Posted on 11/11/2008 12:31:28 PM PST by bs9021
Diatha DeConstructed
by: Bethany Stotts, November 11, 2008
The actions of one fifth-grade teacher in North Carolina, Diatha Harris, have elicited anger throughout the nation for comments regarding a student’s support of John McCain. In response to damaging video footage of the teacher’s classroom comments, the local superintendent announced a full investigation into the teacher’s actions last Friday.
As of this writing, one YouTube video of the Mary McArthur Elementary teacher had garnered nearly a half million views. (The Swedish documentary aired in Scandinavia on election night).
In the clip, Diatha Harris is seen in her classroom discussing the election and asking which presidential candidate her students were “pulling for.”
“Any of you pulling for John McCain, that’s fine, say him as well.”
Child: “Obama.”
Harris: “Obama.”
Child: “John McCain.”
Harris: “John—Oh Lord, John McCain.”
Child: “John McCain.”
Harris: “Oh Jesus, John McCain, okay.”
Harris later told reporters that the documentary did not show her “sticking her tongue out and throwing up her hands when one student said he supports Obama,” as reported by the Citizen-Times.
Most of the controversy surrounding Harris’ teaching revolves around her calling the Iraq War a “senseless war” in class. She also told one of her pro-McCain students, Cathy Thompson, that McCain would have her father stay in the military for a hundred years.
“It’s a senseless war. And by the way, Cathy, the person that you’re picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to. So that means your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years,” she said.
Cathy looks nervous and doesn’t respond.....
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
Does anyone know if this individual is in danger of losing her job over this?
I wonder if the corrupt media will send in the dogs to investigate her.
I’m afraid this is the rule and not the exception
And her intimidation of the child is not even her WORST offense. Did you see the video and listen to her butcher the English language? That lady should not be teaching anyone’s children - she is a disgrace to the teaching profession.
These kids are being ripped off.
"Cathy Thompson’s mother, Angela Moore, maintains that neither she nor her daughter were upset by Ms. Harris’ comments, according to WRAL News. The family sat in on an interview between Harris and WRAL news in order to show their solidarity with the teacher. However, it seems curious that during the interview with her parents and Ms. Harris, Cathy herself stays strangely quiet. While Ms. Harris apologized for the Iraq comment, Cathy’s mother excused the statement, saying “But at the same time that comment is very true, regardless of whether you said it or someone else said it, he could be in the military for the next hundred years and he could be over there in Iraq for the next hundred years. Nobody knows that.” . . . In a short clip aired separately by WRAL news, Cathy says of her experience, “I was gonna start to cry because I was nervous ‘cause I was worried about my dad when he was in Iraq.”
I think poor little Cathy needs to be rescued from this "teacher" AND from her mother.
Well.... interesting indeed.
The bottom line is that we cannot rescue our children from stupidity in the home but we CAN rescue them from stupidity in the school.
Additionally, Cathy’s mother does not receive remuneration as does Ms. Harris for doing a very poor job.
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