I'm an old grump and just cannot fathom how kids think this shit is funny. They are LITERALLY putting peoples' lives in danger let alone wasting valuable Community resources to respond to these fake calls.

Your assumption here is a problem. You assume that the commenter is looking for a prize. They aren't. They are saying they don't need to apologize for sympathy and empathy which is offered without reward to all walks of life. That the automatic assumption (on your part, it would seem) that they are saying these…

Whatever. I don't think it's necessary to teach that lesson in that particular way. I see it's not a popular view, but fuck it, I do not care. Teaching that lesson could be done as easily by making the students plant a garden, harvest it, and eat it. Or send them to a farm to see the deed done and then, eat the food…