If this teacher is sane, and with an IQ above 60, there's no way she could have believed this ended another way.
Posted on 04/18/2025 11:25:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Students were "devastated" by the inciden(sic)
PARENTS have been left fuming after a high school teacher brazenly wrote a racial slur on a classroom board in front of her students.
Elizabeth Finch refused to back down and described the move as a "teaching moment" when she was confronted over the appalling message.
The incident blew up online when students took pictures of Finch's unthinkable act and posted them on social media on April 10.
In the photos, she could be seen standing in front of a smart board and writing out the n-word with an asterisk in place of one letter as her students watched on, CBS affiliate WMAZ reported.
A video was also posted online that appeared to show another teacher confronting Finch about what she had just done.
Once news of the incident circulated, the Bibb County Board of Education started a week-long investigation.
STANDING FIRM History teacher 'fired after seven years for second job as rapper' On Friday, the board concluded that Finch should be fired from her job at Rutland Middle School in Macon, Georgia, which is about two hours outside Atlanta.
In a termination notice seen by The U.S. Sun, Dan Sims, the superintendent of schools for Bibb County, blasted Finch for her eye-rolling excuse for writing the word.
"While you assert that you did this in an effort to have a teachable moment to address a student's question about cultural differences, your decision was grossly inappropriate," he said.
"It was not a part of your lesson plans and caused offense to your students and the community."
The superintendent noted that since Finch is a tenured teacher, she is privileged to certain rights under the Fair Dismissal Act.
Those rights mean that the termination process would begin if she did not resign immediately.
Finch initially put her resignation in for the end of the school year, but Sims said the “severity” of her actions required immediate dismissal.
"The District does not tolerate racially offensive language toward our students and/or staff and expects all our teachers and staff to speak with each other in kindness and with respect," Bibb County Schools said in the statement.
Tiffany Martinez, a parent of a 12-year-old student in Finch’s class, said her son was “devastated” after the incident.
“He couldn't even put his words together because he felt like he was less, which was his words and his words to me,” Martinez told WMAZ.
“‘Mom, I don't understand why she was attacking the Hispanics and the Black kids. But didn't say nothing to any of the white kids.’"
Bibb County school district's message to parents
The Bibb County School District is aware of a classroom incident in which a Rutland Middle School teacher used racially insensitive language during a lesson. We want to be clear: This language was inappropriate and does not reflect the values of our District or the expectations we hold for our educators. The District’s Human Resources Department is actively investigating the matter and will take appropriate action in line with our policies. At the center of everything we do are our students—their safety, their well-being, and their success. Our mission is to maximize student achievement and social-emotional well-being by building a sense of community in safe, equitable learning environments. That means creating classrooms where every child feels seen, respected, and valued, regardless of their race, background, or identity. If students, staff, or families have any additional concerns, we encourage you to reach out to your school’s administration. Counseling services will also be available to provide support to any students and staff as needed.
Parent Joycelyn Scott said she no longer trusts the system after her daughter told her what happened in class.
“It's already sketchy with people bringing guns and weapons to school," Scott said.
"Now you got to worry about teachers bringing racism into school."
Finch’s new employment status is listed as “resignation in lieu of termination.”
If this teacher is sane, and with an IQ above 60, there's no way she could have believed this ended another way.
No way they were devastated. I work in a 99% black environment and they all use the word all the time...
It’s laughable how society has become hysterical over words.
“Teachable moments” usually aren’t.
She should have just shown a photo of some rap song full of it
Or a samuel l jackson clip
“Good Morning Class! Let me introduce today’s guest speaker, who I guarantee will enlighten your understanding of words, and how silly it is to get all worked up about them: Mr. George Carlin”.
Blacks toss the word around like nothing, in both positive and negative ways
If I were a teacher, I’d assign my class to read a classic American novel. I might even read passages naming one of the traveling companions myself.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. And then dare them to fire me.
Yep, no matter how legitimate a point or lesson you are making, if you use the n word you get shouted down and cancelled immediately.
Oh, my goodness!!!
WORDS
Terrifying. Simply terrifying.
/SARC
She can just use the excuse that KTLA used after they spelled out the N word on X..just say “We were attempting to filter out offensive language”
It could have been worse. There could have been a string with a loop tied on the end.
nAggers?
She learned a lesson, lots of words are no longer part of the vocabulary
What would happen, if there was a geography lesson, and a teacher wrote the name of the country of Niger? Would all hell break loose?
They would fire you. I don’t care if you were reading something by Richard Wright, James Baldwin, or Ralph Ellison.
They call each other that all day long. No it doesn’t make it ok for me to, and I would not because I know Christ would not want such rubbish coming from me.
And I wasn’t raised that way either.
Behave like a rabid mongrel, no matter what the ethnicity or group, they are an animal and should be treated as such.
Look at this entire world and ask yourself as you watch all the horrors thatve gone on since Creation, can’t glue the behavior to a singular demographic.
Except one.
It’s those who follow Father God, Christ Jesus and do not those horrors, and those who worship Satan and demonic forces.
Yes the teacher needs to make each one of them as the enter the room to write WHAT OFFENDS YOU TODAY.
Spelling lesson ensues
Situational vapors. Pretend pansies.
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