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.
with pay.
A paid vacation.
Nice.
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.
I don’t know why you are doing that, but I’m grateful...
That ‘teacher’ has the IQ of a tree slug...and NO control of her classroom
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.
!Esta es no Ruth Bader Ginzburg!
“..has been suspended with pay...” = extra paid vacation or bonus
Now what does she look like without all the makeup and Photoshop?
You nailed it. But look for her return after things die down. Her suspension with pay (read paid vacation) heralded that.
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.
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, its an 0b0z0 teachable moment to Foil the Constitution some more.
I hope Americans are taking names that should be made examples of one day.
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.
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.
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.
Tanya, is nice Russian name.
Maybe comrade Tanya was confused.
Oh wait. She is not Russian? Amish?
Never mind.
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.
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.
Is she an affirmative action teacher? I read some of her rant but could not bring myself to watch her in the video.
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