Posted on 05/29/2013 8:17:00 AM PDT by lowbridge
After picking up the survey forms from his mailbox about 10 minutes before his first class of the day, John Dryden noticed that they had students' names on them and that they asked about drinking and drug use, among other subjects. Dryden, who had just finished teaching a unit on the Bill of Rights, worried that students might feel obliged to incriminate themselvesan especially ticklish situation given the police officer stationed at the school. Since there was no time to confer with administrators, he says, he decided to tell his students that they did not have to complete the forms if doing so involved admitting illegal behavior. Tomorrow the school board will consider whether and how to punish Dryden for taking advantage of this teachable moment.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
This is why using a public defender is not a good idea. They really don’t care about protecting your rights. They care about getting along with the folk in the courthouse and getting home on time.
Unfortunately, it costs a lot to hire the loyalty of an attorney away from the natural affinity he has for the clubhouse set he works and golfs with on a daily basis.
He was issued a “letter of remedy.”
As Mad Dog F. once said, “A letter of remedy is better than no mail at all.”
Great, this teacher is right on one of the rights of the Bill of rights; I wonder how well versed he is on the others.
bkmk
What really ANGERS ME is that the people DEMANDING to know of Alcohol or Drug use now, are the SAME PEOPLE that were GETTING TOTALLY WASTED during their college days (i.e., the Education Majors). Anyone that went to an ESU-type college knows that the Education Majors (i.e., today’s teachers and administrators) were the big drug users and drunks.
So, if anything, they should be protecting the rights of our children to enjoy the same.
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