You won’t believe what teachers plan to tell kids about Trayvon Martin

The Daily Caller ^ | July 22, 2013 | Robby Soave

[2ndDivisionVet]

In the wake of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin shooting, several teachers said they would invoke mob justice, vigilantism and the idea that Florida law allows people to hunt and kill black kids when discussing the case with their students.

The Hairpin, a prominent liberal women’s blog, asked several teachers, counselors and professors to explain how they would talk about the case — which reached its conclusion last week after George Zimmerman was found innocent of Martin’s murder — in their classrooms.

An anonymous English teacher in Alabama said that she would be hesitant to formally “teach” the subject, but nonetheless thought it could be brought up in relation to vigilantism in literature such as “To Kill A Mockingbird” and the works of William Faulkner.

“The thing is, I see Trayvon Martins everyday,” wrote the teacher. “I worry about young black men and their prospects in a world where a man is able to kill one without being convicted of something. Even if it isn’t as simple as that, kids will see it that way. Rednecks are holding their heads a little higher and tapping the guns on their holsters eager for a stand your ground moment.”

Some have alleged that Zimmerman killed Martin in an act of vigilante-style execution, though the jury ultimately acquitted him based on his self-defense claim. Zimmerman suffered bruises and cuts during the altercation, and said that Martin was on top of him and he feared for his life when he fired his gun.

Nevertheless, another teacher cited the verdict as evidence of the “fact that Florida law allows people to hunt and kill black youth,” and said that it was important to talk about it with students......

[tomkat]

We probably should let this die down ..

Helter
Skelter
?
Sooner
Better

[Carry_Okie]

Bite me.

That would be in bad taste.

[catbertz]

Potentially quite literally in bad taste :)

[antceecee]

So you agree with the so called “educators” in this article? I agree with the poster you responded to that they are “ignorant”. TOO bad you are so busy being the spelling cop on the block to see the message.

[Fresh Wind]

I see you've been arrested by the...

[cynwoody]

“The thing is, I see Trayvon Martins everyday,” wrote the teacher. “I worry about young black men and their prospects in a world where a man is able to kill one without being convicted of something.

Teach is a moron. There is such a thing as justifiable homicide. Any teach worth her salt would know that. School sucked. Sucks. And always will suck!

[DeaconRed]

"I worry about young black men."

NO they don't. If they did they would be in Chicago, and other cities where REAL MURDER is taking place DAILY. . . . . .

[peeps36]

If you want to see ignorance and a sense of entitlement on display, watch Campus PD on television. It's a show like cops but it's on college campuses instead of inner cities. Our universities are turning out arrogant assholes by the thousands.

[BigCinBigD]

It's Police harassment! Where were the spelling police last week when the neighbors kid stole my dictionary!

[saintgermaine]

After listening to Rachel Jeantel on the witness stand I believe just about anything anymore. Politicians on the left just loves people like her as for them she is just like a wet dream come true as they are dumb enough to be manipulated in any shape or form they please and then dump on them. I have a feeling as time passes it will only get worse and not better. I am afraid that what ever we see and experience now has been decades in the making and is not about to change from one day to the next.

[Yosemitest]

Home schooling is the ONLY way to go.

Start with teaching your children the FACTS that liberals despise.

Its like "Holy Water" against these "life-sucking", "life-destroying" vampires.

First show them that

"Fulton abandoned the kid when he was 3.
His step-mother brought him up.
The father moved on to woman 3.
12 years later she dumped him back on Fulton.

The step-mother said
he didn't use bad language when he was with her
so we can surmise he went wild with Fulton.
She identified his scream in court, but she had no way of knowing.
They pushed the step-mother into the shadows, the only real mother he ever knew."

Then show your children these links:

Trayvon should NOT have told George Zimmerman:
while trying to grab George Zimmerman’s gun ... saying, “tonight you die, ************”’
Trayvon should NOT have gone for George Zimmerman's handgun.

