Teacher Has Kids Write About Whom They'd Murder

from WDIV Detroit TV 4

A Missouri high school teacher has apologized for asking students to write about whom they would kill and how they would do it. He said it was a horrible mistake he regrets.

Michael Maxwell said the request to describe how students would carry out a murder was merely a writing exercise. Maxwell teaches a beginning drafting class and it's not clear why he asked the class to write, considering that fiction has nothing to do with drafting.

School officials in St. Joseph said the teacher will likely keep his job. He was described as an "exemplary teacher" and has had no prior incidents against him.

About 25 to 30 students from ninth through 12th grades were in the class.