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A 7th Grader Wouldn’t Back Down When Her Teacher Told Her to Deny God. Then Came the Backlash.
Independent Journal ^ | 28 Nov 2015 | Jed Smith

Posted on 11/29/2015 11:13:35 AM PST by amorphous

A Texas girl spoke out after her teacher alleged made her say "God is a myth," has experienced fallout for standing up for herself and her beliefs.

Twelve-year-old Jordan Wooley says she has been bullied and told to kill herself following media coverage of her story.

It started when Wooley's teacher assigned a quiz at Katy, Texas's West Memorial Junior High School asking students to label statements as "fact, assertion, or opinion."

Statements included "America is the most free country on Earth," and "there is a God." Jordan labeled the latter as "fact,' and her teacher told her to mark it otherwise, or face an "F" grade.

The Katy Independent School District claimed that it never happened and that Wooley's story could not be verified. But Wooley would not relent, calling the school board "liars," and demanding an apology in a statement on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at ijreview.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: arth; education; god; school; secularhumanism; teacher; texas
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We need more REAL Americans, like Wooley, in this country!

1 posted on 11/29/2015 11:13:35 AM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Its horrible what I am seeing happening in the country that I love. Progressives are destroying it, they despise God they despise America. This little girl is a hero for standing up for her beliefs, and the idiots who have told her to “kill herself” Id love for them to say that to my face they wouldn’t like the results


2 posted on 11/29/2015 11:16:03 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: amorphous

and we need to see that certain teachers and school board members are fired!


3 posted on 11/29/2015 11:16:17 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: amorphous

what in God’s name has happened to Katy, TX. Just a few years ago, they were holding pig races next door to a mosque. The races were on private property. Now this garbage.


4 posted on 11/29/2015 11:16:25 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: amorphous

It is time to fish or cut bait.


5 posted on 11/29/2015 11:16:42 AM PST by exnavy (good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
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To: amorphous

I wonder what would happen if that “brave” teacher tried to pull the same shiite with one of the mooslime students that Katy has plenty of.


6 posted on 11/29/2015 11:17:58 AM PST by 05 Mustang GT Rocks
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To: amorphous

If the kid had said that alla is a myth, she would have been arrested and expelled.


7 posted on 11/29/2015 11:19:17 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: amorphous

As it has been said before, from my favorite syndicated morning radio and internet show, (Walton and Johnson),
“Why is it always Katy TX, that has all these problems, between female teachers and relations with pubescent hormonal teenagers, a school board who knows better than the parents of the kids, to punishing a child for their beliefs because a certain teacher, maybe, is a raging Atheist???”

I’ll stand with the young lady.


8 posted on 11/29/2015 11:19:53 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: NTHockey

>>what in God’s name has happened to Katy, TX.

Same as every place: schools run by professional “educators”, which are people who are taught how to teach/indoctrinate and most of them have never worked outside of academia in their whole life. They are totally disconnected from the reality of life outside of school.


9 posted on 11/29/2015 11:20:40 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: amorphous

I can’t find the teacher’s name anywhere.


10 posted on 11/29/2015 11:21:55 AM PST by CMB_polarization
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To: 05 Mustang GT Rocks; All

Questions about God or Allah are best avoided in all situations involving minors.


11 posted on 11/29/2015 11:23:00 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Homeschool. Now more than ever.


12 posted on 11/29/2015 11:24:12 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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To: CMB_polarization

Me either. Sure would like to get a look at them though.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 11:24:20 AM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous
Has the little angel's Grandpa, Daddy. UNCLE, Big Brother... beat the CRAP out of the-offender(S) yet. If NOT, why NOT.
14 posted on 11/29/2015 11:25:02 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Mollypitcher1
"and we need to see that certain teachers and school board members are fired!"

It also should be suggested these leftist liars leave the state, or better still, the U.S., or best, the planet.

15 posted on 11/29/2015 11:26:23 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Mollypitcher1; amorphous
Good Christian Conservatives need to bite the bullet and run for school board.

And when they get there they need to work toward cutting all ties with the Department of Education.

16 posted on 11/29/2015 11:28:54 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

If this is allowed to continue it will certainly lead to Christians and lions duking it out in an arena populated with faculty lounge fanatics and their Progressive politician masters.


17 posted on 11/29/2015 11:29:33 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Carl Vehse

The district is probably under legal restrictions about naming teachers, though we see the name of the affected minor bandied about.


18 posted on 11/29/2015 11:29:35 AM PST by CMB_polarization
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To: demshateGod

I have an 8 month old nephew, I told my sister he will NOT be going to any public school, she said of course not, only private..I dont think she would want to home school him but we would have to find a school that doesn’t teach this kind of crap but I live in SoCal so its kind of hard


19 posted on 11/29/2015 11:31:29 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: CMB_polarization

If this teacher had said, “Jesus is Lord” she would be looking for a new job.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 11:34:32 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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