Thanks to protests by easily-outraged parents, a teacher and an assistant principal at an elementary school in Efland, North Carolina, have resigned after the teacher read third-graders a perfectly innocuous book about a gay prince who finds love.
When mine were growing up they were non-existant anywhere I could look, so instead we just brought them along when we spent time with our many gay friends. For them, it WASN'T remarkable.
I woulda just circulated a list that said "Green eggs and Ham" on it 400 times.Then read what I wanted to....Of course, I know a lot of ways to get fired.
Really, each bullying incident? I was bullied by a group of boys all through middle school and it consisted mostly of calling me "moron" (a bad pun on my real name) every time any of them saw me, multiple times per day. It would have been downright impossible for teachers to document every incident, and a pointless undue burden to make them try.
In this case, Currie found a way to effectively STOP the bullying, but the district is hiding behind the "each incident must be reported" rule to blame him for parents not having advance notice that he was going to read King & King to the class.
I've been covering this story for another site--I don't think she'll have a problem finding something else either. But I certainly feel for the kids in the district who will no longer benefit from their inclusive model.
Well, they did elect an open atheist to the city council to begin with, which should probably count for something. From what I understand, it was a disgruntled minority in Asheville who started the recall petition, and then Nosy Parkers from all over the state signed it.
Just a few miles from Chapel Hill, home of the University of North Carolina, known by the right wingers as a hot bed of communist and liberal thought since the 1950's. Strange how different universes exist side by side.
I said the same thing to a science teacher in north Georgia when he told me he was not allowed to mention "evolution" because it went against community standards. A SCIENCE teacher, ya'll!
When mine were growing up they were non-existant anywhere I could look, so instead we just brought them along when we spent time with our many gay friends. For them, it WASN'T remarkable.
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Unfortunately, the bullies will be shuffling off with him.
You get the shovels, I'll warm up the generator.
Beautifully put. If you don't mind, I am gonna steal and promulgate this wherever I can get it to fit.
I woulda just circulated a list that said "Green eggs and Ham" on it 400 times.Then read what I wanted to....Of course, I know a lot of ways to get fired.
Really, each bullying incident? I was bullied by a group of boys all through middle school and it consisted mostly of calling me "moron" (a bad pun on my real name) every time any of them saw me, multiple times per day. It would have been downright impossible for teachers to document every incident, and a pointless undue burden to make them try.
In this case, Currie found a way to effectively STOP the bullying, but the district is hiding behind the "each incident must be reported" rule to blame him for parents not having advance notice that he was going to read King & King to the class.
I've been covering this story for another site--I don't think she'll have a problem finding something else either. But I certainly feel for the kids in the district who will no longer benefit from their inclusive model.
Well, they did elect an open atheist to the city council to begin with, which should probably count for something. From what I understand, it was a disgruntled minority in Asheville who started the recall petition, and then Nosy Parkers from all over the state signed it.
Well I am always pleased when Cal and I are on the same page.
As a denzien of Durham, I suspect he would be welcome to teach here, so good for our kids.
Just a few miles from Chapel Hill, home of the University of North Carolina, known by the right wingers as a hot bed of communist and liberal thought since the 1950's. Strange how different universes exist side by side.
Isn't that Ruth Bader Ginsberg officiating?
Why ain't these parents home skewling like good god-afearin' folks? Public schools are the devil's playground.
I said the same thing to a science teacher in north Georgia when he told me he was not allowed to mention "evolution" because it went against community standards. A SCIENCE teacher, ya'll!
Being buried under a parking lot probably didn't help.