Monday, October 6, 2008
What's it take to get fired from this job?
I was horrified to read this morning about a teacher in Florida that asked his 7th grade class if they knew what the acronym was for Obama's campaign slogan - CHANGE? Well being in 7th grade I don't believe that most of the children knew what an acronym was to begin with. So thats when the teacher should have known to stop but no, he kept on. He told these 12 year olds that CHANGE stood for Can Help Get A N word Elected. Now not a lot surprises me anymore so I wasn't dumbfounded to hear that a teacher had said this. I was however disgusted to read that his teacher was not fired from his job. NOT FIRED!!! He was placed on a 10 day paid suspension and required to go to some sort of reeducation classes. I don't know what to say and that doesn't happen very often. It makes me wonder what criteria has to be met in order to get fired from that job. I guess that's Florida for ya!!
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Wow--this is absolutely incredible. Could you post a link to the article? There's been a lot of interesting talk about the effectiveness of cleaning up language like the N word. Let's say the teacher is "reeducated." Will that necessarily result in a conversion of ideas, or will this teacher simply develop a more convincing veneer of politically correct language that more effectively hides some deeply troubling beliefs? You might check out Barbara Ehrenreich's "Teach Diversity with a Smile" on 108-111 in our textbook.
Mr. Jolly here is the link to read about the teacher that said this.
www.alan.com/2008/10/05/florida-teacher-says-obamas-change-is-acronym-that-includes-n-word/ - 47k
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