This Teacher Needs to Go!

[Dr. Cheese]

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Assuming this story is true, this teacher should never be in a classroom again.

[MatticusMania]

Wow, talk about ignorance.

Sadly, it just kind of sounds 'typical 'merican"

[Relic]

Well, providing it's true, I don't think he'll have many supporters.
It's very easy for kids to make shocking false claims these days and have them be believed so easily, yet...sadly there are no shortage of idiots who would actually say such a thing.
So... once again I'll have to reserve judgment at this point until more info comes out.

[D.A.R.K.]

Surprise... texas!

[Relic]

Originally Posted by D.A.R.K.

Surprise... texas!

And that statement is somehow more 'enlightened" then what the teacher is alleged to have said?

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by Relic

Well, providing it's true, I don't think he'll have many supporters.
It's very easy for kids to make shocking false claims these days and have them be believed so easily, yet...sadly there are no shortage of idiots who would actually say such a thing.
So... once again I'll have to reserve judgment at this point until more info comes out.

This is how I'm approaching it. Does it highlight that some people will say insensitive things or continue to be ignorant because they've bought into fear mongering? Yes. But unless the teacher admits and apologizes,...or a classroom full of kids corroborates the claim,...this is is pretty much a matter of "he said; she said".

[pacojas]

why expose the student?!!! did the parents sign a release?

(i'm confused)

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Relic

And that statement is somehow more 'enlightened" then what the teacher is alleged to have said?

Yes

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally Posted by Relic

And that statement is somehow more 'enlightened" then what the teacher is alleged to have said?

take it how you like.

[thumpbass1]

What an idiot, if indeed the allegations are true.

[Selta]

One thing that caught my attention is that Islamic Society of Greater Houston President Aziz Siddiqui says: "A lot of people are ignorant in the world, and so you just have to ignore them."

I'm not sure that ignoring "them" would help really. You can't just ignore a problem and hope it goes away on its own.

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by pacojas

why expose the student?!!! did the parents sign a release?

(i'm confused)

I don't know if the young lady in the picture is the student or not.

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by warwick.hoy

This is how I'm approaching it. Does it highlight that some people will say insensitive things or continue to be ignorant because they've bought into fear mongering? Yes. But unless the teacher admits and apologizes,...or a classroom full of kids corroborates the claim,...this is is pretty much a matter of "he said; she said".

The fact that another student mentioned it to her mother who then brought it to the attention of the school, gives the story more credibility. The student who was verbally abused did not make the report herself.

[HaMMerHeD]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Wow, talk about ignorance.

Sadly, it just kind of sounds 'typical 'merican"

Disagree. I think the typical american understands the difference between radicals and rank-and-file religious people of whatever color. But I think Fox/CNN/MSNBC have seriously distorted the public view of the public.

[Relic]

Originally Posted by D.A.R.K.

take it how you like.

yeah, I'm sure you meant that there are some great folks in Texas, but there may be some residents of that state who may think like this teacher is alleged to.

I stand corrected.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by HaMMerHeD

Disagree. I think the typical american understands the difference between radicals and rank-and-file religious people of whatever color. But I think Fox/CNN/MSNBC have seriously distorted the public view of the public.

I was being a bit facetious, its not quite 'typical American' (thats why I left off the A).

Maybe more 'typical middle 'merican'




joking, of course

[MJ5150]

Maybe he was her uncle.

-Mike

[Darth Handsome]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Maybe he was her uncle.

-Mike

Now this is genuinely funny. I know what funny is, & this is it.

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

One thing that caught my attention is that Islamic Society of Greater Houston President Aziz Siddiqui says: "A lot of people are ignorant in the world, and so you just have to ignore them."

I'm not sure that ignoring "them" would help really. You can't just ignore a problem and hope it goes away on its own.

Problem is, there have always been ignorant people, and there always will be ignorant people. In that sense I agree with him. Ignorance will never ever go away, and it's up to us to decide how much attention we give to it.

[SonofJud]

If their education system is anything like California's he'll be impossible to fire regardless of what he actually did.