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Kansas Teacher Claims Conservative Views Led to Loss of Job
Fox News ^ | 6.12.09 | Joshua Miller

Posted on 06/12/2009 6:33:45 PM PDT by libh8er

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1 posted on 06/12/2009 6:33:45 PM PDT by libh8er
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2 posted on 06/12/2009 6:34:57 PM PDT by libh8er
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Lawrence is the San Francisco of Kansas.


3 posted on 06/12/2009 6:36:00 PM PDT by Crazieman (Feb 7, 2008 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966675/posts?page=28#28)
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Lawrence High School teacher... Lawrence?

Time to move east to Overland Park and teach at a Blue Valley school.

4 posted on 06/12/2009 6:37:59 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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Lawrence is liberal.


5 posted on 06/12/2009 6:40:19 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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San Fran/New Orleans/Rio AND North Korea — especially for conservative teachers (those NOT into “group-think,” that is.)


6 posted on 06/12/2009 6:40:39 PM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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Lawrence is kind of a strange town. Because of the University of Kansas, which is in Lawrence, it is a very liberal town. At the same time, the people living outside of town, or the people who have been there for generations, are often rather conservative. Liberals like to call Lawrence a “liberal oasis in a conservative desert.”

KU, after all, is the home of Dr. Paul Mirecki. Need I say more?


7 posted on 06/12/2009 6:42:21 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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God bless him for taking a stand. Prayers for him and his family.


8 posted on 06/12/2009 6:43:19 PM PDT by LucyJo ("...guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism...". George Washington)
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Where is William Quantrill when we need him?


9 posted on 06/12/2009 6:47:25 PM PDT by yarddog
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Fascism at it’s best, when a lib doesn’t like your political views, they find a way to take you out.


10 posted on 06/12/2009 6:48:12 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Little Sturmbahnfueherer Jan Gentry, oops, I mean Vice Principal Jan Gentry is typical of the cesspool of intolerant Nazis who infest this town. Multiculturalism and diversity so long as you submit to their neo Marxist worldview that includes a deep hatred for America.


11 posted on 06/12/2009 6:55:12 PM PDT by centurion316
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If this is happening in Kansas, imagine the bias in places like Seattle, California, and NYC.


12 posted on 06/12/2009 7:01:00 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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Thanks for putting that into perspective. According to this article, the teacher seems to have a good case to make: review protocols apparently weren't followed, etc. Let's hope he gets reinstated with back pay.

I wouldn't want to be a history or science or English teacher these days. Probably the safest option would be gym teacher or math teacher.

13 posted on 06/12/2009 7:01:12 PM PDT by kittykat77
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Keep politics out of the schools. Right or Left, it is wrong.
14 posted on 06/12/2009 7:12:54 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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I don’t mind a teacher or professor saying he is liberal or conservative, in fact I think they should, as long as they give a fair presentation of each side’s ideas.

In my experience almost no liberals will give a fair presentation of the conservative side but a few conservatives will give the liberal side a fair hearing.


15 posted on 06/12/2009 7:37:01 PM PDT by yarddog
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There are five iron rules for teachers, and violating one or more is the reason that most teachers are fired.

1) The teacher was hired to teach a class, and they are not doing so.
2) The teacher is offending their students and their students parents.
3) The teacher is irritating other teachers, their department chair, and administrators.
4) The teacher is offending the community.
5) Fraternization.

Non-teachers are often quick to criticize this list, but it has been around, to my knowledge, since the 1920s, and probably before. There are many teachers who just cannot control themselves, and will violate the rules time and again, get fired, then move to a new school district.


16 posted on 06/12/2009 7:50:16 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Yet another “WTF?” from Kansas. It’s right next door to Oklahoma. What the hell is wrong with Kansas?


17 posted on 06/12/2009 7:53:43 PM PDT by FreepShop1
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Just damn. I lived in Lawrence in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Attended Cordley Elementary School and Central Junior High. It was a VERY cool place in those days.


18 posted on 06/12/2009 7:56:32 PM PDT by p. henry
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all he had to do was link his website to “gay rights”, islamofacism, and “pro abort” and his job would be safe.

my son’s teacher during 2004 election, had a 6 foot cardboard of President Bush, and had a sign on referencing President Bush’s “lack of intelligence”. (according to lefties)

apparently the school didn’t mind.


19 posted on 06/12/2009 9:07:34 PM PDT by machogirl (not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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I don’t mind a teacher or professor saying he is liberal or conservative, in fact I think they should, as long as they give a fair presentation of each side’s ideas.
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There are issues by the thousands that do not deserve “fair presentation”.

Just a few examples:

* How could any teacher give a “fair presentation” over Obama’s stand on infants born alive after a botched abortion? How can a teacher be “fair” about leaving a living infant in utility room sink to shiver to death?

* Can one be “fair” about the 100 million killed by communist fascist tyrants?

* Let's be “fair” about primitive cultures using human sacrifice. ( Yeah right!)

Education is **never** religiously, politically, or culturally neutral. It is impossible. All schools have non-neutral religious, political, and cultural consequences. This is axiomatic.

20 posted on 06/12/2009 9:21:37 PM PDT by wintertime
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