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.
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
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.
-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
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.
Gudanov - Jan 12, 2011 11:46:37 am PST #16545 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here.
::blink:: WTF?? Dude's been fired, right?
Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2011 11:46:43 am PST #16546 of 30001
brillig
In the continuing tales of a recovering Luddite, I was trying to figure out how to get pictures from my phone to my computer. I finally tracked down that Bluetooth means more than just the thingie stuck in the ear for handsfree talking, and I now know that my phone and my Palm will talk to each other. So I can move things from the phone to the Palm to the computer and vice versa. I feel so 20th century.
-t - Jan 12, 2011 11:48:50 am PST #16547 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not necessarily, msbelle. I know I've had to go in to get totally innocuous test results just because they were potentially confusing.
Daisy Jane - Jan 12, 2011 11:49:47 am PST #16548 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
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.
And this was actually my first point in the comments. Something along the lines of, "Let's not skip right over the assault part."