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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Aug. 30, 2006
Note To Self: Don't Send Kids To Lafayette College
By now, you've probably heard about the young man who brought dynamite onto a plane.
This young man, it turns out, was in South America for a little 3-week "summer trip". He saw all of the sights including a silver mine where he got the short-stick of dynamite as a souviner.
Now, I might be able to accept that he didn't really think that it was a real stick of dynamite. Until I read what else he packed into his checked luggage and brought onto the plane.
"A Customs and Border Protection officer inspected his bags and
discovered a small stick of dynamite, a fuse, an electrical blasting
cap and a white granular explosive in a plastic bag, the complaint
states. Officers said they also found two black powder-based fuses in
his carry-on luggage."
If it's fake dynamite, why do you need the fuse? Or blasting caps?
And what kind of souvenir is the "white granular exposive"?
WHAT I LEARNED ON SUMMER VACATION
Mostly, however, what I learned from this story is that I should not send my kids to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
You see, "Huck", as he's called, is a student there.
As it turns out, he's not just a student, he's an honors student who made really good grades, so his parents paid for part of his South American journey.
This A-earning genius from Lafayette College not only decided to bring explosives on a plane, but he packed those explosives together with a fuse and blasting cap.
Earth to Huck: There is a reason dynamite doesn't come with a fuse already in it. It's BECAUSE IT MIGHT ACCIDENTALY EXPLODE! Ditto for the granular explosive and blasting cap.
But, at least he's getting good grades...
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