If the teacher made threatened grade retaliation, then the teacher needs sanctioning. But other than that, I think the reaction of the student is a bit extreme.
Breaking into tears over a contrary view is a bit immature for a 17 year old. Reacting with a demand letter at the first incident rather than trying to work things out seems out to me too. Perhaps the is more history than I got from the story. But the reaction in ths case seems more “liberal” than conservative.
I’d like to see what the response would be if this was a complaint about a Christian teacher in a public school speaking against homosexuality, liberalism and the like... You can be SURE that the name would be printed and his job would have been gone already..
I think it depends on what the teacher said. If the teacher really went on for half an hour, ranting and raving and calling Christians and parents bigoted, and threatened to give bad grades to any student who disagreed with her, then I think she’s too far over the top to be permitted to teach in a public school.
I don’t know what the lesson plan for the day was supposed to be, but I doubt that it involved a half-hour attack on Christians as hateful bigots.
You can argue that the teacher should just be given a good talking to and permitted a second chance. But if the story is correct, she has already revealed herself to be a vindictive bigot of the worst kind.
Talk about out of control and hateful!
This teacher should not only be fired but prosecuted.
[But the reaction in ths case seems more “liberal” than conservative. ]
Maybe. But then again, perhaps we shall see if this legislative tool...
[Current California law makes it illegal for schools to offer instruction or an activity that "reflects adversely upon persons" because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin or ancestry.
...is a sword that cuts both ways.
Sure sounds like this teacher "promotes a discriminatory bias." in their classroom.