[Dog Gone]

Sounds like the law of unintended consequences. I'm guessing the law was to prevent teachers from hanging the Mexican flag permanently in the classroom where they taught biology.

However, the teacher was given the opportunity to remove the flags and chose to be suspended instead, which proves he's too stupid to be a teacher.

[rottndog]

However, the teacher was given the opportunity to remove the flags and chose to be suspended instead, which proves he's too stupid to be a teacher.

That means there were at least two grounds for dismissal--flying the flags in violation of the law, and insubordination by not following the orders of the principal.

This whole idea that teachers have a 1st amendment right is ludicrous. Teachers are hired and paid to teach an approved curriculum, not spout their own philosophy.

[RinaseaofDs]

Exactly. Could have picked the Aussie flag and the Polish flag, for example.

It's like being 1937 and putting up the German flag in a Austrian classroom.

[ketelone]

No... Id say it proves he has some backbone.

I see no harm in a geography classroom displaying world flag. Its not as if he was asking the students to pay obeisance to those flags.

This is the sort of idiocy that has people thinking Australia is in eastern europe.

The law is indeed stupid, and should probly be changed.

[sit-rep]

lol...

[wildwood]

too stupid to be a teacher.

hmmmm.....

[bannie]

Yup!

...refused to remove them.