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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: twyacht on May 20, 2012, 05:59:58 PM
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Another fine example of the Liberal infiltration into my former state of residence. Moreover, a blatant example of the Liberal Indoctrination of our education system. Political discourse and debate only work against "sane" people.
Wait to you hear the exchange...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/n-c-teacher-tells-student-he-could-be-arrested-for-talking-badly-about-obama/
N.C. Teacher Tells Student He Could Be Arrested for Talking Badly About Obama
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:39pm by Mike Opelka
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Last Monday, a high school student in North Carolina engaged his social studies teacher in a heated debate about politics and the two leading presidential candidates. During the exchange, the teacher (an obvious Obama supporter) got very angry with the student and accused him of disrespecting the president. She even went so far as to tell the boy that he could be jailed for speaking ill of Obama.
Sarah Campbell of the Salisbury Post first reported on the story. She claims that the school district is not releasing the name of the teacher and that she is not responding to requests for public comment (although the two students identified her to the newspaper). According to Campbell’s story, the teacher will not be suspended or even face disciplinary action for what was heard on the recording. A statement from the school was released at the end of the week:
“The Rowan-Salisbury School System expects all students and employees to be respectful in the school environment and for all teachers to maintain their professionalism in the classroom. This incident should serve as an education for all teachers to stop and reflect on their interaction with students. Due to personnel and student confidentiality, we cannot discuss the matter publicly.”
So, how bad was the exchange? It got fairly heated, with the teacher shouting at times. The kerfuffle started after one student asked a question about the teacher’s “fact of the day” that said Romney was a bully back in high school. A student asked:
“Didn’t Obama bully somebody, though?”
The teacher started to get angry and said:
“Not to my knowledge.”
A couple of students relayed the story about Obama admitting that he bullied someone when he was younger. And that seemed to light the fuse on his teacher’s anger. A couple of the students exchanged words with the angry teacher.
“Stop! Stop! Because there’s no comparison. He’s running for president. Obama is the president.”
As one student attempted to argue for a fair, two-sided debate on the history of the candidates, he was shouted down and talked over by the teacher. She continued:
“You got to realize, this man is wanting to be what Obama is. There’s no comparison.”
Once again, the students pressed for equal discussion of the histories of both men, with one saying:
“If you’re gonna talk trash about one side, you gotta talk trash about the other.”
The teacher just seemed to dig her heels in deeper and press her defense of Obama telling the defiant teen:
“You will not disrespect the president of the United States in this classroom.”
Again the student persisted and invoked his First Amendment right.
“I’ll say what I want.”
The still unidentified teacher read the student her rules…her Obama rules.
“Not about him, you won’t!”
The back and forth continued and the most strident of the two students reminded his teacher that President Bush was constantly treated to negative statements about him while he was in office:
“Whenever Bush was president, everybody talked sh-t about him.”
To which the teacher responded:
“Because he was sh-tty.”
The social studies educator went on for a full minute with more ranting, saying that people were arrested for saying derogatory things about President Bush. The student correctly reminded the teacher that opinions are protected, but you cannot be arrested unless you threaten the president.
Our research has not turned up a single case of anyone in America being arrested for speaking ill of former President Bush. The local newspaper story also mentioned that their discussions about the story with a political science professor could not recall the arrests that the teacher was speaking about.
The entire confrontation was recorded by a student and posted on YouTube. Listen below; slight content warning for language.
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Just making sure our kids (my son is a H.S. Junior the next county over), are getting a fair & balanced perspective from our educators ......
NOT!!!
Thankfully I have de-programmed my son and he the wiser for it....Seems these kids kinda get it.....While the flagrant rabid BHO "teacher" used loosely, does not...
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Nice language from the Black teacher.
But what do you expect Affirmative Action to result in ?
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This is the same County, Rowan.....that had a school lunch forced on a little kid because her home brought lunch, that was seized, consisting of a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread, some chips, and a fruit cup were deemed "unworthy"....
I will not take the Lord's name in vain, but really??? WTF is going on here?
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It didn't actually say noting was going to happen to the teacher...it just said it would not be discussed....although I don't think it likely anything will.
On the bright side, a few students resisted the domination of the teacher and insisted that the discussion be fair and not biased. That alone was more than I would expect.
Might be interesting to see the outspoken students grades for this term......
I think Daffy hits the nail on the head about this teacher's behavior and example
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The teacher sounds so articulate and educated ::)
And people wonder why the US is slipping in test scores when compared to other countries? We need to find a way to elevate the level of expertise in our teachers but with unions having a monopoly over public schools what can we do?
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"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so."
~President Ronald Reagan~ (aka: MY President)
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>:(
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UPDATE:
The lovely and quaint rabid BHO supporter, has been suspended (with pay),...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/21/N-C-Teacher-Suspended-for-Hectoring-Students-About-Respecting-Obama
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Today, the teacher in question, Tanya Dixon-Neely, was suspended with pay by the school.
Hmmm,....Sheila Jackson Lee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Rodham Clinton,...I'm seeing a pattern.....
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Serves her right...
My Social Studies teacher was related to Gerry Ford, he married his niece! I doubt we'd have had a similar argument. Without that mans tutelage I'd be a different man today! I graduated 37 years ago and Ted is still going strong!
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UPDATE:
Today, the teacher in question, Tanya Dixon-Neely, was suspended with pay by the school.
Boy howdy, they really showed her......... ::) ::) ::)
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/22/student-defends-criticism-obama/?test=latestnews
more from the kid. good for him.
deepwater
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Boy howdy, they really showed her......... ::) ::) ::)
Well, if an investigation is underway to verify the facts, that is what they should do...she is out of the classroom but until the evidence is officially reviewed, she doesn't lose pay.
But I have seen similar as a disciplinary action for misconduct.
In Cincinnati a few years ago a couple of water works employees were found ot have "lost" some cash or equipment or both. It seems the stuff was in their care and came up missing. They said it was gone after they were away from it. There was no proof found that th ey had stolen it so they were disciplined for losing city property, not theft.
Their punishment was a 6mo. suspension WITH PAY!!...since it was their first offense.
I had to wonder what the second offense would bring. 12 months with pay or 6 months at time and a half. Sigh.