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More enlightenment in Texas Schools: Teacher suspended after art museum visit

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Oct 4, 2006.

  1. SamFisher

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/education/30teacher.html?ref=education

    :rolleyes:

    Mind you this is not Robert Mapplethorpe the kids were exposed to, it was this type stuff

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  2. jo mama

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    "whats the big deal?"

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  3. HayesStreet

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    Dammit, Sam. You need to put NSFW if you're going to put p*rn on the bbs.
     
  4. SamFisher

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    You're right, what was I thinking?

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  5. rage

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    These people are amazing!
    Sometime I wonder if we are living in a third world country or Medieval time!
     
  6. steddinotayto

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    I bet the parents of the kid never ever stepped into a museum in their narrowminded lives.
     
  7. HayesStreet

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    lol, :eek:
     
  8. Master Baiter

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    t*tties. The root of all evil.
     
  9. Mr. Clutch

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    SO that's how you can get fired from a public school. Whether kids are actually learning is of less importance.
     
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    No doubt..... :(
     
  11. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    not really related to the story, but I used to think it was laughable that bush ran for his first term on texas's public school record
     
  12. NewYorker

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    I don't think anyone can support the suspension of this teacher. What a stain on the Texas educational system.

    Another example of fundamentalism wreaking havoc.
     
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    Yea, a teacher with 28 years of experience, underpaid, dares to take the kids to a museum, and there one of the student’s sees, probably some boobs, and the teacher gets suspended.

    Does the Taliban run that part of Texas?

    So sad. :(
     
  16. Saint Louis

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    The Taliban would just blow up the museum. Wait a minute, I don't want to give anyone any ideas.
     
  17. thegary

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    art education is woeful in this country. the woman tries and gets fired, it is so absurd that i can't believe it really happened. kinda makes me wanna blow something up. :eek:
     
  18. FranchiseBlade

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    The teacher should be rewarded. If the parents want to keep their daughter uneducated and ignorant there isn't much we could do about that. The teacher should not be punished for helping the other students.
     
  19. NewYorker

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    Honestly, this is what I can't stand about Texas....not that there are idiots that don't get art, but that people tolerate these idiots and let them control the decision making process.

    Now you have the TV station blacking out the boobs on pieces of Art? And the school gets away with suspending the teacher?

    In other parts of the world, this kind of reaction would actually be all over the place - provoking protests and hundreds upon hundreds of letters. The outrage would be immense. But not in Texas. Like I said, this is a stain and I'm sadden that Texans don't reaction more strongly.
     
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