Cool. Another Rst fan :D.

And MT2008, teaching is great. The only bad thing is when students drive you crazy (I´ll start my residence this year in a boys' school with two of my partners, I guess it will be hard).

Especially since you can't beat them anymore

Stupid ACLU and their child labor laws.

Exactly. Teachers should be allowed to use tasers on their students

Some of my friends growing up would have made you eat the taser. Then again I'm from an area where the locals outgun the cops, litterally. I've had several aquaintances walking the local trails encountering group of men better armed than your average Squad of US Marines wearing camoflage. The men were not police in any way, shape or form.

I don't think anyone can take a taser and not fall down.

I've tasered some pretty tough characters to include a medically diagnosed Shizophrenic who was not only hearing the voices, but was self-medicating with Meth. That subject went down. And I didn't "eat the taser".

There are some very dangerous people out there though. I've dealt with a few "Homeless" people who I would never turn my back on. They are not the poor pathetic people that the bleeding heart crowd weeps over. They're crazy, dangerous and violent.

Well I wouldn't want to take on Mr. Bronson or Mr. Marvin though. LOL.

Lee Marvin? Pffff. Roger Moore kicked his ass (by knocking him the fuck out)

Yeah but wasn't Lee Marvin's character drunk during that fight? That's not fair. No way some guy from the Nancy Tribe (England) would ever get the drop on a sober Lee Marvin. And even then he beat the hell out of Moore's character. :D

DISCLAIMER: The British male has shown himself to be an outstanding example of kick-ass manhood over the past seven hundred years (even if he does talk funny) and the above remark is in now way intended to disparage the British male or infer that somehow the British is male is lacking in "Maleness". To all our British members please take a deep breath.;)

I actually like many British male actors. :rolleyes:

In a real tough, kick ass, smoke cigars and drink whiskey guy kind of way. :cool:

No, Moore REALLY beat up Lee Marvin. Not Marvin's character in a movie, but a perfectly sober Lee Marvin who saw him coming

Oh really? Wow I would like to hear that story. Do you have the details or where can I go to get them.

Roger Moore's IMDB page, I believe. This is second hand info, BTW

Unfortunatly I have seen people who have kept fighting after getting shocked by an old Taser and there are people who have remained upright when hit by the lattest taser.

As far as MACE or hell CR riotgas goes I know of at least one person who could fight in a room full of the stuff without a mask on.

There are not many people who can do that sort of thing but they unfortunatly do exist.

Thanks for the advice. And if you need a way to get past the filters, I've got some stuff that might help.

Hmmm, yeah, I guess I can't relate so much. In my family, it was pretty much academics before everything else. I did have chores (mowing the lawn, mostly) and summer jobs, but my parents were always pushing me to get good grades.

I appreciate it, but it's not such a good idea to try. Besides, I can still get on here in the evenings and on weekends, which is fine by me.

Pepper Spray has limited effectiveness and I don't put alot of faith in Tear Gas. I saw a guy snap a pair of hinged handcuffs once and I've seen my share of shooting and stabbing where the person kept on going for awhile. But I have never seen anyone continue to stand after getting zapped with the latest taser generation. That is as long as both barbs penetrate the subject's skin. If one of the barbs fail to penetrate then yes you won't have a good connection and it will be less than effective. We now have cartridges with longer barbs in case the subject is wearing a thick coat, multiple layers of clothing ect.

Like anything there is no magic bullet. Your right about that. It's more about having a toolbox from which you can take the right tool for the job. Which is why I carry handcuffs, a taser, a radio, a flashlight (I've stopped people by blinding them), an Asp, Pepper Spray, a Benchmade folding blade knife, a GLOCK , a vest and a shotgun in my car.

Oh and I also have my brain and my ability to talk. TAlk talk talk talk talk talk. I'll talk all day long if that will work.

I heard it was better to use wasp spray

I have never heard that before. Are you serious?

Longer range, potential for permanant blindness

Yeah....but you do know people can accidentally spray themselves or others that they don't intend to use it on.

I'd say bear spray. That'll clear a room.

OR, you could just kneecap the attacker. He doesn't die and he'll never walk right again. Win-win situation

What if you're a weak person? Not all people have the strength to give their attacker a knee to the gut. Despite what some gals would say, women can be weak in combat unless properly trained. I'd say kick them in the balls. That work even if you are skin and bones.

Fat people have a problem of no muscle strength, so a fist to their round guts will put them down and they might not be as fast as someone who's trying to kick their asses.

You get a gun, make sure it's loaded, and shoot the attacker

All you need to stop an attacker is a trusty old baseball bat and use it to beat the crap out of them.

A classroom full of boys? Hmmm, I admit that might be more than I could ever handle.

On the bright side, if you focus on stuff like wars, then it might be easier to keep their attention. I think part of the trick is learning how to drop random (but hilarious) pop culture references whenever possible. I know somebody who teaches high school history right now, and that's how she told me she keeps them focused - somehow, her class manages to reference everything from "Men in Black" to Bon Jovi, and her kids love her.

Well, a couple of years ago I was one of those boys (yeah, it´s my old high school), and yes, it was hard to the teachers to handle us.

I´ve been planning what to do. For the first years (1st and 2nd year of the highschool, kids between 12 and 14), movies. For example, Gladiator when they´re studying Rome, using my laptop and the school´s projector. While they´re watching the film, they must take note. As history is like telling a story, it´s easier for them than studying maths (ugh...).

We have a whole class about the Civil War. I think the teacher is a reenactor, but I do know he is a pretty cool guy

By "kneecap" I think he ment kicking the person in the knee, as a good heel kick can shatter someone's patella and, like he said, leave them unable to walk right ever again.

When I think of "kneecapping", I think of something like this:

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/iba0038l.jpg

That's what comes to mind when I think of kneecapping.

Okay if that doesn't work, this will. It's my smartest plan yet:

Step 1: Find the worst play ever written.

Step 2: Hire the worst director in town.

Step 3: Raise $2 Million.

Step 4: Hire the worst actors in Hollywood, and show it at Cannes,

Step 5: Film closes, take money, and head to Amsterdam.

Well now you're a producer! How about "Spring Time for Osama"? That hasn't been done yet.

I'll do that. It'll be a collaboration between Ed Wood and Uwe Boll. It'll have two of the most washed up, phoniest actors in hollywood: Megan Fox and Rob Schneider!