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<p>Not sure why you directed that to me, POIH. I haven’t said whether Yale or the student was at fault. I commented that it is being investigated and that you could not claim to know as you did immediately when the news of the accident was released. Perhaps the procedures were not followed by the school or not stringent enough. Perhaps the student didn’t follow instructions. Perhaps it was a freak thing and every current procedure was followed. Perhaps they need to change their policies and procedures (this often happens when an accident occurs). I never said whether Yale was to blame or not, but rather one should not assume and let the investigation play out. Sometimes there is justifiable blame. I don’t know yet in this case until the facts are all released. And sometimes (speaking generally here, not this incident), no matter even if every precaution is taken, accidents occur in life in a split second, and it is natural to want to place blame. All accidents are not avoidable. Some are. I’ll reserve judgement on this accident when I hear the results of the investigation. Some things are starting to come out. Your assigning of blame was before any investigation had even begun. Even if it turns out that Yale is to blame (remains to be seen), I would still not agree with you to point fingers without FIRST gathering the facts. That is what others were saying to you in the other thread too. </p>
<p>But what was really offensive is your assumption that it should not be expected to happen at an HYPSM school, but it might as a lesser college, or that students at a lesser college may not know better. None of that applies, sorry. No matter where this occurred, it is not only tragic, but policies and procedures need to be reexamined and students need to be fully aware, at ANY college. HYPSM is no different in this one regard. Are there differences between HYPSM and a community college in other respects? Of course. But not so much with safety and protocols. I would expect that of any college.</p>