He was saying he's not able to teach religion so he has do dance around the morality...which ok?
Huh? He was teaching biology.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2011 11:23:07 am PST #16535 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Daisy Jane - Jan 12, 2011 11:26:44 am PST #16536 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
No, I mean the guy who was saying teaching on the theme of "racism is bad, mmkay!" in TKAM was teaching a belief, was saying that skirts close to teaching religion.
I was arguing that saying "racism is bad" is no more teaching a belief than teaching, "stomping on the throats of other people because you can is bad."
Jessica - Jan 12, 2011 11:30:18 am PST #16537 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He did a lot more than that - he was teaching Creationism.
You know, I'm as against teaching Creationism in public schools as the next person, but I'm going to take a radical stance and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here. One is ideologically inappropriate, the other is assault.
Fred Pete - Jan 12, 2011 11:32:35 am PST #16538 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
It all reads as not very thinky to me, but whatever.
Sounds more "narrow-minded as a dirt path," but I'm not sure that's so different from what you're saying.
-t - Jan 12, 2011 11:35:19 am PST #16539 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm going to take a radical stance and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here
According to the article, there's a "plausible explanation" for that. I'm so curious as to what that might be.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2011 11:36:31 am PST #16540 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You know, I'm as against teaching Creationism in public schools as the next person, but I'm going to take a radical stance and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here. One is ideologically inappropriate, the other is assault.
I read that he did it with the students' permission.
Dana - Jan 12, 2011 11:39:08 am PST #16541 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Sure, that makes perfect sense, because teachers always do what students tell them to.
msbelle - Jan 12, 2011 11:41:19 am PST #16542 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so, I had blood taken on Monday for annual check on stuff tests. My doctor wants me to come in to go over them. She said nothing about this on Monday, in fact mentioned having the results mailed to me. This means something is up, doesn't it?
SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2011 11:43:23 am PST #16543 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I read that he did it with the students' permission.
I would think an eighth grader in most states wouldn't be the one to give permission for something like that. Isn't 18 usually the age where folks can get pierced/tattooed without a parent's permission? One would think the same holds true here. Not a lawyer, though, and every state is different on that subject, I'm sure.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2011 11:46:25 am PST #16544 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I would think an eighth grader in most states wouldn't be the one to give permission for something like that. Isn't 18 usually the age where folks can get pierced/tattooed without a parent's permission? One would think the same holds true here. Not a lawyer, though, and every state is different on that subject, I'm sure.
I remember what I read now. This issue with this teacher was in the news about two years ago. One kid and his parents complained about the cross the teacher burned into his arm. But other parents were arguing they didn't have a problem with it, so it was OK. The one kid ended up getting harassed a lot for (I think) being an atheist. Or at least everybody thought that.
I wondered why nothing was done to the teacher, but it turns out it took two years to fire him or something.