The South: You really do need a passport to go down there

I don't know about the rest of you but the most devious plan I plotted in my entire life was filling a mud pile with worms which I intended on pushing my mean next door neighbor into because I believed she would turn into a monkey. I was 6 and it never panned out.

If you were to peek in at an elementary school in Georgia you would expect to see kids with southern draws learning how the south won the civil war, right? Not at Center Elementary School.

At Center Elementary expect 8-10 year olds plotting your death.

A group of 9 third graders plotted to 'hurt' their teacher after she reprimanded one for standing on a chair.

Gum on the shoe? Sign on the back that says 'kick me'? Glue on her chair? No, how about knife in her back.

The students plotted and had a more elaborate plan than Bush's invasion of Iraq.

One student was in charge of duct tape and toy hand cuffs to tie the teacher up, while another student was to bring in a paper weight to knock the teacher unconscious. Someone was in charge of covering up the windows and doors so no one could peek in while they were committing a felony, and one student was in charge of bringing a knife to stab the teacher with. They even had one child acting as clean up crew. I kid you not.

It sounds like a Steven Spielberg movie mixed with Lord of the Flies and Children of the Corn, but I'm sorry people it's not.

Now teachers everywhere are scared to scold their students. Hell, I don't care what my students do in class now, sure break your neck on that balance beam, I'm not getting stabbed because I told someone 'No'.

The reason the plot didn't play out was because another student told the teacher that someone brought a weapon to school. The rat is next on the groups list of future killings.

So what's going to happen to these children, probably nothing. Georgia law states that you can't convict a child under 13, although three of the children have been arrested. The three that have been arrested are being housed in a detention center until a judge decides what to do with them.

My one question is where the hell did these kids think this up? Was it at the sandbox during recess? Where did they get the idea to STAB their teacher. As always psychologist blame video games. Can we stop blaming video games for a minute and turn the finger towards the parents or better yet maybe they are just little psychos and it's better they were caught now so that they can be locked up forever and not hurt people when they reach the four foot mark?