Posted on 01/23/2006 1:04:06 PM PST by Rutles4Ever
An ethnic studies high-school teacher and die-hard Steelers fan in Pittsburgh has "humiliated" one of his students who wore a Denver Broncos jersey to class, making the boy sit on the floor and having his classmates pelt him with paper.
According to a report in the Denver Post, Joshua Vannoy, 17, showed up for his midterm test sporting a John Elway No. 7 Broncos jersey. Not only did his teacher at Beaver Falls High School, John Kelly, make him take the test while sitting on the floor, he had the teen sit in a circle of desks and told others in the class – under threat of losing points on the exam – to throw paper wads at him.
"I was humiliated and shaking. I couldn't finish my test," Vannoy told the paper.
Kelly defended his actions, saying he had warned students not to wear a team jersey other than the Steelers to class. The teacher claims he was "just messing around" with the boy.
According to the Post, Vannoy claimed Kelly grabbed him by the neck of his jersey when he tried to sit in his chair and told him he would give him a zero on the exam if he didn't sit on the floor. Kelly told the 12 other students that part of their midterm was that they had to throw paper at "the stinking Denver fan" – or lose points.
"Some threw the paper at me, some threw it at the ground," Vannoy is quoted as saying.
Kelly claimed he didn't threaten Vannoy's grade or grab his shirt, adding, "When you are joking and everyone's laughing, it's obvious. … It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."
The teacher claims he took similar action when a ninth-grade student recently showed up in class wearing a Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts shirt.
Principal Thomas Karczewski was scheduled to talk to Kelly about the incident today, the Post reported.
Vannoy's mother, Virginia, wants her son to be allowed to retake the midterm exam.
And the problem is?
PING
The problem is that they went so easy on him.
Bronco pelted by Steeler. Is that news?
But he's an "ethnic studies" teacher, so I guess it's Ok then.
The problem is that maybe the teacher is supposed to be there to teach, not to humiliate a kid in class?
This kid knew what was going to happen; is it possible that, young as he is, he was looking for someone to sue?
Get over it your freakin dork.
and this kid's a football fan?? He sat there and let this happen to him? If this were my kid, I'd be HUMILIATED!
LOL.
My opinion:
1. Harmless fun on behalf of the teacher.
2. Vannoy is a fat boy with tender feelings who likes the Broncos. Three strikes, he's out.
The teacher is a jerk, but the kid is a puss if he ran home and told mommy.
The kid's first mistake was taking "ethnic studies", whatever that is.
The teacher should be fired, suspended at the least.
Apparently that Steeler fans are very insecure! Watch and see what the teacher does when the Seahawks kick their @ss!
"The problem is that maybe the teacher is supposed to be there to teach, not to humiliate a kid in class?"
I'm with you.
you forgot the posibility that he hadn't bothered to study for the test and this is his way of getting an extension.
This friggin' teacher ought to be sued, or have his ass whipped by a very large parent. One or the other.
His reaction to a football jersey indicates a pathology.
Some of the best lessons I've ever learned were the direct result of having been humiliated. Mr. Kelly, the teacher, has nothing on Sister Dolores Anne....
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