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Title: School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon
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Yahoo News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/burrito_ ... 26s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2bm5xNHVjB
Published: Apr 29, 2005
Author: AP
Post Date: 2005-04-29 22:36:43 by Zipporah
Keywords: Mistakes, Burrito, School
Views: 363
Comments: 56
CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito. Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High. The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt. "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," school Principal Diana Russell said. State police, Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff's Department arrived at the school shortly after 8:30 a.m. They searched the premises and determined there was no immediate danger. In the meantime, more than 30 parents, alerted by a radio report, descended on the school. Visibly shaken, they gathered around in a semi-circle, straining their necks, awaiting news. "There needs to be security before the kids walk through the door," said Heather Black, whose son attends the school. After the lockdown was lifted but before the burrito was identified as the culprit, parents pulled 75 students out of school, Russell said. Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on. "The kid was sitting there as I'm describing this (report of a student with a suspicious package) and he's thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, they're talking about my burrito.'" Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her. "He said, 'I think I'm the person they saw,'" Russell said. The burrito was part of Morrissey's extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product. "We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos," Morrissey said. After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office. "The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief," Morrissey said. "Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."
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#17. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#13)
It's probobly best they disarmed him - burritos can be "explosive" in certain people..... Hmm ..maybe a new dress code?! :P
Which just BEGS the question..............
........... DO tell! ;0)
Aye me Matey - remember, he's the CABIN BOY! can't have him bein' captain - he'd escape!
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Cabin Boy it is. Don't want him escaping.
:P
well damn, someone could get hurt with that! LOL!
That would take me a week to eat. Who the hell needs THAT much food?? If it was that size burrito - no wonder they thought it was a bomb!
um, well, there are a couple of gals at work that could definitely eat that. Watching them is the best appetite suppressant one could have.
Yea, I worked with one of those. Food hidden in every corner, cubby and drawer in their offices, never seeing them without their mouths full of food..... yuk...
If the Burrito had been filled with beans, the cops would have had a point about it being a dangerous weapon.
Now here is a sweet thing if I ever saw one...
You need a big smootch and a good size hug and I'm just the person to do it.
Hold on a minute that was supposed to be dirrected elswhere... Oh well, I guess I'm a fag.
Only if you are a girl...
Wow! I am so relieved.
Just having fun no ill will intended....
I never thought there was.
Little River Band......Time For a Cool Change.... Look around you, look up here Take time to make time, make time to be there Look around, be a part Feel for the winter, but don't have a cold heart And I love you best You're not like the rest You're there when I need you You're there when I need I'm gonna need you A long time ago I had a lady to love She made me think of things I never thought of Now she's gone and I'm on my own A love song has come into my mind A love song, it was there all the time
Thank God it's Satuday!
There is a time for everything under the sun. There is a time for dreams of days gone by and dreams of a better tomorrow. It is all part of the life of man.
Yeah, but tomorrow is another day of school work for me. Next week is finals week.
What do you teach? Which level?
I am a student again. I decided that I needed to get a second Bachelor's Degree. This is my second semester back in school. Now,I have decided to drop this program and enter the program for my Master's. So, I will be attending another school in the fall.
Good for you.. I'm sorry I assumed you were teaching..
I tried substitute-teaching in Mississippi. Teaching didn't turn me on.
Been there done that.. you're fighting a losing battle..
Yes. Definitely. My wife teaches at the college level. She tells me a few things about the quality of students. But, it must be really tough at the grade and high school levels.
Bad and getting worse .. I worked with elementary schools in my area..in about 8 districts.. from inner city to the most affluent and the students are difficult.. school politics is horrible.. the curriculum stinks.. its very difficult on teachers..
All of those factors make the teaching profession very unattractive. A teacher must be really dedicated to stay in the job. Burn-out is probably common among the teachers.
True.. when my state passed education reform, so many excellent teachers left the profession or took an early retirement..
The whole situation is bad on the teachers and it is bad on the students. Everyone loses. I guess that in some circumstances, it may not really matter.
I suppose.. its funny several years ago.. a kid I knew who had just graduated said to me.. he would've learned more with a case of beer and sitting in front of the tv watching the Discovery Channel LOL
He may well have a point. He needs to watch the History Channel though as well. And, lets not forget the Animal Channel.
The children today have almost no privacy and will see that disapate through face recognition cameras and RFID's. Could drive a person to drink if they were not careful. Somebody stop the madness
I wonder if they would have evacuated the scholl in fear of a gas leak AFTER he ate it???
#18. To: Zipporah (#14)
Burritos As Big As Your Head
#19. To: justlurking (#18)
Which just BEGS the question..............
#20. To: justlurking (#15)
He can pirate a thread any day ! WOOHOO!
#21. To: CAPPSMADNESS, Zipp (#19)
#22. To: justlurking (#21)
#23. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#20)
he's the CABIN BOY!
#24. To: justlurking (#18)
Which just BEGS the question..............
#25. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#22)
#26. To: justlurking (#25)
Oh yea???
#27. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#26)
#28. To: justlurking (#27)
well damn, someone could get hurt with that! LOL!
#29. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#28)
Who the hell needs THAT much food??
#30. To: justlurking (#29)
#31. To: Zipporah (#0)
#32. To: justlurking (#1)
#33. To: justlurking (#25)
#34. To: Don (#32)
#35. To: All (#34)
#36. To: timetobuildaboat (#34)
You need a big smootch and a good size hug and I'm just the person to do it.
#37. To: timetobuildaboat (#35)
Hold on a minute that was supposed to be dirrected elswhere... Oh well, I guess I'm a fag.
#38. To: Don (#37)
#39. To: timetobuildaboat (#38)
no ill will intended....
#40. To: All (#35)
#41. To: Don (#39)
#42. To: timetobuildaboat (#40)
#43. To: timetobuildaboat (#41)
#44. To: Don (#43)
Yeah, but tomorrow is another day of school work for me. Next week is finals week.
#45. To: Zipporah (#44)
#46. To: Don (#45)
#47. To: Zipporah (#46)
#48. To: Don (#47)
I tried substitute-teaching in Mississippi. Teaching didn't turn me on.
#49. To: Zipporah (#48)
#50. To: Don (#49)
But, it must be really tough at the grade and high school levels.
#51. To: Zipporah (#50)
#52. To: Don (#51)
All of those factors make the teaching profession very unattractive. A teacher must be really dedicated to stay in the job. Burn-out is probably common among the teachers.
#53. To: Zipporah (#52)
#54. To: Don (#53)
The whole situation is bad on the teachers and it is bad on the students. Everyone loses. I guess that in some circumstances, it may not really matter.
#55. To: Zipporah (#54)
#56. To: Zipporah (#54)
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