Jeff Hunt: Motherfucker extraordinaire

[CatWoman]

Did you guys just see the Worst person on Olbermann?

What a complete asshole!!!!

some background:

Students outraged after museum destroys diorama

Stephanie Anderson
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 14, 2008 01:45 PM


"A lot of people are being crushed by this," Frakes said. "It was like a death. It was terrible."

"Not wanting it and destroying it are two different things. This is about mistreating a beautiful work of art. It's irrational and it's an act of vandalism."

Frakes, a 35-year teacher and a life member of the museum, has overseen the work of 21 dioramas featured at museums across the country, including the Smithsonian Institution.

He supervised the after-school project that involved more than 200 of his students, who helped build, paint and complete the diorama in a little more than three years.


Highland High students and faculty are up in arms after hearing that a diorama they helped build was destroyed by Texas museum officials who said it was historically inaccurate.

The 10-foot by 5-foot diorama of the Battle at Palmetto Ranch, the last land battle of the Civil War, was shipped last August to the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin, along with four other dioramas built by Gilbert students.

Highland history teacher Glen Frakes is especially outraged because more than 7,000 hours were put into the project.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0214gr-diorama0214-ON.html

[lonestarnot]

1. No shit! Dogbreath fucker!

[HughMoran]

2. That fellow wasn't even fired

He should be fired. Then he should have the crap beaten out of him.

[CatWoman]

3. AND

he should be made to pay restitution. :grr:

[lonestarnot]

4. 23K wasn't it?

Which should be doubled for intentional infliction of emotional distress to the kids, but I'm no lawyer.

[bluestateguy]

5. What he did was a disgrace to the museum profession

If he was a professional and a scholar he would have contacted the school project's representative and gently informed them of the historical inaccuracies, offered up his expertise as to what needed to be fixed and provided for the diorama to be returned to Arizona.

Instead, he chose to act like a little spoiled child and throw it away like it was an old toy he had become bored with.

[Beetwasher]

6. There has got to be more to this story

Like some sort of grudge or personal vendetta or mental illness. What a vicious scumbag.

Hi CW! :hi:

[NC_Nurse]

7. That is just terrible!

I hope he gets fired. That is inexcusable. :mad:

[davidinalameda]

8. quote of the day

Col. Bill Meehan, a Texas Military Forces Museum public information officer, admits the situation could have been dealt with better.

ya think????

[Fridays Child]

9. What a jerk. Here are some photos—six before the destruction and one after...

Click where it says "Highland's Civil War diorama," on the right side (might need to register first).

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0214gr-diorama0214-ON.html

[dysfunctional press]

10. his brother mike is usually pretty fun, though...

nt.

[mcctatas]

11. If he felt that strongly about the "historical inaccuracies" in

the diorama, he could have just donated it to the creation museum...


*seriously, what a dickhead!

[Lex]

12. His brother Mike Hunt was always getting called to the office

in my high school.

[mcctatas]

13. ...

:spank:

[PITBOS]

14. Send this "Museum" an email

to the following address......

[e-mail]

[Lex]

16. Welcome to DU.

Nice first post.

[leftofthedial]

15. his brother Mike is no prize either

[Parche]

17. And His Brother Mike Is Worse

:rofl: :rofl:

:hi:

OH MEOW

[Lex]

18. 3rd time is the charm on this joke on this thread?

LOL

[Initech]

19. Holy crap! What an asshole!

These students have every fucking right in the world to be pissed.

[FloridaJudy]

20. This is an adult?

Destroying something a bunch of kids spent hours making, and were very proud of, just because he disagreed with the depiction? As someone pointed out, the decent thing to do would have been to send it back with a gentle suggestion for correction, or to post a disclaimer.

I've had teachers who did something similar, and forty years later it still hurts.

A scholar - maybe. But definitely not a gentleman!

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. What did he think were the historical inaccuracies?

:shrug:

[tuff_gong]

23. jeff hunt sux

River flowing in wrong direction
Paddlewheel boat, wrong direction
Confederates with swords

Got that off the musuem forum, lost the link though.