What do you say to this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_re_us/children_s_plot

I really, really have no words. Basically, if the link doesn't work, this is about a group of nine third-graders who plotted to kill their teacher. (Plot was averted.)

This just blows my mind. I really wouldn't think too much about it if it had come from high-schoolers, but 1) since when do 9 y/o's have that kind of plotting capability? 2) the idea of that age group wanting to kill their teacher is a bit disturbing. I mean, I had some shitty teachers (Mrs. W who was focused on the popular kids and didn't notice that I couldn't add and subtract, and Mrs. F who was determined to "put me in my place" because I was a smart kid, here's to you!) but I cannot say that it ever occurred to me to go Teaching Mrs. Tingle on them. It sure as hell didn't occur to me when I was that age! And I don't think it has to do with times being that different, either. Daisy, Mr. Samoa's niece, is that age exactly, and she doesn't have home advantages (attentive parents and the like) that these kids might not have either. And yet, I honestly don't think such a thing would occur to her, and she's certainly not capable of plotting it out if it did. It is going to be interesting to see how this all shakes out.