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TN High-School Student Suspended For Saying ‘Bless You’ After Someone Sneezed
Daily Caller ^ | August 20, 2014 | Jim Treacher

Posted on 08/21/2014 10:08:58 AM PDT by QT3.14

A young girl, who claims she was standing up for her religious beliefs in the classroom, was suspended after breaking a class rule of saying “bless you” after a classmate sneezed.

When Dyer County High School senior Kendra Turner said bless you to her classmate, she says her teacher told her that was for church…

Students sent WMC Action News 5′s Michael Clark a photo of the teacher’s white board that lists ‘bless you’ and other expressions that are banned as part of class rules.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/20/tn-high-school-student-suspended-for-saying-bless-you-after-someone-sneezed/#ixzz3B30KHEag


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: education; religion
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To: QT3.14

I wonder if gesundheit was verboten as well.


21 posted on 08/21/2014 12:26:44 PM PDT by zeugma (Islam: The Antidote for civilization)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey
Or the arabic version:

يرحمك الله

22 posted on 08/21/2014 2:09:42 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: QT3.14

No, logic tells me the student is lying or at the very least embellishing a very great deal.


23 posted on 08/21/2014 2:10:33 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: QT3.14
Should have maybe tried “Got Zu Heiht” or in fractered American"GAZUNDTIGHT!". The Teacher/Administrator wouldn't have understood what was said.
24 posted on 08/21/2014 4:17:09 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: QT3.14

I guess “Bless your heart” is right out then.


25 posted on 08/21/2014 6:30:15 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: dhs12345

“I bet the teacher and everyone involved are feeling pretty embarrassed and stupid right now. Not including, of course, the fact that they have to scorn of a large percentage of the American population.”

You would think, but the liberal teachers I know would be proud. They don’t have the intelligence to know when to be embarrassed.


26 posted on 08/22/2014 9:32:44 PM PDT by yorkiemom ( "...if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: yorkiemom

Well then lets mock and ridicule them even more.


27 posted on 08/23/2014 9:55:48 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

At least we’d have fun ;)


28 posted on 08/23/2014 12:59:03 PM PDT by yorkiemom ( "...if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: yorkiemom
Oh ya. A lot of fun can be had these days with the Internet and electronic communication.
29 posted on 08/23/2014 1:04:46 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: yorkiemom

contact


30 posted on 08/24/2014 3:42:04 AM PDT by cooper10
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To: yorkiemom

you are right as always :-(


31 posted on 08/26/2014 3:58:47 AM PDT by cooper10
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To: lastchance
Perhaps you should watch the video.

The teacher has a whole list of banned worlds, Including Stupid, Dumb, Boring, Stuff, Hey You, Hangup, I don't Know and so forth.

Teacher does not require silence in her class, she requires you to eschew honesty.

Because I am pretty sure that "Stupid, Dumb, Boring," describes this teacher to a T

32 posted on 08/26/2014 4:23:55 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I saw the poster on another news site. There was nothing to show that the list was from that class (which was a keyboarding class) or that it was a list of banned words. The supposed banned “bless you” appeared under the category of “Other Peer Expressions” this strongly indicates that words were part of an in class exercise or assignment.

There have been enough people who have verified that the teacher requires silence during class time. I have no doubt the student created a disturbance then showed her butt (that’s an expression) and got called on it. She lied and I have trouble understanding how any sensible, intelligent adult cannot see this.


33 posted on 08/26/2014 7:14:33 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: QT3.14

Did you miss the part where there is nothing that shows the poster is a banned word list or is even in that classroom? Why would a keyboarding class have such a list? Why would some of the “banned words” be categorized under “Other peer exressions”?

Use some logic.


34 posted on 08/26/2014 7:17:19 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance
The teacher is lying and I have trouble seeing how a sensible adult would not see that.

I know that for some people the teacher is always right but it is clear that with other students coming forward with the same story that the girl is telling the truth.

35 posted on 08/26/2014 3:44:40 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Other students have contradicted Turner and supported the teacher. I go by the evidence, which is on the teacher’s side.


36 posted on 08/26/2014 3:54:28 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: yorkiemom

I figured it out. OMG, good luck with it.


37 posted on 08/27/2014 4:59:01 AM PDT by cooper10
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To: cooper10

I apologize. I didn’t mean the last part of what I said, at least not the way I said it.


38 posted on 08/28/2014 6:30:14 AM PDT by yorkiemom ( "...if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: yorkiemom

call


39 posted on 08/28/2014 1:52:09 PM PDT by cooper10
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To: SandRat
Should have maybe tried “Got Zu Heiht” or in fractered American"GAZUNDTIGHT!"

Rather than being a fractured form of "Got zu heiht" = "God to ???",

"gesundheit" = "gesund" (healthy) + "heit" = "health" or "the state of being healthy".

40 posted on 08/28/2014 2:06:00 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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