万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-03-16&17, 校园性爱？

Two days after 13 investigates uncovered hidden facts about 2 Raymond Park Middle School students engaging in sexual activity during shop class, Warren Township School administrators² still aren't talking. The report is raising questions nationwide. In fact, nearly a half million viewers heard about the incident from the Dredge Report online. Parents in the district are outraged³.

It just upsets me because it sounds like they are trying to make excuses. It doesn't matter to me how long it was. You know, 30 seconds, 30 minutes. Such as, it's too long and I wanna know where the teacher was and how this was able to happen.

How could it be kept quiet for that long and still just kind of, to us, being swept under the rug?

Associate school Superintendent⁴ Dr. Jeff Swensson confirmed the incident happened almost 4 months ago in an industrial arts lab with the teacher present. He told 13 investigates another child acted as a lookout⁵, disputing an insider's claim that as many as 10 children may have witnessed the act. And more than 2 parents who called the district say they were told the incident only lasted 30 seconds.

The, the 30 seconds, it doesn't, yeah, I mean that's, that's not even a consideration. It's the fact that something occurred.

Kevin McDowell is the attorney for the Indiana Department of Education. He says districts often consult him on serious legal matters, but says this is the first he's heard of the Raymond Park incident. Schools are not required to report such incidents to the state. He won't criticize Warren Township but doesn't agree with the district's approach.

I can't imagine any administrator¹, you know, watch her assault or his assault that wouldn't address a situation like this because it is a serious matter. I really can't answer for them. I'm sure they have their reasons why. You know, is that the way I would address it? Well, my first rush reaction is, you know, I would have handled it differently.

I just want to be very confident that they're, you know, not witnessing, er, you know, and they're being protected. You know, they're not witnessing things that are harmful to them emotionally, physically⁶, whatever.

This doesn't pose any danger to the other students, even if they did see it.

And, you know, I wanna I wanna be clear of what you are saying here.

All right, so they may have, they may have observed this. And while this is an activity you certainly don't see in the school. You know, and it is certainly something of the, you know, extremely unusual. Er, I don't, you know, I don't know where it posed any immediate⁷ danger to those students who saw it.

1 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

2 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

4 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

5 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。