Trayvon should NOT have pinned George Zimmerman down on the ground.

Trayvon should NOT have broken George Zimmerman’s nose.

Trayvon should NOT have given George Zimmerman two black eyes.

Trayvon should NOT have repeatedly slammed George Zimmerman’s head on the pavement.

Trayvon should NOT have gotten suspended from school for possessing traces of marijuana.

Trayvon should NOT have stolen 12 pcs of ladies jewelry, and a man’s watch.

Trayvon should NOT have kept a flat head screwdriver described as “a burglary tool”, in his backpack.

Trayvon should NOT have had a criminal past of theft, hiding and acting suspicious.

Trayvon should NOT have encouraged ... fellow thugs to commit murder with the tweet, “Plzz shoot da #mf dat lied 2 u!”.




Trayvon should NOT have had a police record FOIA Sunlight And More Trayvon Martin Police Records.

Trayvon should NOT have had Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin for parents, who didn't discipline their unruly son, when he needed it.
Then they refused to admit to themselves, at each step along the way toward this disaster, that their son, Trayvon Martin, had a real problem and needed professional help!

Had the situation been handled different by Trayvon Martin, he might still be alive.
For instance, what if it had gone like null and void suggested ?



TRAYVON MARTIN: - Hey, are you following me?

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Ummm, yes.

TRAYVON MARTIN: - May I ask why?

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Well, uh, we've had a number off robberies in this neighborhood lately, and I don't recognize you...

TRAYVON MARTIN: - Oh, well, I'm Travon Martin, I'm spending the summer at my uncle's in unit 12. I expect you'll see a lot of me this summer.

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - OK, thanks, good to know. I'm George Zimmerman, by the way.

They shake hands.



TRAYVON MARTIN: - No, thank you for keeping an eye out for your neighbors!


But, NO !
It DID NOT go that way.

That should be a good start , and that should drive those VILE teachers into insanity.

[Gamecock]

Are these teachers part of the “Nu Skool” that Ms. Jeantel claimed to be a member of?

You don’t need to answer....

[SC_Pete]

There was a time that Boards of Education would force the Superintendents to purge intellectually dishonest jackasses like this.

[WayneS]

You won’t believe what teachers plan to tell kids about Trayvon Martin

Sure I will.

[WayneS]

Rednecks are holding their heads a little higher and tapping the guns on their holsters eager for a stand your ground moment.

I think this is an example of what psychologists call "projection".

[MrB]

If anyone is on a “hair trigger”, looking for any excuse to beat down and kill someone of another race,

it’s not “rednecks”.

And this was happening BEFORE Trayvon decided to beat Zimmerman to death. It was probably just another incident OF the epidemic of “looking for any excuse”.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

Initially, it will affect the kids. With time though, the normal kids will all come to realize what kooks these teachers are. When I was in high school, we had some teachers who had goofball ideas like these, but as we grew and observed normal people, we came to know what a kook is.

[lula]

When our kids were in school they would come home with BS their teachers said, we would educate them with the truth. They are now all adults who think for themselves, don’t believe everything they hear. We as parents need to be on top of all the lies they are being taught, if it’s not feasible to home school.

[Carry_Okie]

So you agree with the so called “educators” in this article?

Simply because I pointed out that grammar errors in a post calling teachers incompetent makes this forum look like it is comprised of a bunch of idiots, you conclude that I must approve of public schools? Really?

Obviously not, but then, I guess the alternative hypothesis escaped your standards of "due diligence." Did you even check my bookmarks which contain original proposals constituting radical alternatives to our existing public "education" system (try this one)?

[DoughtyOne]

An anonymous English teacher in Alabama said that she would be hesitant to formally “teach” the subject, but nonetheless thought it could be brought up in relation to vigilantism in literature such as “To Kill A Mockingbird” and the works of William Faulkner.

Never mind sentence structure, spelling, and writing skills. Trayvon, Trayvon, Trayvon...

I wonder how math professors are going to cover it...