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Teacher Ridicules Student for Romney T-Shirt

I call BS. This was no joke. The teacher is trying to cover her arse.

If this story really happened as reported, and that's a big if, then the teacher was way out of line and being stupid. He/she should be called on it.
 
If this story really happened as reported, and that's a big if, then the teacher was way out of line and being stupid. He/she should be called on it.

Why is it a big if?
 
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?".
 
If this story really happened as reported, and that's a big if, then the teacher was way out of line and being stupid. He/she should be called on it.

Even the school says it happened as reported.
 
I call BS. This was no joke. The teacher is trying to cover her arse.

That's incredibly messed up, and I agree that it probably wasn't a joke. Even if it was a joke it was still a bat**** insane thing to do. Either way the teacher should probably be looking into other career options right now.
 
Why is it a big if?

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.
 
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?".

What does it say about our country when "but I was joking!" is even a defense for a black teacher accusing a student of being in the Klu Klux Klan, among other things?
 
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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.

So the parents sent their teenage daughter to school wearing a Romney t-shirt as an ingenious ploy to get the teacher to accuse her of being in the Klu Klux Klan, etc. in order to get their name in the paper?

OK.

:roll:
 
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?".

Teachers can't be fired. They get sent to the rubber room, where they can draw a nice salary for doing nothing. ;)
 
So the parents sent their teenage daughter to school wearing a Romney t-shirt as an ingenious ploy to get the teacher to accuse her of being in the Klu Klux Klan, etc. in order to get their name in the paper?

OK.

:roll:

If the teacher has that strong of political views and the poor judgment to do what she did, you don't think she has given an indication of those views prior to this incident? I guess it would never occur to you to question the wisdom of the parents allowing their child to wear the shirt into an environment where it might have led to physical altercations with other students? Since neither the girl nor her fellow students can vote, it seems somewhat provocative to begin with. My opinion is all political apparel of any sort should be banned from schools since it has no place there. My freedom of speech would allow me to wear a shirt glorifying Hitler out in public but I doubt any public school would allow it as it would be considered disruptive.
 
If the teacher has that strong of political views and the poor judgment to do what she did, you don't think she has given an indication of those views prior to this incident? I guess it would never occur to you to question the wisdom of the parents allowing their child to wear the shirt into an environment where it might have led to physical altercations with other students? Since neither the girl nor her fellow students can vote, it seems somewhat provocative to begin with. My opinion is all political apparel of any sort should be banned from schools since it has no place there. My freedom of speech would allow me to wear a shirt glorifying Hitler out in public but I doubt any public school would allow it as it would be considered disruptive.

Absolute partisan rubbish in an issue where it doesn't belong. She was fine all day in school until she went to GEOMETRY class. And a school where a t-shirt endorsing a political candidate starts violence has geat problems and should be closed to begin with. As to "provocative", are you joking? You'd be falling all over yourself to organize against the teacher if the student abused had been wearing an Obama t-shirt.

The school district admin has already rung in on the legality of the t-shirt - read the damn article.
 
Absolute partisan rubbish in an issue where it doesn't belong. She was fine all day in school until she went to GEOMETRY class. And a school where a t-shirt endorsing a political candidate starts violence has geat problems and should be closed to begin with. As to "provocative", are you joking? You'd be falling all over yourself to organize against the teacher if the student abused had been wearing an Obama t-shirt.

The school district admin has already rung in on the legality of the t-shirt - read the damn article.


I didn't say what their policy is, I said what I think it should be which would include prohibiting pro Obama apparel also. Just because you are a partisan hypocrite, doesn't mean everyone else is. And you are incorrect that the only issue the student experienced was with the teacher. A young woman walking down the street of a bad neighborhood drunk and in a bikini at 3am doesn't give anyone permission to rape her but it sure isn't a very intelligent thing to do.

Teen who wore Romney t-shirt afraid to go to school - Philly.com
 
I didn't say what their policy is, I said what I think it should be which would include prohibiting pro Obama apparel also. Just because you are a partisan hypocrite, doesn't mean everyone else is. And you are incorrect that the only issue the student experienced was with the teacher. A young woman walking down the street of a bad neighborhood drunk and in a bikini at 3am doesn't give anyone permission to rape her but it sure isn't a very intelligent thing to do.

Teen who wore Romney t-shirt afraid to go to school - Philly.com

Afraid to go to school? What, because high school students are so strongly political? :lamo
 
Afraid to go to school? What, because high school students are so strongly political? :lamo

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.
 
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.

They wouldn't, not in a case like this, which is why I doubt that we have all of the facts of what really happened.
 
They wouldn't, not in a case like this, which is why I doubt that we have all of the facts of what really happened.

Hard to say. Maybe she just isn't very well liked to begin with though I don't discount the possibility the parents are embellishing this aspect since it's obvious they are intending a lawsuit.
 
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.

They wouldn't, not in a case like this, which is why I doubt that we have all of the facts of what really happened.

What would she gain from lying?
 
If the student is that afraid of going to school, maybe she should have thought it through before wearing that shirt to school. I think this is a ridiculous situation. Hardly even close to controversy in my book. When I was in school, students were almost expelled for wearing a Metallica "Metal Up Your A**" t-shirt. Hardly comparable to wearing a Romney t-shirt. Something smells fishy about this. It screams "Parents want a payout".
 
If the student is that afraid of going to school, maybe she should have thought it through before wearing that shirt to school. I think this is a ridiculous situation. Hardly even close to controversy in my book. When I was in school, students were almost expelled for wearing a Metallica "Metal Up Your A**" t-shirt. Hardly comparable to wearing a Romney t-shirt. Something smells fishy about this. It screams "Parents want a payout".

I don't know of any schools that say you're not allowed to express your political ideology. Why should she have to think about it beforehand?
 
If the student is that afraid of going to school, maybe she should have thought it through before wearing that shirt to school. I think this is a ridiculous situation. Hardly even close to controversy in my book. When I was in school, students were almost expelled for wearing a Metallica "Metal Up Your A**" t-shirt. Hardly comparable to wearing a Romney t-shirt. Something smells fishy about this. It screams "Parents want a payout".

Why would she have to "think it through" before wearing a Romney campaign t-shirt? This is an election year, and last time I checked this is the USofA not North Korea. :roll:
 
Although they've met with school officials about the incident, neither Samantha nor her father are satisfied. "The teacher told us it was a joke. That she jokes around with students. There's nothing funny about what she did."
The school district confirmed to CNBC that an incident occurred and it is conducting an investigation to determine whether disciplinary action is necessary.

I would say that those two highlighted statements would confirm the girl isn't lying..... but hey I understand the need for liberals to come to the defense of another liberal ... no matter what was done

No one would ever say that CNBC was a conservative station , yet that is the what was used as a source.
 
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