Posted on 04/08/2006 1:42:06 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
The latest government education outrage from Alabama:
Christy Jackson does not want a teacher showing her 13-year-old son a video calling the president of the United States an a—hole during class. Nor does she believe her son should be shown Internet videos — which are barred to students by school system controls —that use obscenities.
But that is what West Limestone High School eighth grade science teacher Steve White, a Democratic candidate for the District 4 seat on the House of Representatives, is accused of doing.
“My son and a group of his friends were talking about this video they had seen in school,” Jackson said. “One of the other student’s mother saw the video and she forwarded it to me. I saw it and I became livid.”
You can watch the video at Filmstripinternational.com
The Athens, Ala. Courier News further reports:
Jackson said she contacted West Limestone Principal Stan Davis, who told her White had been reprimanded.
School board member Darin Russell, whose district the school is in, said board members were made aware of the situation about a month ago.
The matter did not come before board members for discussion or a vote, but was handled by the central office by Superintendent Dr. Barry Carroll as a “personnel matter.”
Carroll, who is out of town, did not respond to a call to his cellular phone. A message was left at the central office for Assistant Superintendent Richard Leath, but an assistant said only Carroll could comment on the matter.
Two calls to Davis were not returned. A message left on White’s machine also received no response.
West Limestone High School contact website here.
Contact info for Steve White here.
Is this the kind of guy you want representing you in the House, Alabama?!
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Unfortunately, he's not much different than the rest up there on the Hill. And we voted them all in.
Bush came into office claiming to be a united not a divider. Well, that was pretty much a hallucinatory expectation. There is no way you can unite people who would rather see you dead than in office.
Good point - makes you wonder if McKinney was a teacher before she got into congress...
Depressing.
I'm speechless. Just when I think the left can not get any more insane, this sort of agregious behavior takes place. Reprimand? OMG... this guy not only need to be not elected and FIRED, but he should be prohibited from every having a teaching degree again that allows him near the minds of children. This is so unbelievable I'm almost not believing it.
That's exactly how many teachers these days seem to feel, including their unions.
And these are the folks charged with educating our youth.
Homeschool.
We need some kind of 'child rearing kit' that includes little pamplets containing just this sort of information for new parents.
Thanks for this clarifying info, BlessedByLiberty.
Unfortunately, I couldn't agree more:
We don't want to use biased teaching material in our class. No sirree.
The song keeps reminding us, "You're an A$$hole". Gee, is that projection on the author's part?
I only know that my 13 year old son would have walked out! He probably would have been followed by most of his class also.
My husband would have met with the teacher once he left school grounds. "And you KNOW what I'm talkin' about"
Sounds like you're raising your kid right, unfortunately that is a rarity these days.
Keep up the good work!
"We need some kind of 'child rearing kit' that includes little pamplets containing just this sort of information for new parents"
What an excellent idea! A FReeper's guide for parents to navigate through the murky education abyss.
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I taught the social studies curriculum from 7th grade through college, and I would not have shown such crude propaganda. It is like the rant of the geography teacher in that it overwhelms with many diverse claims.
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