How God damn pathetic that stupid doofuses point blame and make judgements such as "the teachers were probably talking and not paying attention to the students" Allow me to make judgements on those pointing fingers, blaming others when they haven't a clue as to what happened. You are a miserable life hating donkeys asses! The parents are very aware of the dangers when they send their child to field trips or should be aware of the dangers when sending their children anywhere without them there to care for them. Who would you blame, condemn and stone to death if a tornado caused a tragic death? Mother freaking Nature? Do you really think the adults haven't enough guilt without you naggers hating on them too? What if that teacher was your mother, sister, wife? I'll take a wild guess and say that you would be hypercritical. Stupid! The fact is that yes, this is tragic. Yes, this is heartbreaking! Yes, my heart is heavy when I imagine the families loss and yes, my heart also aches for the fellow students and supervisors. If someone purposely allowed this child to drown then hell yes! There shall be punishment but accidents are reality. My only other thoughts are prayers for this beautiful child and for everyone who is grieveing for her. Fly High sweet girl!

The DOE has hired a whole generation of teachers who are dumb as bricks. Every day that a kid doesn't die from something stupid like this is a miracle.

"What's that accomplish if you determine "who is at fault"?"

It determines who you're going to sue for big bucks.

If suing fixed things and made us happy, we would be levitating in bliss in the US.

What's that accomplish if you determine "who is at fault"? We are so bent on finding out "who" is at fault. Like that will somehow make it different. Accidents happen. Everyday. I'm not entitled to a death by old age. None of us are. Only a small percentage of people actually die a peaceful death of old age. Most go out from disease and accidents. When someone goes out "before their time". We run to point blame. Like that's gonna change it. A bunch of people will die of accidents tomorrow and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Enjoy today. Its all you got. Really.

... buddy system?

You've seriously gotta be a moron to drown. Not the teachers fault, the ocean is for swimming.

You f*king idiot. You're the one who's a moron. "Not the teachers' fault." Yeah, right. Tell that to the girl's parents. I'm just guessing here, but they might disagree with you.

Loser.

But then don't tell me the parents didn't know about this. I'm sure before you can go on such field trips every one of those kids have to have a signed permission slip from each parent. It's not like the parents were totally in the dark about where they were going.

Yes, no doubt the kids had to have signed permission slips. However, a signed permission slip to go to the ocean to study water doesn't necessarily translate to a signed permission slip to go to the ocean to study water to go swimming to drown. So unless they signed a document specifically indemnifying the school against any physical harm -- including death -- that could come to their child, the parents should have a reasonable expectation that their child will be kept safe.

But were the parents totally in the dark about the fact that the was a riptide warning issued, no lifegaurds and only three ill-equipped chaperones for all those kids?

That girl was missing for over an hour before the idiot teacher/interns, who were probably chatting and sunning themselves instead of spreading out over the vast group of children, even noticed she was missing. That's an awfully long time for a kid on a beach with warning signs posted all over it to be missing.

When they saw that there was a rip tide and no lifegaurds they should have turned that bus right around.

Yeah of course the parents signed permission slips, because they expect their children will be looked after and taken on a SAFE trip... IE a beach with fucking life guards on duty. I went on dozens of field trips, and every time there were enough chaperones and teachers to watch us.. and if we went to a fucking beach, there would always be life guards on duty.

Youwilllearn.. are you fucking serious? wow man, its people like you that really make me lose hope some times

You're a moron. The ocean is not for swimming. Even very experienced swimmers get caught in rip tides all the time. Obviously you have some affiliation with the school.

Here's why the teachers are stupid lazy assholes: 1. no lifegaurds 2. probably yaking away to eachother about end-of-year gossip and paying ZERO attention to the kids 3. Taking a bunch of sixth graders to the ocean on a hot day and telling them not to swim

Just another idiot lazy teacher doing the bare minimum until she gets to collect her retirement money.

And let's not forget that there were signs posted all over the beach warning of the dangerous swimming conditions.

And that city kids are well-known for not being good swimmers, because they don't have the same opportunities to learn to swim like kids in the suburbs do. There's always a bunch of drownings every year, and it's always some city kids who never learned how to swim.

They took the kids to the beach on a 90 degree day and expect them to not swim....... wait up, wait up, hold it right there, isn't it like taking your kids to chucky cheese and tell them to bring a book so thay they can read there? WTF is wrong with these people?

"Now the question is why the adults—two licensed teachers and an intern—allowed the children into the water."

Because the average person lacks respect and knowledge of the natural world and the dangers it brings under the right circumstances.

Condolonces to the family.

Isn't this the third or fourth drowning at Long Beach this year? Seems to be in the news alot lately...

*Condolences (sorry, spelling)