The game is a dare in which students take an eraser and rub it back and forth across their arm while reciting the alphabet and coming up with a word for each letter. Once they reach the letter Z they stop and compare their burns with their friend’s eraser burns.
The teenager had played the eraser challenge at school last Tuesday and is now fighting for his life at Sutter Women's and Children Center in Sacramento. According to a one of the student's relatives, he contracted Strep A Toxic Shock, likely from the germs on the dirty eraser he rubbed against his arm.
He was taken to Enloe Medical Center where doctors found he was unable to maintain oxygen or proper blood pressure, so they placed him into a coma and had him flown to Sacramento for more advanced treatment. Relatives say he is still in critical condition, but is improving. Family members are asking parents to use his situation as a reason to talk with their children about the dangers of the “Eraser Challenge.” Chico Junior High did not send a notice to parents about the incident, or the game, but say administrators spoke with each student involved.
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4 comments:
maybe they should let kids play with iPAds instead?
It's amazing the things that kids can think of as "challenges".
Laughing my bum off. I never did stuff like this and neither has my daughter. I told my daughter when she was very young that other kids would probably try to get her to do things that are stupid, just for fun. I told her when someone tells you to do something, say "sure, could you show me first" and wait for their response. If they are not prepared to show you then it can only be a bad thing. I told her to smile, say 'whatever' and walk away. I said if they call you a chicken, start clucking and pecking at the ground but don't cave in because you were scared or you just wanted to fit in. Think first.
I know the kids name, He used to come to my school. Alot of students are talking about him.
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