Disrupting the class with an off topic comment is not covered speech. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by upparoom
Disrupting the class with an off topic comment is not covered speech. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by upparoom
They were discussing religion and homosexuality in Germany in high school German class... How is him saying he's a Christian and believes homosexuality is wrong off topic? And it doesn't sound like he disrupted class, he just made a comment to his buddy sitting next to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Oh, maybe it's because he didn't say it in German. [ROFL1]
But I'm sure if the boy said "I'm atheist and believe that everybody is entitled to the sexual orientation of their choice and we should all be tolerent and understanding of others" the teacher would have responded the same way. Yeah, right. It's not what the boy did, it is what he said.
So it's OK for the teacher to obviously push his pro-gay agenda onto 9th graders, but if you have a dissenting opinion, you better talk about it in private in quiet corners. WTF?Quote:
"Krause said school leaders told Dakota that in the future he should be careful when and where he talks about his opposition to homosexuality - suggesting that he talks about such matters in the hallway instead of the classroom."
It is called a "zoonosis". Disease from an animal that becomes a human disease. Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) is a relative of the Simian Immuno Deficiency Virus (SIV) and most likely transmitted from an ape biting a human. The transmission vector being a saliva/ blood medium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tor Larson
Center for Disease Control confirms that this virus was brought to the US from Africa, when a homosexual African flight attendant had anal sex with various US homosexuals. Yeah I'm a hostile straight white male, I admit it!
Too bad so many people died from tainted blood. And yes I am not incorrect!
* Disclaimer: Above statement is based on scientific fact and is not the opinion of the US Government.
That's not up to me to decide, because I wasn't there. I'm sure that you're correct, but you can be damn sure that they'll use what I said as justification for their actions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
The article has too little information in it for me to jump one way or the other and get into an uproar about anything.
When I was in school, there was one kid who wore a dress to school one day. They made him change because they thought it was inappropriate and would disrupt class. I have a feeling this school would do the same thing. I think schools generally try to avoid things that will distract students from class far enough that the teacher will have a hard time bringing attention back where they need it. A raging debate about religion and sexuality, or a dude sitting across the room from you wearing a dress are good examples of those things.
We had a guy at my high school who dressed like a girl, and used the girls bathrooms because he felt "more comfortable there."Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
The school didn't do anything about it for fear of the backlash.
Just a side note story.
I guarantee you if he disrupted class with comments about how the Tea Party is racist the teacher would have upped his grade and not sending him to the principals office.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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Originally Posted by mevshooter
What the hell??
Probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
This is why when the wifey and I have kids, we're probably going to home school. Public education should be an oxymoron.
I'm shocked you guys are all up in arms over this- don't you know, children in school have no rights. I remember our administration ran our school like 1930's/40's Germany, or more recently 1990's Iraq. My friend was suspended (and pending an investigation by Jeffco Schools was threatened with expulsion) because he wore a shirt with the Russian hammer and sickle, Chinese Communist star, and Nazi Germany Swastika that read "The experts agree, gun control works." Vice Principal thought it was a hateful shirt because the swastika, another administrator thought he was an extremist right winger that posed a threat to student safety (this was in the same county and only 3 years after Columbine). Needless to say, my buddies dad threatened to press charges against the school for violating his son's 1st Amendment rights- the case was shot down because he had signed the school's policy agreement, which contained nothing remotely relating to his shirt, but was a legal document that would hold up in court and basically said you don't have 1st Amendment protection in public high schools.
No need to go there.