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Teacher Ridicules Student for Romney T-Shirt

I am saying if she was wearing an Obama shirt the incident wouldn't have happened.

That is the difference between children (democrats) and adults (Republicans).

So, you actually believe that there is a big difference between the Tweedledumocrats and the Tweedledeeblicans? What makes you believe such an absurdity?
 
So, you actually believe that there is a big difference between the Tweedledumocrats and the Tweedledeeblicans? What makes you believe such an absurdity?

I don’t think that is so absurd at all, it’s no secret that teachers as a whole have a liberal lean to them. It seems that in the more recent times, that they aren’t afraid to express that lean in the class rooms, and knock, put down, or ignore students that go against their lean.
 
I don’t think that is so absurd at all, it’s no secret that teachers as a whole have a liberal lean to them. It seems that in the more recent times, that they aren’t afraid to express that lean in the class rooms, and knock, put down, or ignore students that go against their lean.

First, I've met hundreds of teachers during the course of my 38 years in education, and they run the gamut from borderline socialist to John Birch.

Second, even if what you said is true, it doesn't mean that a rabidly partisan Republican wouldn't do the same thing that this Democrat did. Partisans are even more alike than the two major parties.
 
I heard in recent reports about this that the teacher told the girl something to the effect that "this is a democratic school, you can't wear that shirt"

If this is true, there must be some kind of mental illness associated with this teacher.

I wasn't aware there were democratic and republican school in the school districts.
 
I call BS. This was no joke. The teacher is trying to cover her arse.
This article may give the teacher grounds for a slander lawsuit.

Quote what the teacher said, exactly, and give the background context for the comment.

Why wear a political shirt if you aren't willing to dip into the frey a bit?
 
Fire the teacher, there is no other answer here. She can try her "jokes" out on her new job right after she asks, "would you like fries with that?".
Tenure, bother. Part of the reason Conservatives oppose teachers unions is precisely because teachers can't just be fired. It's not at-will employment.
 
Tenure, bother. Part of the reason Conservatives oppose teachers unions is precisely because teachers can't just be fired. It's not at-will employment.

Yeah, I'm well familiar with tenure, but it doesn't operate in HS like it does in the upper education environment. Regardless of tenure, she can still be fired for cause, and this is adequate cause and could fall under the anti-bullying stautes.
 
There can often be factors involved that don't immediately come to light. I happen to think a number of these incidents are intentional provocations by the students/parents to garner media attention and lay the ground for possible lawsuits. Even so, I believe the teacher should be disciplined as her actions were incorrect and unwarranted. I don't believe, as the parents have called for, that she should be fired. I don't believe the assistant principle in Texas who paddled teen girls to the point of bruising has been fired and that incident far outweighs this one in severity IMO.
We also don't know what lead up to the exchange. The teacher did this without provocation or prompt? I don't believe that for a second. I'm not saying this teen was misbehaving, but something lead up to this. There was a conversation or exchange or some kind we aren't being told about.
 
Yeah, I'm well familiar with tenure, but it doesn't operate in HS like it does in the upper education environment. Regardless of tenure, she can still be fired for cause, and this is adequate cause and could fall under the anti-bullying stautes.
We don't have enough information to call it bullying. We don't know all the facts here. Maybe the teacher was out of line, but we can't know this point.
 
From the article, it appears the students support the teacher and think the girl is lying or misrepresenting the situation. That in itself seems unusual since I doubt many teachers get a strong level of student support.
Quite right. Typically students will circle the wagons around the fellow student and 'fight the system, give it to the man' sort of thing. That the students are supporting the teacher is telling.
 
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