#7: You Never Know Who’s Listening
As crazy as it sounds, I can see the point of teaching a chemistry class this sort of thing. There is a lot of chemistry involved, so it’s a useful teaching tool, and with shows like Breaking Bad being so popular, it’s definitely the sort of topic that would catch students’ interest. As long as you’re not giving them enough information that they actually do anything illegal, it seems like an interesting lesson plan!
But if you’re going to do that, then—and I cannot stress this enough—you probably shouldn’t be accidentally broadcasting this to emergency dispatchers. They have a close connection to the police, who would probably be very interested in knowing if something shady is going on. I love that this teacher turned it into an extra teaching moment, though: I bet those kids learned a valuable lesson that day about cooking illegal substances.