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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:17 AM Original message |
Teacher under investigation for alleged liberalism |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wake up and smell the coffee |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Doesn't make it right. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. I have to agree - if the shoe were on the other foot - when they do this |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. More power to the teacher.... |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Hooray! Boston's wingnut whiner patrol is on the job! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. And have been for years |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree. Last thing I want from HS teachers is |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. As a student, I used to to use my vocabulary for my OWN politics |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
56. What a great assignment that would be |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I agree totally; |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Part of it may be confidence that politics free education leads |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 03:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Connecting vocabulary to current events is not 'mastering the curriculum?' |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I am a college English teacher. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 03:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. As a college art professor, I disagree with you. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Oh, my students get exposed to my politics, but not like that. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. He wants the kids to think he's cool |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. But he's an "ALLEGED Liberal!!!" Oh, the humanity! |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm with OP and #2 on this |
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CatBoreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with you... |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. I grew up listening to rightwingers sing the praises of Reagan..... |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Wingnuts that lionized Reagan in my school... |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I made no bones about my feelings. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. He should throw in a quiz question or two lauding Lincoln, |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Will the wingnut teachers who are babbling about Intelligent Design to |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Yup. Pat Robertson let that cat out of the bag |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't like it when rightwingnuts shove their views done my throat, |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. How does this make "News" at this point? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. by this logic, then, statements like "I love America because..." |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, I tend to agree. I'd say a written warning would be appropriate. n/t |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. In middle school, one of our teachers had huge STOP ERA signs |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. newsflash! teachers are real people who talk about real stuff |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Oh, get out! Really? And crack jokes and, provoke responses and -- |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. As a college faculty member |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. I agree with you.. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. The headline of the story bothers me more. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I think this is precisely the issue... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I agree - this is wrong |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. About 40 years ago my wifes younger sister showed me what she thought |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. i bet alot of the students may watch |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Vt. Teacher Accused of Anti-Bush Quiz |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I don't think it was an anti Bush quiz, just a quiz about the truth. |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sorta dumb of the teacher |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Spain went through its inquisition (was it during the Middle Ages, or the |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Well, it's social studies. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Sounds more like an English assignment to me |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. He should've done my favorite vocab quiz form instead. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. "... hence insuring him Republican votes." |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. One I share, SS. |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 03:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Ummm |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. You might be correct. I will certainly agree that is a possibility. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's not even a valid test of vocabulary. 50-50 choice? |
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atfqn (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. Send your comments to: wknapp@svsu.org , bchenkin@svsu.org |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. I teach cultural anthropology at the university level..... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 03:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Please see my post #26. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
45. Can't say I find his quiz appropriate |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
48. From a former student at MAU and a current teacher |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Thank you! This was obviously a sneak attack on the teacher |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
52. The only important question is whether the RW are able to get away with |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. intelligent design or this? intelligent design or this? |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. WITCH HUNT |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. If the questions had been pro-Chimpy or anti Democrats, would it |
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saberjet22 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
59. testing and politics |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. That was inappropriate for a English test question sentence. |
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Hyernel (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. TRUTH is his defense. |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. An update on the TRUE nature of this issue... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. This is pretty simple..... |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Simple how? |
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