They are tied up, gagged and pelted with questions.
Homework includes avoiding certain streets and checking elevators for suspicious characters.
A passing grade could save their lives. Welcome to elementary kidnapping, a new training program in the island's primary, middle and vocational schools which teaches kids how to survive an abduction. The courses were started by the Education Ministry at the request of parents who fear that Taiwan's surge in violent crime will eventually touch their families. The crime brought at least 50,000 mostly middle-class citizens onto Taipei's streets one Sunday afternoon in a solemn expression of concern. While at work, they are unable to control everything that happens to their children.