Another potential recipient of the Darwin Award!

[wubbathompson]

Student drinks lab chemical on a dare
Youth found bleeding from nose and mouth in hallway

ODESSA, Texas (AP) -- A student who drank a chemical from his high school lab on a dare was recovering in a hospital, but not before a scare.

The student drank the unidentified chemical on a bet at the school, said Nancy Smith, a UMC supervisor.

"We need to find out what it was from the toxicologist," Assistant Principal Ray Lascano said. "All of those materials belonged to one of the chemistry labs."

The student was found last Wednesday in a school hallway, bleeding from the nose and mouth.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/05/18/texas.chemical.ap/index.html

[sdfernando]

1. Can't win

One can only win the Dawin award by successfully removing yourself from the gene pool. He can't win if he doesn't die, but he can get an honorable mention.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I dunno. Didn't Texas initiate the "No Child Left Behind" program?

Maybe the curriculum should have concentrated on laboratory safety and poison control instead of standardized test scores . . . .