Gothamist: Students Send Teachers to Hospital with Laxative Cake

Reflect

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:41:17 -0500

no college. What a punishment. I wouldt attend one for free.

Jerky

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:37:58 -0500

These are "straight-A" students and yet they couldn't figure out how to make a laxative cake without sticking whole pieces of crushed up pills in it??? They are obviously too dumb to deserve to graduate.....

Steven

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:15:23 -0500

They were watching too much of MTV High School Stories.

davearz

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:56:26 -0500

This story is too funny, it finally took a dumb prank like this to put a school I graduated from over 10 years ago on the map, good for them, but HOW stupud, everyone knows you slip the exlax works best.

Barbj8

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:49:27 -0500

Duh, rookie teachers!! Who eats stuff the students make?

cucarachita

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:39:21 -0500

I'll tell you what! When I was in public school it didn't take a rocket scientist to be a grade A student due to the school's policy of upgrading students to make the grade average high and make the school look good. Maybe that's why a straight A student isn't what you'd think he or she should be these days. Maybe the school has an integrity problem they haven't been forced to face till now. Just so you know, I think public schools suck. I was a straight A student myself, in that garbage system. It was easy, and boring.

Anna_Merkin

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:36:32 -0500

Points to sonyactivision for use of the word, "churlish." Rank amateurs. I blame the internets for their inability to perform a thoughtful prank. This screams of kids who Googled "laxative cake" and proceeded without much consideration.

sonyactivision

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:15:59 -0500

We did it all the time at my school and aside from a few additional "teachable moments" on the pot, the targets of our churlish scorn "came through" just fine. These kids today are just a worthless bunch of spoiled amateurs. No professionalism whatsoever in their pranks. Where's the restraint? Where's the pride?

tingo

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:52:20 -0500

The whole joke is 40 years ago. Ex-lax cookies. But the point was the chocolate ex-lax was like chips. These kids are idiots, they couldn't even get that right. If it was in fact sprayed with Raid though - that's just psycho and those kids need some serious punishment. As a teacher, I would never eat anything some kid gave me.

rtd2101

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:45:17 -0500

Mmmmm...laxative cake

babyhitler

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:43:18 -0500

retarded. choco-lax. look into it. the secret is for the laxative to be good tasting but for the properties to onset later on.

janelle

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:29:08 -0500

"So they just dropped laxative tablets in the cake batter? You would think they would grind it up into a powder." this is what's wrong with teaching toward the standardized tests, people! (i'm guessing the straight-A student must have been in charge of the icing?)

jaycjay

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:23:47 -0500

"their punishment for inflicting bodily distress on a group of teachers is NOT going to graduation???" Did you skip part of the article's last sentence? The penalty -- so far -- is being barred from attending graduation, being suspended, and being arrested with charges pending.

GastroGirls

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:03:32 -0500

This is total crap. I would love to see this under the "Food" category. Stupid kids. xoxo, www.gastrogirls.com

Kojak

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:45 -0500

"... You would think they would grind it up into a powder. " Agreed. They should've used liquid Laxatives. Then it would've been hilarious. They're doing it wrong!

ThisCharmingMan

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:06 -0500

I'm sure it seemed like the idea of the century at the time. ahhh youth!

lanciano

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:55:59 -0500

their punishment for inflicting bodily distress on a group of teachers is NOT going to graduation??? I'm sure that will really hit home for these kids. That will make them really think about their actions. That penalty is a joke.

Landstrider

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:55:47 -0500

That is so shitty.

fishfryin

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:54:51 -0500

they've had their cake..make them eat it too

Think twice

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:49:41 -0500

This is what you get for watching the "80's High School Movie Marathon" on TBS.

JenChungsBra

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:48:38 -0500

Pretty stupid kids. If the victims wanted they could just forward the news stories to the admissions office of whatever college these kids are going to.

PBRK

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:39:01 -0500

Rick survived a laxative overdose with little trouble. Blame TV.

TK

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:20:57 -0500

maybe they wanted to make their very own Boerum Hill Waterfall

Fritzdecat

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:18:35 -0500

Let them eat cake...laxative cake

HowBoutDemCowboys

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:15:21 -0500

Although it was a stupid prank, denying them entry into college for such a stunt would be just as dumb. These kids should really be charged with stupidity for not using chocolate ex-lax. Jen said 'receiving end'. LOL!

Pharmer

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:14:34 -0500

So they just dropped laxative tablets in the cake batter? You would think they would grind it up into a powder.

meL

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:08:50 -0500

How stupid.

Tgirl

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:08:23 -0500

these little bastards should be denied admission to college after this stunt

Peter

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:08:17 -0500

LSD would've been even funnier.

Jen Chung

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:06:34 -0500

Worst idea ever! And the kid in the Daily News article, who is friends with one of the pranksters and says "Nobody's died from a laxative," I bet he wouldn't say that if he was on the receiving end.