Texas Teacher Suspended for Asking Student to Pose in Boxer Shorts

Lubbock, TX, Avalanche-Journal ^ | 02-03-04 | Not given

[Theodore R.]

Texas teacher suspended for asking student to pose in boxer shorts

HOUSTON — A high school art teacher who asked a student to pose for classmates wearing only boxer shorts has been suspended.

Karen Fearon, an advanced placement art teacher at The Woodlands High School near Houston, was suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation.

"I asked him if he'd feel comfortable wearing them in class. At first he was hesitant, then he said, 'Yeah, I will,' Fearon told Houston television station KPRC. "Before I knew it, I turned around to get the paper and supplies and he had dropped his pants in the class. Well, that was kind of shocking because ... I usually have them go in the back room to change."

Conroe Independent School District school officials did not say how long the investigation will take into the Feb. 5 incident. Fearon was suspended the following day.

[Theodore R.]

The foibles of "education" never cease.

[stuartcr]

Doesn't really sound as if the kid was too upset.

[gobucks]

The Woodlands is notoriously 'rules' conscious. Lots of neat folks live there - but playing by the rules, RULES at that place.

So, given this teacher teaches there, it reflects unbelievably poorly on this dude's common sense - way out of the typical norm of liberal teachers not having any to begin with.

[camle]

geez what's wrong with youse guys? you know you cannot have art unless there's a shock factor? I mean, if you can't have outright nudity, then you have to at least hint at it. otherwise it isn't really "art"!

[freekitty]

I suppose the reasoning in her mind is it's all for art's sake.

[NCjim]

This teacher should be investigated for discrimination since she did not also ask one of the girls to pose in boxer shorts... < g,d,r >