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#283907 - 10/04/08 01:41 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: stone]
Chocolategenii Offline

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Loc: California
Who knows, maybe the school district will replace him permanently with Joe Piculas, the substitute teacher (also Florida) that demonstrated a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears....to inspire his students!
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#283911 - 10/04/08 02:12 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: stone]
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You're right, Stone, when you say:

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Something tells me he may have been trying to make a point other than the whole "I hate democrats" thing.


We are very quick to judge on very little evidence, aren't we? And yet, and yet...Someone in this story has to be very aware and very sensitive to the word.

We don't know how he followed up on what he wrote. It could have been the merits of Obama as a presidential candidate dispite the fact that he's mixed race. It could have been a discussion of the Civil Rights Movement. We don't know.

But we can surmise, since one or more of his pupils 'ratted him out,' that those students were offended by what he'd written--and, possibly, by how he followed up on it.

I tend to think, since he was 'sentenced' to diversity and sensitivity training, that he was following his own agenda--an absolute no-no imho.
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#283926 - 10/04/08 09:24 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: Chocolategenii]
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Originally by: Chocolategenii
Who knows, maybe the school district will replace him permanently with Joe Piculas, the substitute teacher (also Florida) that demonstrated a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears....to inspire his students!

That is a rather apt reminder of what can happen when consequences are applied simply because someone else was offended by something. And, in a related way, points out why "no tolerance" policies in schools are a bad solution for solving a problem. And that infractions need, at some level, to be viewed on an individual basis.

However, back this particular case, even granting for a moment that this teacher may have been trying to "grab the students' attention" you still have to marvel at his lack of cultural and societal awareness. It would be the same as if he pulled down his pants in the classroom and shook his penis at the students. The teacher couldn't get away with explaining, in wide-eyed innocence, "But I was only trying to grab their attention in order to illustrate a wider concept."

Of course, my personal opinion is that this teacher was caught crudely attempting to further his own agenda.
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#283936 - 10/04/08 11:28 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: lizbeth]
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Hey class, multiple choice...

a) Greg Howard is a moron

b) He was “paid” to do this knowing what it would do, like keep affirmative action around for another twenty years and help Obama’s campaign to boot

c) Both A and B

I choose “c”. He is a moron obviously and did more to help Obama and the likes of NAACP than anyone I can think of in the last couple of years. Idiots like him is why we still have organizations such as NAACP and the neo-nazis.

Somebody needs to watch this guy for a while. I bet he has a fat bank account, and might even take a vacation in the Bahamas during his ten days off. He is a scoundrel and should be dealt with.

In contrast, I listened to Farrakhan (sp.?) on TV one Sunday morning (never went to a "church" like his - ) He called Obama a ni--er several times in his "sermon". I never saw anyhting about that on the news.

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#283937 - 10/04/08 11:42 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: Anonymous]
Chocolategenii Offline

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Hi anonymous, you make some good points! It is quit possible he is an "operative" for some anti - Obama organization..who knows? If that theory proves correct, he isn't reaching many voters with his message.

All the same, there are too many anonymous' on these boards to count. Why not sign up with an official SN and join our "fun"?

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#283951 - 10/04/08 01:46 PM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: Anonymous]
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Farrakhan has a TV show??

I don't know why you assume that this guy was paid to write what he did on behalf of Obama's campaign, Aint. It's a big jump of assumption to make. You have anything to support it, or just a funny feeling?
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#283952 - 10/04/08 02:00 PM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: Helice]
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There was nothing about it on the news because nobody cares what Farrakhan says any more.

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#283968 - 10/05/08 12:48 AM Re: Teacher's Use of the N Word. [Re: lizbeth]
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More info on the n-word:

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