Teacher Fired for having students drink milk until they Vomited!

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Teacher Who Ran Milk Experiment Fired

SMITHFIELD, N.C. -- It was a science lesson for some North Carolina high school students -- if you drink too much milk, you'll throw up, because your body can't handle that much acid.
But their teacher learned a lesson, too -- he's been fired.

Jeff Ferguson taught chemistry and physics at a Smithfield high school. Some of his honors chemistry students took part in a milk-chugging experiment designed to test the body's ability to neutralize acids.

Each student was given a gallon of milk and tried to drink it in an hour. Some students drank until they vomited -- which is the body's reaction when it can no longer handle the acids in milk.

Ferguson says he'll appeal the school board's decision.

 

[ROTC1983]

Did the students agree to this? Seem's like they did...

 

[Gurck]

jesus, who could drink a gallon in an hour? :Q I've had maybe a quart of milk or more when thirsty before with no adverse effects, but a gallon of *anything* in an hour would make me hork.

 

[Azraele]

As long as the students were given the option to opt out of the experiment, I see no problem with it.

Why exactly was he fired? What reason did they give?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Gurck
jesus, who could drink a gallon in an hour? :Q I've had maybe a quart of milk or more when thirsty before with no adverse effects, but a gallon of *anything* in an hour would make me hork.

Hahaha, "hork." You're the man now dog.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Teacher Who Ran Milk Experiment Fired

SMITHFIELD, N.C. -- It was a science lesson for some North Carolina high school students -- if you drink too much milk, you'll throw up, because your body can't handle that much acid.
But their teacher learned a lesson, too -- he's been fired.

Jeff Ferguson taught chemistry and physics at a Smithfield high school. Some of his honors chemistry students took part in a milk-chugging experiment designed to test the body's ability to neutralize acids.

Each student was given a gallon of milk and tried to drink it in an hour. Some students drank until they vomited -- which is the body's reaction when it can no longer handle the acids in milk.

Ferguson says he'll appeal the school board's decision.

Seems like it was voluntary, and the students knew they couldn't handle that much milk, that was what the whole experiment was showing.
Sure, maybe he shouldn't have done it, but he got permission it seems, and I think the students knew there may be some ill effects.

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: Azraele
As long as the students were given the option to opt out of the experiment, I see no problem with it.

Why exactly was he fired? What reason did they give?

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too...

 

[aircooled]

Link to local news

 

[skace]

I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

 

[BigJ]

I drank a quart of milk once, and it gave me the sh!ts like no other.

 

[dighn]

did this happen recently?

because i'm pretty sure i heard something like this like a year ago

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: skace
I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

Yeah, you gotta fire teachers like that. You can't have people going around making the rest of the teachers look bad.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: dighn
did this happen recently?

because i'm pretty sure i heard something like this like a year ago

It happened last year, this link is dated Nov 19 2003

 

[Hammer]

i don't see what the problem is, they volunteered.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Hammer
i don't see what the problem is, they volunteered.

They're minors, their opinions and actions mean nothing!

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: skace
I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

Yeah, you gotta fire teachers like that. You can't have people going around making the rest of the teachers look bad.

Yup, zero tolerance for good teachers. They make the teachers that don't care look bad.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: skace
I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

Exactly. He tries to do something that's fun AND educational and this is what he gets. Those kids volunteered for it and they KNEW they'd puke - that's why it was fun.

Hopefully these kids will stand up for the guy.

 

[Kipper]

Good practice for college.

I also second that comment about good teachers. It's always the unconventional, hands-on, envelope-pushing teachers (which the students enjoy) that get canned - simply because the rest of the teachers are too boring and lecture all the time. The other teachers get jealous, he gets fired.

I hate bureaucratic systems. A number of phenomenal professors at my college have left because they were denied tenure - this is after recieving stellar student reviews, nonetheless.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Gurck
jesus, who could drink a gallon in an hour? :Q I've had maybe a quart of milk or more when thirsty before with no adverse effects, but a gallon of *anything* in an hour would make me hork.

Hahaha, "hork." You're the man now dog.

Sean Connery in Finding Forrester

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: DougK62

Originally posted by: skace
I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

Exactly. He tries to do something that's fun AND educational and this is what he gets. Those kids volunteered for it and they KNEW they'd puke - that's why it was fun.

Hopefully these kids will stand up for the guy.

We all know education is supposed to be boring, we should ALL hate school, and we should ALL be molded into healthy, productive members of society...because God forbid, we should want to go out and do something stupid and pointless, perfectly willingly, and enjoy doing it.

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: skace
I get the feeling this is one of the teachers that the students actually enjoyed learning from.

Yeah, you gotta fire teachers like that. You can't have people going around making the rest of the teachers look bad.

Yup, zero tolerance for good teachers. They make the teachers that don't care look bad.

very very sad.

 

[Chunkee]

I would need some Double Stuff Oreos

 

[Kelemvor]

If the student did it voluntarily I dn't see how they can hold the teacher responsible for anything other that Bad Judgement.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
If the student did it voluntarily I dn't see how they can hold the teacher responsible for anything other that Bad Judgement.

minors can't do anything without notifying the parents first.

 

[RobCur]

not voluntary, kids will do just about anything if asked to. nicely worded but still a violation and yes he deserved to be fired if not demoted to janitory!