Posted on 05/10/2010 10:11:45 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The battle over the American flag has reached a middle school art class in California’s Santa Rita School District where a student was told not to draw Old Glory because it was “offensive,” while another student was praised for drawing a picture of President Obama.
Tracy Hathaway, of Salinas, CA, told FOX News Radio her 13-year-old daughter was ordered to stop drawing the American flag and start another project at Gavilan View Middle School.
“She had drawn the flag and was sketching the letters, ‘God bless America,’ when the teacher confronted her,” Hathaway told FOX. “She said, ‘You can’t draw that – that’s offensive.’”
Even more striking, another student in the same art class drew a picture of President Obama and was praised by the teacher.
“The picture of Barack Obama was in red, white and blue hues,” Hathaway said. “ The teacher said it was great. But when it comes to the flag – all of a sudden it was offensive?”
Hathaway said she took her concerns to the principal – and he was “floored” and apologized for what happened. He arranged a meeting with the Hathaways and the teacher.
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This country is FUBAR.
The teacher should be fired. OH......I forgot, you can’t fire a teacher.
Telephone numbers for this school district???
This irration hatred towards the USA is really baffling to me, would these people rather live in some third world hovel where the peasant class has no rights????
Not a bad idea to start filling up the teachers voicemail with the same question as the parents...”Which is most offensive to you? The Flag or the words ‘God Bless America’”? Why?
Insane.
What can we do to get this country back?
Maybe it would have been OK with the teacher if the student had said the flag was just being drawn in order to burn it . . . .
Y’know what? If you find the American flag “offensive,” then move to some other place. Mexico’s fine by me, or any country that would take your sorry self.
This country is FUBAR.
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Yes it is. Because we’ve been FUBO’d
This stuff is starting to make me nuts! Are we going to need a special test people have to take before they can be a teacher. I believe this woman SHOULD BE FIRED AND NEVER ALLOWED TO TEACH AGAIN BECAUSE SHE FINDS THE AMERICAN FLAG OFFENSIVE. Does she also find AMERICA offensive? Or just the symbol of America offensive.
Sounds like the teacher acted stupidly. Maybe they can all get together for a beer summit.
Probably another butt ugly liberal that is offended by anything good... You offend me you dumb B%tch!
Pat time to clean out the educational establisment folks. It starts with voting out the misfits on the local school boards. Get them out and get them out now.
Paint an American flag on her lawn.
I thought that all art classes had been closed down in CA because of budget cuts. Were the students drawing when they should have been reading, writing and figuring? I don’t have anything against art classes, but there are priorities when funds are short.
I don’t remember having art anymore in 8th grade.
...Kagan probably agrees with this teacher.
I have no idea what the phone numbers are. You could goole it and find something.
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