According to the principal it does but I guess you two know better than the principal.
By your standards then it would be okay to hang these:
Posted on 08/23/2006 3:44:34 PM PDT by ncountylee
A Jefferson County geography teacher was suspended on the second day of school for hanging several flags from other countries in his classroom at Carmody Middle School.
Eric Hamlin said the flags were part of a world geography lesson plan and refused to remove them. Hamlin was escorted out of class and Wednesday morning by the school's principal after he refused to remove the flags of China and Mexico.
The school district placed him on administrative leave, citing a Colorado law that makes it illegal to display foreign flags permanently in schools.
"Under state law foreign flags can only be in the classroom because it's tied to the curriculum. And the principal looked at the curriculum, talked to the teacher, and found that there was really no curriculum coming up in the next few weeks that supported those flags being in the classroom," said Jeffco Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer.
But Hamlin said although his curriculum may not speak specifically about those flags, they are used as reference tools for world geography.
"It's much along the lines of a science teacher who puts up a map of the solar sysem. They may not spend every day and every lesson talking about Mars, but they want the students to see that and to see the patterns of the planets and the order, and the students will observe that, and absorb that learning visually," Hamlin said.
Hamlin said that the school district is not only depriving him of a teaching tool but also taking away from his students' education.
"The major problem I see here is with the law that limits educators," Hamlin said.
"We have to uphold state law. We really have no discretion when it comes to upholding the law," Setzer said.
Hamlin said he understands that the district is following state law so he's met with the ACLU and he said, if necessary, he plans on fighting the constitutionality of the law.
If you can't follow the school districts rules....you're out.
Exactly. Also, who needs to know what nouns, verbs, and pronouns are and how they are used to be able to speak? Who needs to know the table of the elements to get a job? Who needs to how to determine the circumfrence of a circle, or the area of a rectangle to budget their money?
Come on, you can't be serious. I hope you don't think that kids learning the flags of at least some other countries (especially major ones) is somehow taboo. That's the kind of mentality that produces ignorant, altogether stupid high school graduates.
citing a Colorado law that makes it illegal to display foreign flags permanently in schools
Here's the way it works. The LEGISLATURE decides what laws to pass, not this (undoubtedly leftwing) teacher. The teacher is free to lobby for a change in law, if he wishes. If he chooses civil disobedience, as he apparently has here in what is undoubtedly a political stunt (probably at the behest of the ACLU), then he has no basis to complain when he is fired.
So for those of you who back the teacher, how does that work out for you when you, say, get a speeding ticket? Or decide not to pay your taxes? Do you whine and moan, saying since you personally don't agree with the law, it's unfair for the government to enforce it against you?
Thank you.
very well said!
I'd wager that the "teacher" is a card carring ACLU member.
There's a big difference between "backbone" and deliberately becoming a martyr over something trivial in the overall scheme of things.
If your employer tells you to do something, and ESPECIALLY if it involves following the law, then you do it.
And you write your legislators to complain that the law is overbroad.
Instead, this teacher lost his job, apparently wants to become the Cindy Sheehan of Colorado teachers, and make a big stink. That's just dumb.
There are many stupid laws on the books in many states. For instance, in North Dakota it is still legal to shoot Native Americans provided you circle the wagons before hand. This is an example of an extremely stupid law; one that should go unheeded.
This case is a set piece by the teacher,ACLU, and school administration to "teach a leson" to the lawmakers,etc.
As long as the U.s. of A. flag is significantly larger and properly displayed there is nothing wrong with a display of the "The Flags of the World".
I do find it odd only two other flags were mentioned/displayed. Where were the flags of Canada,Mexico,the 33? other Central and South American countries?
Yup. He sure was ready for this response. It's too bad his charges are taking a backseat to his agenda.
But, hey, that's a lefty for ya.
I give the kids about 7 different colors of clay and we make a model of the cell. The kids get such a kick out of making the endoplasmic reticulum. LOL quite a few of them go home and throw the word out during dinner conversation.
We do that project around Christmas and some of the kids take them home and use them as Christmas ornaments.
During the unit on the human skeleton, I play a game called Ms. Ware says, and I call out the name of a bone and they have to touch it with their phalanges.
On hands activities, when possible are a great way to help the kids remember.
*SNIP*
He’s used the same display for most of the nine years he’s taught in Jefferson County, Hamlin said.
The foreign flags are in addition to the standard U.S. flag found in all classrooms.
Hamlin said principal John Schalk escorted him from the building Thursday before classes began. He was handed a letter saying the matter is under investigation and warning him to remain off school property.
Jeffco Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer said Schalk believed Hamlin was in violation of a state law on display of foreign flags on public property.
Schalk interprets the law as allowing foreign flags as part of a specific lesson, but not for the duration of the six-week unit.
Hamlin has more than 50 flags that he uses during the course of the year. He asks students to consider the symbolism different countries put on their flags, such as the stars and stripes on the U.S. flag.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/education/article/0,1299,DRMN_957_4939458,00.html
You are very welcome.
I go by the adage that you learn something new everyday and have fun learning how to post images and other aspects of HTML.
It can tell you a lot about the state.
Yes, the bad one.
Ease up, skippy.
When we studied Rome, I don't recall the teacher having a friggin' chariot in the classroom. But I knew what one was. What it looked like. And what it was used for.
Maybe you missed that neat little invention called a.....
Book.
You know...pictures....words....etc.
So you think kids have to have the flag actually in their classroom to get that "learning" experience?
That's the kind of mentality that does not even deserve discussion.
Are you a teacher, by chance?
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