[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.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[HungarianGypsy]

My sister-in-law performed in "The Crucible". I didn't see anything offensive.

[durasell]

Sounds like a witch hunt to me...

(had to be said)

[eeevil conservative]

WOW!

Just WOW!

I expected to read this and find out she wanted to do the vagina monologues...

SHEESHK!

My son was in the production of Midsummer Night's Dream at his high school..

he wore a blond wig.. LOL! it was GREAT! I LOVED IT!

The Cruciable is FANTASTIC TOO!

GREASE? TREMENDOUS!

this is just ridiculous.. maybe the kids are supposed to do Goldilocks and the 3 bears.. or would that be discriminatory against the wrong tempetured porridge...?

Little Red Riding Hood? nah- too violent...

3 Little Pigs? nah.. makes wolves look mean....

[Melas]

I feel sorry for the teacher. What a bunch of loons these parents must be to be raising the roof over Shakespeare and Arthur Miller. Even Grease is rather inoffensive crap. No wonder I homeschool. My kids have been exposed to subject matter as ugly as wife murder via Othello.

[SampleMan]

"It became too much to not be able to speak my mind or defend my students without fear or retribution,"

As opposed to other jobs she can take, where you can always speak your mind and ignore the boss, without fear of "retaliation".

[muir_redwoods]

"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."

If these subjects are a problem for this community I guess they're lucky they don't read the Bible in public school any more.

[Malesherbes]

Job Retraining 101 for DeVore: "You want fries with that?"

[COEXERJ145]

Oh good grief.

I was supposed to be in Romeo and Juilet (at a Christian school no less) but in the end we didn't get to put it on but not because someone was offended.

I did enjoy getting to kiss Juilet though.

[SaveTheChief]

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

Maybe she ought to choose material more suitable to the job she accepted.

In another year or two she would probably be trying to do a stage presentation of Brokeback Mountain.