TEACHER'S SICK JOKE: BEHAVE KIDS OR I'LL BLOW UP YOUR BUS

The Mirror ^ | Oct. 19, 2005 | Jeremy Armstrong

[Alouette]

A TEACHER faces a police quiz after allegedly telling pupils: "Behave or I'll put a bomb on your bus."

Palestinian-born Mazin Albarq was said to have made the sick joke to a class of 13 and 14-year-olds.

Parents complained and headteacher Maureen Bates contacted police.

Pupils in supply teacher Mr Albarq's class may also be questioned over a possible charge of threatening criminal damage.

The parent of one 14-year-old said: "Children who use the school bus were terrified. It was surely meant as a joke but in the present climate there was nothing remotely funny."

Another parent said his 13-year-old daughter arrived home in tears after the school bus journey.

[HairOfTheDog]

What do you suppose would have been the reaction had a British teacher joked to a class of mostly Moslem students, that if they didn't behave he would spray the class with a can of aerosol pork guts?

Same as here... Hysterical stories of kids going home traumatized. Country's full of drama queens.

[moog]

I regularly joke about setting fire to the office...

So YOU were the guy in "Office Space."

[moog]

Tenure? What's that?

[tioga]

It doesn't sound like a joke to me; it sounds like a threat. I would fire this teacher now.

[af_vet_1981]

Deserves the first plane to Gaza or a jail cell

[goodnesswins]

I think the 13 year old has more maturity than you do,....but, then, I don't know your age.

[GregoTX]

"Palestinian-born Mazin Albarq was said to have made the sick joke to a class of 13 and 14-year-olds."

Putting our childrens lives in the hands of Palestinian kooks.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Speaking of spraying aerosol pork guts, check out the "Infidel's Revenge" terror prevention pen:

http://www.susbloodlabs.com/

[LA Conservative]

Coming from anyone else, it is a sick joke. Coming from a Pali, it sounds like a thinly vieled threat.

[Selene]

He is being persecuted for practicing his religion-
"Strike fear into the heart of the infidels" "Smite their necks"

[doug from upland]

After two years of service, a teacher in California is essentially guaranteed a job for life. They can be totally incompetent, but they cannot be fired. Prop. 74 on the California ballot will change that to five years of service.

Tenure makes sense in college. A professor doing cutting edge work should not be fired for his academic pursuits. But at the elementary and high school level, it is different. They should be judged on competence and be fired if they fail.

[moog]

Tenure makes sense in college. A professor doing cutting edge work should not be fired for his academic pursuits. But at the elementary and high school level, it is different. They should be judged on competence and be fired if they fail. There are obvious ones and not so obvious circumstances that have many factors. To be brief, anymore a teacher can be dismissed for just about any little thing. Teachers don't pick who are in their classes. One never knows what one will get from year to year. Yes, good teachers will often do the best with what they get and do wonderful with the kids, but there are so many circumstances outside of school nowadays too. Kids don't go home just to do the chores on the farm anymore. This is something I can go on and on and on about, but I really have left the greater part of it out.

Teachers do have a longer probationary period than a lot of jobs--here it is 3 years. In most jobs here, it is 3-6 months. Even after probation a teacher can be dismissed quite readily--subject to pass-off every three years here too.

[doug from upland]

I have even heard stories about teachers in California telling their students that they can't be fired.

[moog]

I have even heard stories about teachers in California telling their students that they can't be fired.

That's STUPID to say on their parts then because all it takes is one little accusal by a student and you can be gone. It happened to my uncle even though the charges were completely false.

[jiggyboy]

Credit Card Mailed To 'Dear Palestinian Bomber'

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2005 — Officials at JP Morgan Chase have apologized and promised to improve their screening policies, after a credit card solicitation letter sent to a 54-year-old naturalized American citizen came addressed to "Palestinian Bomber."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470494/posts

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a little balance from the FR archives...they can dish it out but they can't take it

[doug from upland]

Not in California.

[moog]

I have heard that somewhat for California I guess, but it sure isn't true here.

[Old Student]

Here in Oklahoma, a public school teacher's first year is a sort of probation. After that first year, they can apply for certification (for the first year, they call it licensure) good for 5 years. Hiring, however, has little to do with certification or licensure. You have to have one or the other to get hired, but all teachers are on one-year contracts. They have to notify you in April whether your contract will be renewed for the next year, or not. In 2003, in the district I worked in (as a teacher's assistant) 128 people were not renewed due to the budget crunch. I would have been one of them, but I'd already notified my principal that I was quitting to begin daytime classes for my teaching certification.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Mrs Bates, head of St Bede's Catholic School in Lanchester, Co Durham, said Mr Albarq worked at the school for only a few days.

He didn't waste much time in announcing a Ramabomb holy war. Mrs. Bates ought to waste no time in dispatching this psycho.

Mr Albarq, father of a primary age pupil, said at his home in Darlington, Co Durham: "How sad that a joke can cause such a fuss.

"I honestly didn't know anybody had complained. I knew nothing about this. I have heard nothing from the school or from the police."

He did not deny making the joke, but added: "I have contacted solicitors."

Mr Albarq has the victim mentality down pat.

[moog]

Here in Oklahoma, a public school teacher's first year is a sort of probation. After that first year, they can apply for certification (for the first year, they call it licensure) good for 5 years. Hiring, however, has little to do with certification or licensure. You have to have one or the other to get hired, but all teachers are on one-year contracts. They have to notify you in April whether your contract will be renewed for the next year, or not. In 2003, in the district I worked in (as a teacher's assistant) 128 people were not renewed due to the budget crunch. I would have been one of them, but I'd already notified my principal that I was quitting to begin daytime classes for my teaching certification.

Good for you:) It's always nice to see you. Here, nothing is secure. I know from firsthand experience.