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Student wants teacher to call him by name
Channel 28 (ABC) Tampa , FL. ^ | May 13, 2002 | n/a

Posted on 05/13/2002 2:17:08 PM PDT by E=MC<sup>2</sup>

 

 

 


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Student wants teacher to call him by name
a 28 News report 5/13/02

NEW TAMPA - A Wharton High School student is filing a formal complaint against one of his teachers for not using his name.

Jihad Saleh mailed the letter in last week. His name, Jihad, means "holy war," and Saleh claims his physical sciences teacher, June Fortson, refused to call him Jihad, instead using only his last name and every other student's first name.

"I asked her why she didn't call me by my first name and she said because I think it's a religious name and I don't like it plus my son is up there right now," explained Jihad.

Saleh changed classes at Wharton after spring break to avoid being singled out.

Fortson says she used only his last name so he wouldn't be picked on.

 


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jihad; stupidlawsuits
UPDATE: Parents of little Jihad have retained a lawyer and are considering a lawsuit against the school and teacher (BIG SURPRISE).
1 posted on 05/13/2002 2:17:09 PM PDT by E=MC<sup>2</sup>
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I hope the FBI is keeping track of his parents.
2 posted on 05/13/2002 2:19:43 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: E=MC
Call him jughead... using a heavy accent.
3 posted on 05/13/2002 2:27:30 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: TADSLOS
She should just refer to him as "Holy War" as in: "Holy War, can you tell the class the formula in physics that describes the detonation of a Fuel Air Explosive over an Al Qeada "Jihad" Training Camp?" "Holy war, please don't shake like that when I mention Fuel Air Explosive".
4 posted on 05/13/2002 2:27:42 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: E=MC
If I changed my kids name to Jewhater I could sue when his teacher refuses to call him by name ?
5 posted on 05/13/2002 2:30:59 PM PDT by VRWC_minion
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To: E=MC
Jihad, I want you to meet your playmates: little Concentration Camp, little Muhammed Eats Pork, little High Colonic, little Battle of Lepanto and little Has to Go to the Bathroom Constantly. The parents should return to wherever the hell the came from. And take little Holy War with them, so American taxpayers aren't paying to educate a little bastard who's being trained to rise up and kill us, and then destory our civilization.
6 posted on 05/13/2002 2:31:45 PM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>
Y'know, some parents are just plain stupid.

There's no other way of explaining it.

7 posted on 05/13/2002 2:35:05 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe the teacher is afraid that other kids in the class will jump up and fight after hearing him being called Jihad.
8 posted on 05/13/2002 2:36:29 PM PDT by mafree
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To: mafree
You may be close to the truth -- this high school has had problems:

Eight arrested in Tampa school melee

9 posted on 05/13/2002 2:42:14 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: browardchad
Why is the little b@stard in an American school? Send his little jihad @ss to Saudi........ I'm sick to death of these muslims living in America.
10 posted on 05/13/2002 2:52:41 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: SouthernFreebird
Agreed. I don't know why we're allowing all these foreigners in.
11 posted on 05/13/2002 3:03:15 PM PDT by cutlass
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To: E=MC
I thought the last name was the first name.
12 posted on 05/13/2002 3:07:00 PM PDT by d14truth
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To: mafree
Maybe the teacher is afraid that other kids in the class will jump up and fight after hearing him being called Jihad.

If that's the case, I hope he succeeds in his endeavor.

13 posted on 05/13/2002 3:10:06 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: E=MC
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!


14 posted on 05/13/2002 3:11:22 PM PDT by cmsgop
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To: all
I'm not going to state my name, but I had teachers who called all students by their last names, but always called me by my first name. (I have a long and hard to pronounce last name). If this teacher was smart, he'd go last name only. Personally, this kid is an idiot who's probably gonna be a getting a whooping from his classmates.
15 posted on 05/13/2002 3:12:37 PM PDT by Sonny M
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To: d14truth
I thought the last name was the first name.

You're confusing Arabs with the Bajorans in Star Trek.

16 posted on 05/13/2002 3:21:38 PM PDT by jpl
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To: SouthernFreebird
"Why is the little b@stard in an American school? Send his little jihad @ss to Saudi........ I'm sick to death of these muslims living in America."

Ditto! (Get their @ss out of my country!)

17 posted on 05/13/2002 3:26:45 PM PDT by blam
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To: summer
"I asked her why she didn't call me by my first name and she said because I think it's a religious name and I don't like it plus my son is up there right now," explained Jihad.

Take a breath there, Jihad.

18 posted on 05/13/2002 3:36:11 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: vikingchick
,,, I've got an idea. Why not bring an Israeli student in for the teacher to speak thru to this sensitive wimp?
19 posted on 05/13/2002 3:51:07 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: vikingchick
Good grief. Thanks for the flag.

Advice to this student: Kid, change your name, as not many kids are named "Adolf" in this country either.
20 posted on 05/13/2002 5:08:34 PM PDT by summer
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