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"School Can Kill You!"

Heavy School Bag Pulls Boy to His Death

A Hong Kong school boy plunged 20 stories to his death when his heavy bag filled with books pulled him over the railing outside his high-rise flat, newspapers said.

A witness to the freak accident on Thursday said the nine-year-old was leaning on the railing when his school bag slipped and dragged him over, the local newspapers reported.
"He was carrying a heavy schoolbag," a police spokesman told Reuters on Friday. "There was nothing suspicious. It was an accident. But we have yet to determine the cause."
Newspapers reported that the boy's bag weighed about 20 pounds.

Schoolchildren in many parts of Asia are swamped with homework and have to lug heavy bags. Some in Hong Kong even resort to buying bags with wheels, much like the suitcases that travelers pull around.

Good god! 20 pounds? I would protest that. Hell - I thought my bag was heavy but that takes the buscuit! Maybe it was a relief that he was killed!

Oh yeah everything can kill you.

I was reading the news and the guy was killed while working in an office. The fumes from his marker pens over powered him. He fainted and faded away during a meeting in his office.

Yeah laptops would be a great idea! Some kids get them if they can't write well or have broken their arm/wrist. But if we all had laptops then no-one would work and we'd all be playing games! That'd be a good way to use up those boring free periods!! And everyone would e-mail viruses to each other, meaning we'd loose all our work and all our grades! I hate writing!!

why can they just get rid of books and start giving out laptops.

POP

Oh yeah everything can kill you.
A sad thing to happen but not that surprising. Bet we all have bad backs when we get older caused by heavy school bags.

I don't mind school,

Except the double periods of Maths, Chemistry, Physics, English and Geography.

Or the hours of homework.

The constant presuure of tests and exams.

TEachers that wipe ethanol on your face.

The morons that walk about.

The 30 mins walk there and back.

Yeah schools great :)

Not that bad... place to meet your mates, not that bad.

I would say easily 7!

Weird Wonder wrote:
> Problem is I always end up with a bag twice the size of me and then manage to
> fill it up. One time I burst veins in my shoulders. I never even knew they were
> there. I always seem to have a heavy bag. I'm excessive.

Are you seriously saying that your bag weighs 10 stone +?. I used to be excessive, in that my bag weight well over a stone, but now I'm in college. Bliss.

Problem is I always end up with a bag twice the size of me and then manage to fill it up. One time I burst veins in my shoulders. I never even knew they were there. I always seem to have a heavy bag. I'm excessive.

AfroJoe wrote:
> You looked up a dictionary for the meaning of biscuit....... saddo!

Can you not see sarcasm when it's put right infront of your face?

You looked up a dictionary for the meaning of biscuit....... saddo!