Quote Originally Posted by SLP View Post
The teacher does have some facts wrong, however IMO there likely is more to the story. From a few things said it sounds like the teacher and this student have a history, and while the teacher is wrong, the student sounds like a real smartalec that is trying to bait her into losing her temper and saying something stupid so he can record it and embarrass her. My wife was a HS teacher for some years and I have to say that today many kids are horrible, say and do horrible things and there is very little recourse for the teacher. Believe me some of the disrespectful and perverse things said to my wife taxed me not to want to drive to the school and confront these punks myself although I knew I couldn't do that. Administrations are just concerned about overall testing and keeping their funding and often don't really want to deal with any issues. Parents are not involved and complain if their child faces any trouble regardless if deserved.

So while I completely disagree with this teachers politics, and disagree with some of what she said, I will refrain from a quick judgment on the value of her entire career based on a secret recording by a obnoxious disrespectful kid and when I say disrespectful I mean towards the teacher, not to Oboma. She may be an awful teacher, or she may be an OK teacher having a bad moment after being badgered daily from some of her students. I am not in position to know the real truth.
I agree with you here to some extent..........THAT the kid is obnoxious, and secretly taping the teacher.

BUT to have a teacher act this way regardless of the taping is scary. She has a political agenda here. It sounds like they were discussing bullying and when the kid brought up a passage from Obama's own book about how he bullied someone, the kid asked a question about it. THE teacher shut it down because Obama is the President.

I don't get it......I bet this very teacher was all too happy to discuss Bush and his illegal wars, or whatever.

Bottom line, your personal political view has no place in teaching our kids.

Both of my daughters had one of the most vile RACIST black persons I've ever met as a teacher. She had a complete and thorough disgust of non black folks, and made it clear pretty much every day. I saw this DIRECTED racism more than once, and addressed it personally......multiple times with the school and the board, and the administration.