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North Rowan (North Carolina) teacher suspended
The Salisbury Post ^ | May 21, 2012 | Nathan Hardin

Posted on 05/21/2012 10:41:48 AM PDT by abb

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools officials suspended a North Rowan High School teacher Monday while investigating an incident caught on camera where the teacher told a student he could be arrested for speaking ill of President Barack Obama.

In a nearly 10-minute YouTube video shot by a student in the classroom, Tanya Dixon-Neely, a social studies teacher, told students criticism of the president could lead to jail time.

“Do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about Bush?” she said of former President Bush. “Do you realize you are not supposed to slander the president?”

Dixon-Neely has been suspended with pay, according to Rowan-Salisbury School System Spokeswoman Rita Foil.

On Friday, Foil said the incident can be a learning experience.

“The Rowan-Salisbury School System expects all students and employees to be respectful in the school environment and for all teachers to maintain their professionalism in the classroom. This incident should serve as an education for all teachers to stop and reflect on their interaction with students.”

A Salisbury Post reporter went to Dixon-Neely's home for comment this morning, but no one answered the door. Calls to her number have gone unanswered and there is no answering machine.

The video went viral over the weekend and viewership jumped from about 1,000 views to more than 168,000 Monday morning.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arreststudent; fireteacher; freespeech; norhcarolina; obama; salisbury; schools; tanyaneely
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To: abb
The Rowan-Salisbury School System expects all students and employees to be respectful in the school environment and for all teachers to maintain their professionalism in the classroom. ...

nothing in the statement regarding teachers should not be dumber than a stack of hammers.
41 posted on 05/21/2012 11:07:52 AM PDT by stylin19a (Obama - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
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To: abb

with pay.

A paid vacation.

Nice.


42 posted on 05/21/2012 11:09:15 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1217 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: camle

Of course libs only want conservative critics of a liberal president arrested and prosecuted. I really believe they would do this if they had the power, ala the Soviet Union and Red China. If Obama can pack enough communists onto the supreme court it could happen.


43 posted on 05/21/2012 11:09:51 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: y6162

I don’t know why you are doing that, but I’m grateful...


44 posted on 05/21/2012 11:12:05 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1217 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: abb

That ‘teacher’ has the IQ of a tree slug...and NO control of her classroom


45 posted on 05/21/2012 11:13:29 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: abb

I like how on the second bar on the right side, is the first article about this incident, then another article on top, then this article about the teacher getting canned.


46 posted on 05/21/2012 11:13:56 AM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: y6162

!Esta es no Ruth Bader Ginzburg!


47 posted on 05/21/2012 11:14:08 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Timber Rattler

“..has been suspended with pay...” = extra paid vacation or bonus


48 posted on 05/21/2012 11:14:11 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: y6162

Now what does she look like without all the makeup and Photoshop?


49 posted on 05/21/2012 11:15:47 AM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: SMARTY
That ‘teacher’ has the IQ of a tree slug...and NO control of her classroom.

You nailed it. But look for her return after things die down. Her suspension with pay (read paid vacation) heralded that.

50 posted on 05/21/2012 11:16:43 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: abb

This screeching unprofessional woman sounds like a complete illiterate.Whoever hired her in the first place should be fired.The student was more rational and informative for the other students in the class than the teacher.Perhaps he should replace her while she is on paid suspension.They would certainly learn more from him than they would from this affirmative action nincompoop.


51 posted on 05/21/2012 11:19:17 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: null and void
Well, I searched for a pic of the teacher but Esti showed up. Nothing more complicated than that.
Esti with clothes

52 posted on 05/21/2012 11:26:49 AM PDT by y6162
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To: abb; LucyT; Berlin_Freeper; Hotlanta Mike; Silentgypsy; repubmom; HANG THE EXPENSE; Nepeta; ...
Challenging Communism Follow-up Ping..............

Tanya Dixon-Neely, a social studies teacher, told students criticism of the president could lead to jail time.

The ignorant bitch lied and/or didn't know better and her education prowess shows next.

“Do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about Bush?”

Emphasis mine.

First, great Ebonics or should I say Ebonics great?

Second, a teacher mentioning “President Bush” as “Bush” to children?

Dixon-Neely has been suspended with pay, according to Rowan-Salisbury School System Spokeswoman Rita Foil.

Paid for what, teaching Ebonics and Communism or just reeducation? She should be paid for NOT teaching!

On Friday, Foil said the incident can be a learning experience.

Maybe, it’s an 0b0z0 teachable moment to Foil the Constitution some more.

I hope Americans are taking names that should be made examples of one day.

53 posted on 05/21/2012 11:28:02 AM PDT by melancholy (Professor Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist, Ph.D in L0w and H0lder)
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To: abb

This woman is a complete idiot. It squarely reflects on this school system. The student is smarter than her and it offended her worship of all things Obama.


54 posted on 05/21/2012 11:38:38 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: abb

To me the most amazing thing was that the student had all of his facts right and replied very appropriately to each of her rants. It gives me hope that the young people in this country are NOT believing the communist line fed to them in schools.


55 posted on 05/21/2012 11:42:17 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Barrak has now won the contest. He is even worse than Jimmah.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

Unfortunately, the kid will be marked down now as a “troublemaker” by all the teachers and administrators in the school system. Probably why his father put him in another school.


56 posted on 05/21/2012 11:44:19 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: abb

Tanya, is nice Russian name.

Maybe comrade Tanya was confused.

Oh wait. She is not Russian? Amish?

Never mind.


57 posted on 05/21/2012 11:44:49 AM PDT by trotskylvalia (where nose meets the grindstone)
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To: abb

Since when are kids allowed to talk with such horrific language in school? Is this something that just happens outside of Texas? I don’t know that it’s allowed here.


58 posted on 05/21/2012 11:47:03 AM PDT by CWSNTEXAS (Am I'm the ONLY Conservative Jew in America? What's wrong with you other schmucks?)
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To: CWSNTEXAS

My guess is the teacher uses that language. Kicks the door open right there. You notice she also cursed as well when speaking of President Bush.


59 posted on 05/21/2012 11:51:10 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Is she an affirmative action teacher? I read some of her rant but could not bring myself to watch her in the video.


60 posted on 05/21/2012 11:57:13 AM PDT by SusaninOhio
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