spencer said. "You can give up your Saturday or give up a pint to save a life.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4565583/detail.html

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Holy freakin hell. :thumbsup: for the good idea! Saving lives == :thumbsup:

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Heh, I wonder how this'll turn out for people that are ALWAYS in detention.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: sheik124
Heh, I wonder how this'll turn out for people that are ALWAYS in detention.

or druggies

 

[her209]

Oh boy, what's next, bone marrow?

 

[axelfox]

Then there is no punishment.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: axelfox
Then there is no punishment.

better to give blood in my book

 

[feelingshorter]

there is no age minimium, its by weight. I think you have to weight like 120? or something like that to donate and a pint of blood is a lot. Its enough to make you quite dizzzyyy especialy if your weight is on the border line of minimium. Maby thats just me.

 

[dug777]

:Q

 

[Mrvile]

Sounds iffy. Lots of potential loopholes. Good idea though.

 

[BW86]

Great Idea.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: feelingshorter
there is no age minimium, its by weight. I think you have to weight like 120? or something like that to donate and a pint of blood is a lot. Its enough to make you quite dizzzyyy especialy if your weight is on the border line of minimium. Maby thats just me.

You have to be at least 17 and 110lbs.

 

[mugs]

I had a professor in college that used to give extra credit for giving blood, but the red cross people refused to sign the form we had to use as proof because they didn't want people doing it for the wrong motives. Morons.