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Teacher Ridicules Student for Romney T-Shirt

This sounds like a Teachers Union is testing waters how well they can hold their power in the face of republican taxpayers.
 
This sounds like a Teachers Union is testing waters how well they can hold their power in the face of republican taxpayers.

No, it sounds like the actions of a lone idiot.

If this happened as the story depicts, I don't care if the teacher was joking, it was wrong. Teachers, particularly public school teachers, should be non-partisan while on the job. One of the best teachers I ever had was my high school political science teacher. We had the best discussions and debates in that class. He really got us all to think about our positions, regardless of what those positions were. And to this day I don't know what his personal political leanings were.
 
Even the school says it happened as reported.

where did you get this? the only thing i saw from the school was that they transferred the teacher from that class while they investigate. the article says that the girl's family said that the school said the teacher was joking. that is not the same thing as "even the school says it happened as reported"

maybe i missed something? didn't see it though
 
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:

I admit, maybe my comment was harsh. I just think people get their panties in a bunch over the dumbest things that happen in school. Maybe it's only me that thinks that way. Paddling was the norm when I was in school. I had a teacher that was obviously racist and used to paddle an arabic kid all the time in front of the class. Nothing ever happened to that teacher, most likely because the kids father gave him permission to do so. The teacher seemed to take pleasure in it when he did it. A little too much pleasure and he should have reprimanded for this.

My whole point is, the teacher supposedly pointed a marker at the student and made an x in gesture. How is this offensive? Why would this make someone feel like they can't go to school?

I used to get beat up at the bus stop almost everyday on the way home from school. It didn't make me afraid to go to school, but I did stop riding the bus. Maybe I have a thicker skin than most people since I had to put up with so much crap at school. The call it bullying today, back then it was considered normal behavior in school.
 
Does anyone else notice the complete irony of a republican girl complaining because she gets no respect? get used to it honey, no one in the Romney campaign or the modern republican party wants women to have opinions of choices. You are laughed at and mocked whiole men make decisions about what you can do with your body, while they decide you are not entitled to the same pay as a man, and when they decide rape is just a way to make you pregnant. If this is the worst you ever get in your life, then thank a democrat for protecting your rights. The only reasons republicans care you were mocked is because you were wearing a republican T-shirt. If you were wearing a dem t-shirt they would be the ones mocking you, and removing your right to complain because you are a woman and the bible says you are not as good as a man.

I just cannot believe her whining she wants respect while endorsing the party of overwhelming sexism.
 
Does anyone else notice the complete irony of a republican girl complaining because she gets no respect? get used to it honey, no one in the Romney campaign or the modern republican party wants women to have opinions of choices. You are laughed at and mocked whiole men make decisions about what you can do with your body, while they decide you are not entitled to the same pay as a man, and when they decide rape is just a way to make you pregnant. If this is the worst you ever get in your life, then thank a democrat for protecting your rights. The only reasons republicans care you were mocked is because you were wearing a republican T-shirt. If you were wearing a dem t-shirt they would be the ones mocking you, and removing your right to complain because you are a woman and the bible says you are not as good as a man.

I just cannot believe her whining she wants respect while endorsing the party of overwhelming sexism.

That is a bit of a caricature.
 
What would she gain from lying?

They are setting themselves up to sue the school, anyone can see that. Even without that financial incentive, some people just crave attention. Look at the way people humiliate themselves on "American Idol" and similar shows.
 
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.

Yes, an incident occurred, that doesn't mean the girl's version of the story should be considered engraved in stone. Another example of let's hear both sides of the story unless one side is what we want to believe.
 
They are setting themselves up to sue the school, anyone can see that. Even without that financial incentive, some people just crave attention. Look at the way people humiliate themselves on "American Idol" and similar shows.

I don't see it. They seem to want the teacher to be punished, where do you get the idea that they're going to sue?
 
I don't see it. They seem to want the teacher to be punished, where do you get the idea that they're going to sue?

Well, first of all, that seems to be the norm in cases like this anymore. Secondly, it sounds like they are doing their best to establish a mental/emotional anguish angle which would be needed since no physical harm or monetary loss occurred. I guess I just believe that unless they were looking to cash in that having the teacher apologize, not teach her class anymore(which has already happened), and perhaps a letter of reprimand would be enough. It doesn't sound like it will be for these people however. As I've said in other posts, I don't think the parents showed the greatest wisdom allowing her to wear the shirt if the environment is so hostile and I also believe that schools in general, which can prohibit anything they deem disruptive as long as the standard isn't biased, should prohibit all political themed items. You're there to learn not campaign.
 
That is a bit of a caricature.


Not really. A couple of years back I would have thought so myself. After seeing the birth control incident where the sausage fest barely had any women speaking, and the onloy one of note that did was called a slut and a whore by the right for standing up for medication. Then we have the idea thjat Ann Romney has a clue what it means to be a woman in the US. Then there was the whole women don't get pregnant by rape bull****, accompanied by the legitimate rape bull****, and finally them just settling on rape as a form of conception to be respected. Then there is the fight against equal pay for women. The republican party has doubled down on their sexism in the past year or so. though i dislike using the word war to describe what they are doing, the sexist attacks, and attacks on their ability to earn incomes and be healthy has really looked like a war on women.
 
Does anyone else notice the complete irony of a republican girl complaining because she gets no respect? get used to it honey, no one in the Romney campaign or the modern republican party wants women to have opinions of choices. You are laughed at and mocked whiole men make decisions about what you can do with your body, while they decide you are not entitled to the same pay as a man, and when they decide rape is just a way to make you pregnant. If this is the worst you ever get in your life, then thank a democrat for protecting your rights. The only reasons republicans care you were mocked is because you were wearing a republican T-shirt. If you were wearing a dem t-shirt they would be the ones mocking you, and removing your right to complain because you are a woman and the bible says you are not as good as a man.

I just cannot believe her whining she wants respect while endorsing the party of overwhelming sexism.

Wow! And you honestly list "other" as your "political lean"? :lol:

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and if it walks like a duck, then...............we all know the rest :yawn:
 
If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and if it walks like a duck, then...............we all know the rest :yawn:

we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands?
 
Wow! And you honestly list "other" as your "political lean"? :lol:

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and if it walks like a duck, then...............we all know the rest :yawn:

I am not thrilled with any of them, but with the respublicans playing the game of who can make the most outlandish statement ever I have to take notice of their antics.
 
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.



I don't think that a shirt with the name of either candidate rises to the level of a shirt with Hitler on it.
 
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


You're having a big problem with your equivalencies.
 
You're having a big problem with your equivalencies.

Not really, you are just having a comprehension problem. The Hitler example is meant to show that students in school do NOT have the same freedom of speech rights that adults do. If the school determined all political apparel was disruptive, they could prohibit it. The example of the young woman was merely to illustrate the old principle that just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. If the girl ends up getting beaten up over this incident, as she claims she is fearful will happen, I think it outweighs the questionable gain of wearing a shirt parroting her parents views in an environment where it is unlikely she swayed anyone's voting preference.
 
Here's the report from KSDK TV... Based on this, the teacher needs to be fired and based on the harassment the girl is now receiving, her and her family should now be able to choose a new school for the girl, with all tuition and expenses paid for by that school district.




And people wonder why the American public education system sucks so bad and why people like myself hate the teachers unions.
 
Let's keep it going... shall we?



Notice how Fox News is covering this? Where are the reports from CNN and MSNBC?
 
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