There is a disturbing case in the state of Georgia that is raising questions tonight about school violence and what to do when students make threats or plot an attack. But this time, it’s not high school students; it’s third graders involved in what police describe as an elaborate plan to attack their teacher. What would drive children that young to dream up such violence and what should happen to them now? ABC’s David Muir has our closer look.
The third graders wanted to attack their teacher because, police say, they were mad at her after she reprimanded a student for standing on a chair. Investigators say the 8-, 9-, and 10-year olds hatched their own plan: knock the teacher unconscious with this paperweight, bind her with these toy handcuffs and duct tape, and then stab her with a steak knife.
They even divided their roles: one would cover the windows; another would clean up after the attack. The three students - two girls and a boy - who brought the paperweight, the cuffs, and the tape, have all been arrested. But arresting third-graders? Educators and parents alike today were asking: how did we get here? “All you have to do, dare I say it, is turn on television, look at a video game, or go to the movies and see the movies they’re watching, and those plots are there.”
Today, the school superintendent acknowledged people have a wide range of opinions on what the students were thinking, from kids playing make- believe all the way to the serious plan to do harm. Psychologists say there’s no way to know what triggered these children without sitting across from them and reaching out to them. “We all want to have some form of attention to be liked. So if a child or an adult is not getting positive attention, they’ll look for negative attention.”
The punishment itself, they warned, will not solve the problem. “It stops it. It stops it for the moment.” Now comes the important part, experts say: the counseling for the parents and the children, and not treating the children as bad or evil. Experts say you can change behavior, even with a plot hatched so young.
“In a way, it’s easier to change behavior when they’re younger, but it’s more upsetting to see it happening at such a young age.” Their teacher was back at the school today. And when asked how she’s doing, the school simply said, “She’s sad, very sad.” David Muir, ABC News, New York.
※ dare :~에게 할 수 있거든 ... 해보라고 덤비다[말하다], 감히 ~하다 ex. Go ahead, call the police. I dare you. 경찰 부를테면 불러. (겁 안나. 너 못 부를 거야.) ex. I dare you to do this.(해 볼 테면 해봐라) ex. He dared me to strike him. 그는 때릴 테면 때려보라고 말했다. ex. How dare you[he] say such a thing? 어떻게 네[그]가 감히 그런 말을 할 수 있느냐? ex. I dare say that's true.= That's true, I dare say. 그것은 아마 사실일 것이다 (challenging you) * " 나는 감히~ 라고 말한다 " 라는 뜻으로 쓸 때는 I maintain (that) ..., I assert (that) ... 등의 표현을 쓰는 것이 좋음.
disturb : (마음 일 등을) 방해하다, 혼란시키다, 교란하다 ex. Do not disturb! 입실 사절, 깨우지 마시오 (호텔 등의 방문에 거는 팻말 의 문구) * disturbing : making you feel extremely worried or upset ex. I found the book deeply disturbing. / ex. disturbing images of war and death raise a question : 의문을 제기하다, 문제를 제기하다, 문제 삼다 involve : ~ 을 포함하다, ~ 을 수반하다, ~ 을 연루시키다 * be involved in ~ : ~ 에 연루되다, ~ 과 관련있다, ~ 종사하다, ~ 에 참가하 다 ex. project the costs involved in the new plan 새 계획에 소요되는 경비를 견적하다. ex. The government is involved in yet another corruption scandal. elaborate : 공들인, 정교[면밀]한 (very detailed and complicated), ~ 을 공들여 만들다, 정성들여 끝내다, 상세하게 설명하다 (on) ex. elaborate a theory 이론을 정밀하게 마무르다 ex. Let me elaborate on the idea 그 생각에 대해 상세하게 설명해 줄 게. drive + 목 + to do : ~를…하게 내몰다 ex. Hunger drives one to steal. 배가 고프면 도둑질을 하게 된다. ex. I was driven to resign. 사직해야 할 처지에 몰렸다. dream up : (계획 따위)를 생각해 내다 / to think of a new idea or plan, especially one that is silly or unusual reprimand : 견책, 징계(reproof), 질책하다, 견책[징계]하다 * reprimand ~ for... : ~를 ... 이유로 견책하다, 질책하다 hatch : <알을>까다, 부화하다, 알을 품다, (비밀리에) 계획하 다, 꾸미다, 한 배 (의 병아리), (항해) 해치, 승강구, (항공) 비행기의 출입 [비상]구, (속어) 목구멍 ex. He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the President. * down the hatch (HUMOROUS) : an ｅxpression used by some people when they are about to drink an alcoholic drink (건배!) unconscious : 알아채지 못하는, 의식 불명의, 무의식의 ex. She has the unconscious habit of biting her fingernails. paperweight : 문진/ a small heavy object that you put on top of pieces of paper to keep them in place stab : vt.,vi. 찌르다 ex. stab a person to death 을 찔러 죽이다. ex. The thief stabbed at him. 도둑은 그를 보고 찔렀다. dare I say (it) : 굳이[감히] 말하자면 /used when you are saying something that you think other people may not like superintendent : (작업 시설 등의) 지도 감독자, 관리자, (아파트 의) 관리인, 교장 ex. We asked the superintendent to fix the broken window in our apartment. range : 열, (같은 종류의 것의) 연속 (a number of different things that are of the same general type), 범위, 사거리 (射距離), 사격장 (=rifle ~) * range of ~ : ex. The speaker will deal with a broad range of issues affecting professional women. ex. Try our new range of beauty products. ex. We offer a wide range of goods at very competitive prices. make-believe : 가장, 하는 체하기, 겉 꾸미기, 위장, 거짓의, 위 장한 ex. In the video, Michael Jackson danced down a make-believe street protesting that `the kid is not my son'. * make believe : to pretend or imagine ex. Let's make believe (that) we're pirates. psychology : 심리학, (개인 집단 등의) 심리, 심리 상태 / * psychological disorder : 심리(적) 장애 /* psychological : 심리학의 [을 사 용한], 심리학적인, 심리적인 trigger : 방아쇠, 방아쇠를 당기다, ~ 을 촉발하다, ~ 을 유발하다 reach out : 1. 손을 뻗다 2. to offer help to someone 3. to ask someone for help ex. She reached out to touch his face. ex. We are reaching out to the most vulnerable members of the community. ex. She urged him to reach out to his family. upsetting : 마음을 상하게하는/making you feel sad, worried, or angry ex. Don't you see how upsetting that is to him?