Posted on 02/18/2010 2:50:26 AM PST by bogusname
An eighth-grade teacher has accused her students of committing a "hate crime" and being "cruel" because they left a Bible on her desk and a Christmas card with the word "Christ" underlined.
Melissa Hussain, an Apex, N.C., science teacher at West Lake Middle School, is suspended with pay and may lose her job after she purportedly clashed with students on the subject of religion and sent students to the school office when they asked about the role of God in creation during a lesson about evolution.
Hussain wrote on her then-public Facebook page that it was a "hate crime" when her students left a Bible on her desk, according to the Charlotte News & Observer. She complained about students singing "Jesus Loves Me" and wearing Jesus T-shirts.
Hussain said she "was able to shame her kids" over the incidents.
"I can't believe the cruelty and ignorance of people sometimes," Hussain wrote on the social networking site.
She said she wouldn't let the Bible incident "go unpunished."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Free Speech is already a “hate crime” in Canada. And many people in the WH agree. So calling the bible a “hate crime” isn’t so far-fetched to these people.
Context is important here. The students know she isn’t a big fan on the church’s teaching on evolution, so they are doing this with the specific intention of pissing her off.
Sounds like discipline is breaking down. Granted, probably brought this on herself for showing the pupils how angry it made her to hear about creationism, but the pupils need to be brought back into line for the sake of their own education and those of others...
“Hate speech is non-speech.”
Orwell would be proud.
She is supposed to be the adult in this situation. She should have let it roll off her back. No reaction, no fun for the kids.
Furthermore, if the mere presence of a Bible or mere mention of Jesus Christ bothers her that much, she has serious problems.
Eggs Actly. My first thought was that they have a kid teaching in a public school.
Well, I think it’s a hate crime whenever I see a muzz on the train reading that little paperback filled with chickenscratch.
As a science teacher, she should have been prepared that some students might ask something about how God fits in the evolution theory. It doesn’t need to be a direct answer to the question. In any case, she should not have been angry or offended.
As a teacher-— you hit the nail on the head! Once you cease to be the teacher & engage in childish back & forth you have lost the class for good.Sorry, but she’s the adult- it was her job to controle the situation, she did not, now she is ineffective.
As far as this being a hate crime, litigation is the last resort of a weak mind, and no enduring/redeeming character traits. gee it sucks to be her.
Well see now that’s different. Those chicken scratches are Allah’s orders to kill us. :-)
authority should be respected when it is proper authority. Her authority is not proper and having children ridicule it is fine with me. As Americans we are finding out that too much authority over us is not fair minded and proper authority, but mean, petty, self serving authority. We need to ridicule that authority and demand proper authorities.
She complained about students singing "Jesus Loves Me" and wearing Jesus T-shirts.
Hussain said she "was able to shame her kids" over the incidents.
She may be suffering from Garafolitis, or Rosiodonnalism
Yeah, calling it a ‘Hate Crime’ is ridiculous I agree, but lets get real here, they didn’t put a Bible on her desk because they wanted to share the love of Christ and his teachings with her, they are doing it because they want to piss her off....
She’s an evolutionist. Behaving with common decency and morals doesn’t matter to them; she has the power, therefore she should win, this is the message of Darwinism.
there ya go agin’..flashing a crucifix at old Nick....definitely a hate crime.
“but the pupils need to be brought back into line for the sake of their own education”
How is it education when the school curriculum is feeding them one-sided atheist dogma?
I take it that Melissa Hussain, is another peace loving TOLERANT Muslin now polluting minds of kids. FIRE HER. Better yet, DEPORT her. Send HER a message.
If it had been a Christian teacher and a gay kid, the teacher would have had to sit there and take it.
Good for the kids though, in refusing to be indoctrinated.
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