A Lesson in Evolution

A teenager jumped out of a second floor window during
a science lesson at a Miami school after making a bet with his teacher.

Police say the 17-year-old pupil at Miami Beach High bet $20 that he could
make the leap, in the middle of a class on evolution, without injuring
himself.

The Miami Herald reports the teenager won the wager after landing on a
patch of dirt.

His teacher Yrvan Tassy Jr has been moved to a non-teaching job while police
and school officials carry out an investigation into the incident.

It’s thought the pupil had been trying to prove a point about evolution
when he decided to jump out of the window. A police report said he landed
on his feet and returned to the classroom.

These stories beg more questions than they answer. What do you suppose
the point he was trying to prove was? That he was more evolved than the
teacher? Was the teacher secretly hoping the student would be
hurt or killed, thus proving his point? Did the teacher pay off?

When the Dowbrigade asks a student why he wore his New York Yankee
jersey to class on the day of a big game with the Evil Empire (our
campus is
a few short blocks from Fenway Park and said student was risking serious
physical injury) and he says "Yoshi told me to do it" we are wont to
respond, "And if Yoshi told
you
to jump
out
the
window,
would you do it?" If he does it, are we liable? Is Yoshi?

Hopefully we’ll have some lawyers in our class this summer and can get
to the bottom of these issues…

from Ananova

picture from Worth1000