[glymers]

How about burning the papers that entitles this teacher to work in a Government Funded School. Our Tax dollars at work at the expense of our Childrens Education. Or perhaps burning the F9/11 so called documentary.

[samadams2000]

He should be EXTRACTED from the system.

[CholeraJoe]

He's lucky to be alive. If he had burned a flag in front of my daughter when she was in 7th grade, she would have ripped his arm out of the socket and beaten him senseless. She's meaner now.

[MJemison]

Whadda idjit!

[wideawake]

It was not a political statement and was meant to illustrate a controversial issue.

How is it not a political statement?

[weegee]

Is this the same teacher who was teaching sixth grade in California when he burned an inch of an American flag in class after 9-11 and told his students "don't tell"?

[Always Right]

I am sure there will be some university that hires this left-wing nut. Desecrating the American Flag is more than enough credentials for the elitists at some institution of higher indoctrination to hire him.

[DuxFan4ever]

I'll bet this guy showed his classes Fahrenheit 9/11 as part of his curriculum too.
When will far leftists like this be required to go to sensitivity training? He clearly is insensitive to those who find this offensive.

[taxesareforever]

Typical of the education establishment. Reassign. Probably make him a principal.

[stinkerpot65]

Nothing more left wing than the brain-washing education departments at universities.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Reassigned. Not fired.

A teacher at a charter school was recently fired for teaching material a girl's parents had excused her from.

We need to break the monopoly of government- and union-run schools.

[camle]

you wanna teach freedom of speech? Try putting Rush Limbaugh on the radio. THAT'LL show people just what free speech is all abotu no boudt.

[polymuser]

Those students now need the rest of the lesson -- that others are free to respond strongly to what you've said or done.

They also need a related lesson about being an employee, and 'at will' employment.

Last, that school board needs a whole bunch of VFW vets and flag-bearers at their next meeting.

[weegee]

Same Dan Holden, teacher?

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/07/should_principals_be_allowed_t.html

I cringe whenever I hear about an erosion of students’ rights. I know that we have to have certain abilities in order to keep control of the school environment, but these abilities always seem a little dictatorial. Obviously, when a dictator has usurped all rights peace is relatively easy to maintain.

Students, however, should be gradually gaining freedoms and responsibilities on the road to become full-fledged citizens of the United States. Checking lockers make sense because it is public property. Checking bags may occasionally be a matter of public safety. Information on a cell phone falls under neither of these categories. The comparison to notebooks is an apt one. Both are places in which we store personal information and intellectual property, and we do so with a reasonable expectation of privacy.

With that said, I did one time confiscate and search a cell phone and found pornographic images. The seizure was originally made because a gaggle of students were surrounding the phone and making suggestive comments. By the time I had the phone I knew exactly what I was looking for and only looked for the offending video. Possession of pornography is a clear violation of school policy. Using a phone to gather circumstantial evidence is wrong.

By Dan Holden 2:30PM on 10 Jul 06

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http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/07/dopa_passes_the_house.html

CONGRESS MOVES TO BAN PLAYGROUNDS
Washington D.C.

Move by fears of corporeal predators congress voted unanimously to dismantle all playgrounds and public pools. Children’s museums, science centers, zoos, and cultural institutions catering to minors will have to close their doors. Congress John Smith (R-Missouri) said, “We have to keep petting zoos free of pedophiles, and if that means shutting them down, then so be it.”

The Senate version of the bill, which includes a provision to de-list all phone numbers of homes with minors in residence, is expected to pass later this week.

By Dan Holden 10:00AM on 31 Jul 06

After reading the act I breathed a heavy sigh of relief to know that these websites do not need to be blocked when used for educational purposes. I mean for a second I thought that it would be always blocked, but now that I know that all I have to do is contact the system administrator, who in turn will contact his supervisor, who will then take it to a vote at the next monthly board meeting, I figure everything is okay.

I gave up a long time ago when I was told that my students couldn’t access Black Planet because something bad might happen. At first I thought it was racist, now I know that it is just plain ignorant.

By Dan Holden 12:10PM on 31 Jul 06

[Jumpink]

This clown should have the flag stuffed down his wretched liberal throat

[weegee]

Ginny Adwell, Kelsey's mother and the school's PTA president, said some parents who called for Holden to be fired were "going a little bit overboard" and should remember that the teacher was trying to provoke thought.

If the teacher believed that flag burning was WRONG, he would not have done it. He's trying to provoke attention on the issue of flag burning. End game, make people feel guilty about being upset over it.

The article from the Louisville paper (linked from within the FoxNews article) says that they acknowledge it could be offensive to military families. Dammit, it can be offense to ANY American.

[Tzimisce]

He burned two US flags. Interesting that he didn't burn any other flags (like say, the Mexican flag?) But that would have offended the hispanics in the class....

[<1/1,000,000th%]

At least he wasn't praying. /heavy dripping sarcasm colored by endless irritation at left-wing insistence that only their speech is protected regardless of what the framers of the Bill of Righhts clearly intended when...

[Eagle of Liberty]

Or perhaps burning the F9/11 so called documentary.

Ooooh....I like that one! We could all stick a F9/11 CD in our microwaves and send them to Michael Moore.

[maica]

How about starting class with a Bible verse or a prayer to stimulate thought regarding the First Amendment.

[Hacksaw]

Dan Holden, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Stuart Middle School, burned two flags Friday as part of a lesson on freedom of speech, said Jefferson County schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.

If he wanted to be really controversial, he should have read the "Sermon on the Mount". He probably didn't want to get sued and fired though.