3rd graders plot attack against teacher?

At first I thought it was an April Fool’s joke. How could it be that 3rd graders in Georgia actually plotted to attack their elementary school teacher? When I clicked on the link for the story, the first thing that I noticed was the photo of the bag of items that they were planning on using. Duct tape, handcuffs, a broken steak knife, a paperweight, and other items. And listen to this: apparently they were organized enough to have assigned tasks to one another to help facilitate their goal. One of them was to cover the windows (so no one could witness it?), and another had cleanup detail afterwards. How were the industrious 3rd graders (I can’t believe I just typed that in…) going to do whatever it was that they were thinking of doing? By apparently knocking her unconscious with the paperweight, handcuffing her, taping her up and then stabbing her with the steak knife. What did the teacher do to deserve her intended fate? She “scolded one of them for standing on a chair”. I would love to know what is going on in the world of that 9 year old girl who brought the steak knife to school, and the 10 year old girl who brought in the paperweight. You see, even 3rd graders are watching, listening and comprehending much more than what adults give them credit for. Do we really think they can’t handle financial education?