Teacher suspended for withdrawing rec. letter of student who displayed swasitka

[Cecelia]

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 At least the Go-Fund me will help her.  20-day suspension without pay for explaining to the college board why she rescinded her letter of recommendation?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.

[Minimalist]

“The student believed that he was being targeted, creating a hostile environment for him by members of the faculty because of his actions,

My, what sensitive nazis our schools are turning out now that the WLB is in office.

[CapnAwesome]

This is what happens from not wanting to hurt everybodies feelings. Now you can't even offend nazis. This is the bed made by the politically correct left and now they have to lay in it.

[Cecelia]

No, I'm pretty sure this is the creation of the politically incorrect right who want freedom from consequences. The same ones who decry 'safe spaces' while wanting their own safe space where they can insult LGBT groups, black people, atheists, Hispanics and everyone else they want without being boycotted or called out on their bigotry. The likes of Justice Samuel Alito who in his Obergefell ruling worried about people who disagree with same sex marriage being labeled 'bigots and treated as such'.

[Minimalist]

Alito should learn that bigots ARE bigots.  Fuck 'em.

[Faith No More]

This is what happens from not wanting to hurt everybodies feelings. Now you can't even offend nazis. This is the bed made by the politically correct left and now they have to lay in it.

Really? I though the left spent the entire election hurting people's feelings by calling everyone racists and Nazis. At least that's what Trump supporters have been saying.

I'm confused. Do we care too much or not enough about racists' feelings?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

The lesson should be to never write any letters of recommendation.

[Amarok]

The right and there spiritual cousins the so non PC left (Sam Harris) want a PC world were we can't call them out as  bigots and they can say the most vile things without opposition . Hell they have there own lexicon of dismissal words if you criticize them your a "SJW" (as if that's an insult) A" cuck" .A "" or they will just call what your saying "buzzwords". Then act as if we should be engaged in a debate on the matter there being a bigot on . Nope no debate your a bigot and I'll call you so . I won't dignify your position  by pretending its something worth debating.

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This is what happens from not wanting to hurt everybodies feelings. Now you can't even offend nazis. This is the bed made by the politically correct left and now they have to lay in it.

Really?  I though the left spent the entire election hurting people's feelings by calling everyone racists and Nazis.  At least that's what Trump supporters have been saying.

I'm confused.  Do we care too much or not enough about racists' feelings?

There position is whatever is convenient at the time

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm wondering when letters of recommendation from a teacher became a right rather than something the teachers gave out on merit?

[Anomalocaris]

Wouldn't whether the teacher was justified to withdrawal the recommendation depend on what the recommendation said?

If the letter said "the little tyke is a child prodigy in math", or "he shows every indication of running a marathon in under 2 hours", then the teacher would be amiss to withdraw the letter on account of the student making swastikas, and should receive some reprimand.

But if the letter said "the kid is an asset to the community and a beacon of upstanding morality", then perhaps the withdrawal is natural and the student had it coming.