RE: Teacher suspended for withdrawing rec. letter of student who displayed swasitka
February 10, 2017 at 8:43 pm
(February 10, 2017 at 7:40 pm)Cecelia Wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teac...613136a1af
Two other teachers also received letters of reprimand for talking about it in class.
I hope her union fights this, because I think this is plain ridiculous. At least the Go-Fund me will help her. 20-day suspension without pay for explaining to the college board why she rescinded her letter of recommendation? Really? And then two teachers got reprimands for talking about it in class? Because it's being unfair to the student who decided to make a swastika in class? What is WRONG with these people.
I think it's unfair that they're not letting the teacher express their opinion about the student. If it's about a recomendation letter then surely the teacher should be able to express recomendation of their own free will. Plus the teacher explained their reasoning behind it.
On the other hand though you seem to be expressing disbelief that it's possible to treat someone unfairly once they've made a swastica out of tape.
It seems like an over zealous punishment to try to prevent someone's education because they made a swastica with some tape while decorating.
It says they made a comment about Hitler too but doesn't say what was actually said which could make a difference. They could be an actual national socialist and want to exterminate the Jews I suppose. I'm thinking it's likely this person's just a teenager acting foolishly rebelious against political correctness.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
