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What evidence is there to suggest she is an Obama supporter?

Oh, she's black, and she's a teacher. Brilliant deductive work there.

Anyone who does anything that Varus doesn't like must needs be a member of the Democratic party, a liberal, and a homosexual.

Hum, so a teacher smacks the crap out of a student? Maybe the kid deserved it? What does that have to do with Obama?

Glad she's fired, but aren't cell phones forbidden in classrooms?

What makes you think Varus doesn't like what this woman is doing? I'm thinking that if a 13 year old black boy was picking on some white girl, and a white woman intervened with an ***-whooping to the boy, Varus would 'like' that more than we care to know.

It's simply that these are black people behaving badly, and our president is black, and somehow in the tangled mis-connected synapses of Varus's mind, these things are related.

The fact that he said the teacher must be an Obama supporter.

Tulip,

Who said I didn't like it? I wish teachers had more freedom to beat the sh*t out of these f*cked up children. Spare the rod spoil the child I say.



Actually the reason I started this thread was to rail on urban public schools.

Edited, May 13th 2010 2:32pm by knoxxsouthy

Said it before and I'll say it again; public schools vary all around the country. In MA I got a great education, aced all my AP tests, and entered an honors program in college as a sophomore (credit-wise). 92% of my graduating class went on to higher education, 2% went into the clergy or military, and 6% entered the work force. Despite being the school with the third lowest state funding in all of MA, we consistently had some of the highest SAT and AP scores (MCAS as well, but those we all agreed were idiotic products of "No Child Left Behind"). In my Calculus AB class we had graphs of scores; out of a class of 24, only 2 people did not get a 3 or higher (aka, did not pass), and 18 of us got 4s or 5s.

When I was at college in DE I worked for the landscaping crew during a summer and chatted with some of the "townies." In DE, about 55% of the students in the local public high school graduated and went to college; 45% went to the work force. AP grades were considered great if you got 3s; passing wasn't rare, but getting higher than a 3 was.

In FL, public schools are pretty darn bad. The students truly interested in college don't attend many classes their senior year, instead they have a dual-enrollment program that allows them to take classes for college credit at nearby community colleges. They also have AP tests, but despite a full year of study passing still seems like a crap shoot. On the plus side, those that do well get a very generous scholarship to the in-state colleges; the scholarship can be offered, however, because so few students end up doing well.


Nothing much to do with the OP, just the title. Point being I still have a hard time thinking of public schools as bad due to my childhood.

Edit: All of these locations were suburban to an extent. In MA I was in a suburb of Boston, Newark, DE is a city unto itself due to the University but has Wilmington and Philadelphia relatively close, and Ocala, FL is practically rural. Ocala is horse country. county country.

Edited, May 13th 2010 2:42pm by LockeColeMA

Public schools are financially supported by their town or perhaps county. The quality will vary considerably even within a state. Maine has some of the best public schools and some of the worst.

Our public schools are pretty awesome.

Tulip,

I have a problem with everything. But that's me.

A) A charter school is slightly different than a public school.
B) The teacher in question was wrong, got fired. End of story.

I'm not sure there's even a discussion to be had here other than to say "That's ****** up."

I'm no legal expert, but I'd assume that's up to the family of the child, not the school, to pursue.

Edited, May 13th 2010 4:01pm by BrownDuck