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Posted on 05/13/2011 3:08:21 AM PDT by CharlesThe Hammer
An 11-year-old boy in Orange, MA is in the middle of flag controversy after he and his family claim one of his teachers banned him from hanging a picture of an American flag he drew in the classroom because it might offend other students. The boy‘s dad is adamant his son’s civil rights were violated. But the school has a different take, and says the prohibition was because the boy disobeyed instruction
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Hey, liberal dumb@$$ teacher:
This kid is 11. My guess is he actually was told he couldn’t hang it because it might “offend” somone. Is “offend” a word that comes to an 11-year-old naturally? Maybe he wasn’t doing his assigned classwork, but I’d bet he WAS told he couldn’t hang it because it would “offend”.
I think it far more likely that the teacher is at fault than the child, given what today's colleges of education turn out, and the indoctrination that today's teachers get.
What, precisely, is wrong with putting up a picture of a flag??
But my main point is that YOU are guilty of a rush to judgment, and that there aren't currently sufficient facts available to accurately understand the situation.
But my main point is that YOU are guilty of a rush to judgment
You are too. The school puts out a flag every morning and says the Pledge. That is more proof than what you have.
As a kid, I never thought twice about patriotism, in or out of the class.
The question is, why have you gotten to this stage, where this is debated as “bad kid”?
Back in the day, more conservative teachers would have smiled, if it wasn’t too disruptive, meaning, patience.
Your defending where we have fallen to, not what it should be.
I am a big rules guy. Sorry but you liberals who believe in let the child do whatever they want it why we are in the DISASTER that we are in. If you can’t see that then you are part of the problem. The kid was given an assignment and he chose to do whatever the heck he wanted. It astounds me that this is even a debate. No wonder kids are screwed up now a day. No true structure or rules even at home. SAD!!!!!
That's proves absolutely nothing about what happened in one classroom involving a teacher and a student. Wonder Warthog is 100% correct. You jumped to conclusions the information presented cannot possibly support.
It's the student and parent's story as opposed to the school officials' story.
As with most situations of this sort you get each side’s story from that side, complete with spin to show their side in the best light. Without a third source of information that can be depended upon to provide the straight shinny, free from spin and outright prevarication, we really don’t have enough information to know who was right or wrong or to what extent there was right and wrong on each side.
Naps the article did not actually say the pledge is recited everyday, it said the flag was flown everyday. The pledge at Butterfield is recited but how often is not listed. Other schools recite at least once per week.
“Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week.”
I can remember a time when a US flag hung in every classroom....=.=
LOL.....thanks for that one.
Allowing for expansion of character within rules hardly constitutes “liberalism”.
When my kid was growing up, I didn't give him a short rope.
But, I did give him one marching order:
“I don't care who you run around and have fun with, but, if someone tries to steer the group in a direction you know that I don't agree with and you don't either persuade them to something right or leave....lead or leave......then there will be trouble between you and I.”
He violated that twice.
He now holds a master in physics and computer modeling and is one tough hockey player. He camped out in Alaska at Denali all alone. He trekked around Europe all alone.
At 26 he became a Senior Engineer at the company he is at now.
He is pro-gun rights, and very conservative.
He's independent and confident and knows the value of “LIBERTY” and it's responsibilities because he was allowed to exercise freedom with the most minimal of rules.
When he came back from his Freshman year at college, he thought the house rules didn't, or shouldn't apply to him because of his age. He got in my face to complain about. He found himself flying through the air after I picked him up under his armpits and tossed him across the kitchen.
What did he do? He did what very few students manage to do. He qualified, between his Sophomore and Junior year, for a position on a summer grant in the physics department which allowed him summer rooming at the college. So he worked under the grant and at a diner for his freedom.
Has he ever expressed anger for that now that he is almost 34? NO!
Again, he was raised with the minimal of rules, for the purpose of exercising wisdom, judgment and understanding.
Did we have parent teacher conferences on his behavior sometimes? YES!......So what.
It's part of life.......discovery.
You must have missed out on that.
That was then, this is now. Back then, the government operated mostly under the guidelines of the Constitution.Back then the police did not consider each citizen a criminal that they had not arrested yet. I could go on and on but, I think that you get my drift. As bad as I hate to admit it, I believe that those days have gone the way of the DoDo bird.
Not exactly same subject but got this today in an email:
Fifty-Four Years of Math 1957 -2011 In America
Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. Why do I tell you this?
Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:
1. Teaching Math In 1950s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In 1960s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In 1970s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math In 1980s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20 ..
5. Teaching Math In 1990s
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it’s ok.)
6. Teaching Math In 2000s
If you have special needs or just feel you need assistance because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, childhood memories, criminal background, then don’t answer and the correct answer will be provided for you. There are no wrong answers.
7. Teaching Math In 2011
Un hachero vende una carrtada de maderapara 100 pesos. El costo de la producciones es 80 pesos. Cuanto dinero ha hecho?
And the moral of your narrative is.......Priceless!
Wife and I have our teaching certs. When we came to town, I started the kids doing the pledge again, upset the foreigners from Germany in our community. I was told people didn't want to do the pledge in our community. I told them wait until Spring I'm marching the kids outside in front of the flag then, ha; they were stunned.
Then 911 occurred and the pledge came back into vogue.
So many left wingers as admin, teachers, aides, on and on. Boy, it's tough being a conservative teacher in our school system. Funny thing is the wife doesn't have problems with them. She avoids the fight when they spew all their leftist ideology that shouldn't be part of the school day anyway; I just can't do that, ha ha.
The boy has siblings in active service. I would cut the kid a break, and the teacher did say that his display of the American flag might upset one of the kids in the room. The boy was on Fox & FRiends and said that he spoke to the boy who does not take part in the pledge, the kid said he has no problem with this picture being displayed.
It sounds like they have personal knowledge. If true the teacher has some explaining to do.
Not the case here......More than the Supt. should be interviewed, more than one person has said he was told it was "religiously offensive" and not allowed to hang it for that reason, and that reason alone. Frankie is a good kid, plays sports, stays out of trouble, and the whole story of drawing while he was supposed to be doing school work is a flat out lie! He was in art class, during "free draw". Why do you think the Supt. responded by phone and declined to show is face on TV??? Hmmmmmm.....could it be he knows he screwed up big time??? Dad is an ex Marine, and current Little League coach, so I'm pretty sure he knows about discipline!!
I'm not taking ANY position. My first post pointed out a possibility that you, in a kneejerk response, obviously didn't consider.
And what the SCHOOL does is irrelevant to what the TEACHER does. I thought I had made that distinction clear. You have no more "proof" than I do, based on the article.
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