Mo. Drama Teacher Resigns in Play Flap

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[Lunatic Fringe]

Ridiculous... I feel sorry for the kids for having to endure this silliness.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Too much drama from the teacher.

[softwarecreator]

"Maybe I need to find a school that's a better match," she said.

Ah libbies, bless their misguided little hearts.

[1rudeboy]

More like bless the knuckle-draggers who won't allow high school kids to do a Shakespeare play.

[blowfish]

Yeah, mustn't expose high schoolers to subjects like smoking, drinking and kissing.
And authors like Arthur Miller and Shakespeare are totally inappropriate for teenagers. Better that they focus on wholesome things like cable TV and slasher movies.

[DTogo]

Ridiculous... I feel sorry for the kids for having to endure this silliness.

Ditto. Complain about Grease ?? C'mon...

[MineralMan]

The Crucible?
Shakespeare?
GREASE?

Uffda! What horrible plays! High school kids should not even be allowed to be in the same room with any of those plays. Upon my word!

Miss Grundy would be shocked!

[Lunatic Fringe]

I don't think this has anything to do with "liberalism." This is Missouri, how do you know she isn't a Baptist Sunday School teacher as well?

[socialismisinsidious]

"Publicity over the drama debate, including a front-page story in The New York Times, has cast an unflattering light on Fulton as an intolerant small town..."

I love the way liberals scream "intolerance" when things don't go their way.

This country really needs school choice...that way the libs can send their kids to schools that teach Marxism and hand out condoms and my kids can go to school to pray and actually learn math, science and geography.

[Cicero]

Well, I don't know how smart she was to do "Grease" in a Christian school.

But Shakespeare at his most harmless is out, too? 'DeVore chose Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a classic romantic comedy with its own dicey subject matter, including suicide, rape and losing one's virginity.'

Good grief. I can't think of a more innocent play. Maybe they should just drop the theater altogether, like the Puritans in Shakespeare's day.

[The Shootist]

Stoopid zealots give conservatives a bad name.

[Lunatic Fringe]

It's not a Christian schoool... it's a public school.

[goodnesswins]

"DeVore, 31, a six-year veteran teacher"

poor baby.....she's a "veteran" ya know....,

[hellinahandcart]

Somebody please tell me who lost their virginity, got raped, or committed suicide in A Midsummer Night' Dream.

High school was a long time ago and I can't remember.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Ahh, gotta love the knee-jerk reaction...

"School teacher?! She must be a commie trying to pervert our children!"

It's exactly that kind of logic that made this situation ridiculous.

[July 4th]

If they have this much of a problem with Shakespeare, I think they're about step away from busting out the burkas.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

This whole flap sounds like the "parents" got worried about the play concerning the 17th Century Salem witch trials, so they held a witch trial of their own.

Forcing a teacher to resign over students pretending like they are smoking or kissing in a grease production is foolish.

[Cicero]

Ah, sorry, I misread "after a handful of Callaway Christian Church members complained." No, in that case this is really over the top. "Grease" is not exactly great drama, but I'd say it's pretty harmless. And certainly "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is exactly the sort of play that students should be doing.

We should have more Shakespeare in our schools, not less.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Demetrius tells Helena he is going to rape her if she did not stop pursuing him, but it never actually happens.

[MichiganConservative]

At least it wasn't Romeo and Juliet. If it were, she should have just been shot right there.

I remember reading that play in 9th grade English. We also watched a movie adaptation with brief nudity! No wonder I like to read now.