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got this from Dr. Laura.
Teacher wrote a blog on her experiences as a teacher. It didn't identify her, the school, the kids, it just talked basic issues in education, among which is students who don't get the message.
The parents, who read the blog, wrote the administration at the private school, which canned the teacher.
While I think the teacher is a bit of an idjit (anyone who praises 0bama qualifies for me as an idjit) the fact remains the student did not do the assigned homework, but did something totally different. This is a frustrating thing, when we ask that things be done, and the opposite happens. Must be even more so for a teacher. the teacher followed the rules. I think she was unfairly dismissed, and I think the parents did their daughter a disservice by complaining. You do the assignment. That is the big life lesson of high school
Teacher wrote a blog on her experiences as a teacher. It didn't identify her, the school, the kids, it just talked basic issues in education, among which is students who don't get the message.
It looks like she lost the thread too, of course.Collins says her posts never identify her school or anyone from it, though she does give her name and occupation. That day she wrote about a recent classroom assignment in which each student was to give a speech that advocated a point of view but did so in a conciliatory manner. She had told her students to use Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address as a model, she wrote.
"One thing I told my students is not to gloat, not to strike a hostile tone in their speeches," she wrote on prettyfreaky.blogspot.com. "Then, of course, I heard a speech that did both of those things."
Collins added that she felt "annoyance" because she disagreed with the politics of the speech and "dismay" that her message about the right tone was not getting through.
(Though she never said so on her blog, in an interview Collins said that the student had given a speech about "Obama's lies." She provided The Inquirer with copies of documents from the school and the family about the events leading to her firing, and her responses.)
In Collins' post, she responded to the speech by writing one of her own, saying she was "modeling" the correct approach to the assignment. Her piece encouraged students to move "beyond knee-jerk joining of their parents' political party, and not become one-issue voters, to open their minds and consider the ramifications of their votes."
The essay criticized many George W. Bush administration policies and defended the Obama administration.
The parents, who read the blog, wrote the administration at the private school, which canned the teacher.
While I think the teacher is a bit of an idjit (anyone who praises 0bama qualifies for me as an idjit) the fact remains the student did not do the assigned homework, but did something totally different. This is a frustrating thing, when we ask that things be done, and the opposite happens. Must be even more so for a teacher. the teacher followed the rules. I think she was unfairly dismissed, and I think the parents did their daughter a disservice by complaining. You do the assignment. That is the big life lesson of high school