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This teacher went viral after calmly and brilliantly questioning a student who called JK Rowling a “bigot." Now he's been fired.
Not The Bee ^

Posted on 05/15/2024 10:46:15 AM PDT by TigerClaws

Here is yet another example of why our educational system is in such a sorry state.

Back in February, high school teacher Warren Smith went viral after being asked by a student: "Do you still like [J.K. Rowling's] work, despite her bigoted opinions?"

The conversation that followed was a masterclass in the Socratic method and critical thinking. In it, he asked a series of questions that forced the student to think critically about the assumptions he was making.

Here is the brilliant exchange.

(AT LINK)

I've devoted four years of my life to this school, and yesterday it was like being a character in a video game and just being deleted like you were never there.

According to Smith, he wasn't given a clear reason that he was fired, although he seems to believe it was because of the public interviews he did after his video went viral. He also revealed the school took his computer, which contained several projects and books he had been working on for years.

The positive response on X was overwhelming:


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: education; notthebee; rowling; smith; trans

1 posted on 05/15/2024 10:46:15 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

I guarantee he’s going to be better off somewhere else.

In my industrial career I ran across a couple of managers who had started life as teachers and then thought, “What the heck am I doing here?” They were all bringing down significant salaries.


2 posted on 05/15/2024 10:50:00 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: TigerClaws

We can’t have students thinking critically. Of course he was fired.


3 posted on 05/15/2024 10:51:49 AM PDT by Romulus
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To: TigerClaws

He also revealed the school took his computer, which contained several projects and books he had been working on for years.

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That hurts, but why would you use school resources for your own personal work. He had years to think that through critically, or to at least make backups of his work. Perhaps I’m being a little harsh but common now, get yourself a laptop.


4 posted on 05/15/2024 10:59:13 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: TigerClaws

Redpill78 and X22 both had recent episodes on this.

Both were very interesting


5 posted on 05/15/2024 11:07:52 AM PDT by KenW255
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To: TigerClaws

Why isn’t the school named?


6 posted on 05/15/2024 11:15:44 AM PDT by econjack
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To: KenW255

Interesting how quick libs are to use labels, conclusory statements, and, of course, ad hominem attacks rather than logic and reason when debating.

The student here saying something like, “They said J.K. is transphobe, hateful, Nazi, etc.”

Teacher, “But what did she actually say? Do you agree or disagree with her statement? Why or why not?”

Just asking students to use reasoning is enough to get the teacher fired.


7 posted on 05/15/2024 11:16:12 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: econjack

“Not the Bee” isn’t a newspaper. They don’t name the school, nor - as a reporter would do - do they contact the school to ask for question or comment.

Basically, it’s a glorified blog that comes up with fun stories. Are the ‘real journalists’ interested in this?

I could see the teacher being on Tucker or some other conservative show to tell his story but MSM will ignore it.
Or would just say, “Bigoted teacher gets fired...” and deserves it.


8 posted on 05/15/2024 11:18:09 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

No, I know what the Bee is, but I don’t recall them not supplying a name, even if it is made up.


9 posted on 05/15/2024 11:48:56 AM PDT by econjack
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To: TigerClaws

If you watch the videos he is the type of teacher you would want for your kids. Before he made the kid question his views he clearly stated, I won’t tell you my views on the subject just ask about yours.
I believe this was Canada.


10 posted on 05/15/2024 11:53:38 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: TigerClaws; metmom

ARTH.


11 posted on 05/15/2024 11:57:03 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: z3n
but why would you use school resources for your own personal work.

Same thought. Dumb, dumb, dumb. If you don't own it, then you don't own it.

12 posted on 05/15/2024 12:00:26 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: shoff

If Canada, look for him to be imprisoned for violating justin’s hate speech law.


13 posted on 05/15/2024 12:01:21 PM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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To: TigerClaws

I just discovered his YouTube channel. The Secret Scholar Society. Some interesting conversations.


14 posted on 05/15/2024 12:05:55 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: z3n

Save your files to Dropbox.


15 posted on 05/15/2024 12:08:41 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: TigerClaws
Good example of sound response, but why the "click bait" misrepresentation (which thus get parroted)?

This teacher went viral after calmly and brilliantly questioning a student who called JK Rowling a “bigot." Now he's been fired.

In reality, it is Now that this teacher has been fired, he posts a video apparently about why:

7 days ago I was fired from my school after 4 years of teaching. I recorded this the following day in order to share my perspective

Not the Bee states,

According to Smith, he wasn't given a clear reason that he was fired, although he seems to believe it was because of the public interviews he did after his video went viral.

Thus they somehow think he was fired because of the public interviews he did after his video went viral, yet the video came after his firing.

Most likely the teach was fired for not parroting the party line and instead objectively examining the premise of the charge.

16 posted on 05/15/2024 12:09:50 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: Romulus

We can’t have students thinking critically. Of course he was fired.
= = =

Oh, he is ‘thinking critically’.

That is critical - meaning approaching death.


17 posted on 05/15/2024 12:11:30 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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To: TigerClaws

Couldn’t find where this occurred, but listening to the teacher it could well be in the U.S. Depending on the state, you don’t get tenure until you’ve worked for a school for so many years. In some, it is as much as five years. Until you get tenure, the district doesn’t have to give a reason for not offering a contract for the next year.

Don’t know who recorded the video that ‘went viral’, but that alone might get a teacher in trouble, either for recording it or for willingly participating in the recording.

All that said, I could find nothing wrong with how he conducted the ‘Socratic’ lesson.


18 posted on 05/15/2024 12:51:59 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: TigerClaws

Is that Parker’s (from gold rush) brother?


19 posted on 05/15/2024 2:03:26 PM PDT by pas
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To: DPMD

Black Face will weigh in.


20 posted on 05/15/2024 3:54:04 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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