16 year old Girl bullied for wearing a political T-Shirt....by teacher!!

The teacher should be disciplined, unless the school's rules forbid such a t-shirt, which I doubt.

It does bother me that the TC and other posters of similar political belief automatically assume that those with the opposite opinion, high school students and college students aren't politically aware.

Even if the school forbids such shirts it's no excuse to attack the student, compare her to a racist organization and encourage others to make fun of her.

The teacher's excuse is downright pathetic. Joke? Humiliating someone, comparing them to a hate group and encouraging others to partake in the humiliation is not a joke.

Teacher should be fired and banned from ever teaching again.

You've been very naughty teacher.

Horrible. If anything, this girl should be applauded for being politically aware. Most high school kids don't give 2 sh*ts about politics.

kingkong0124

The fact that she was wearing a Romney shirt not only shows she actually is not politically aware, but even worse she thinks she IS aware and thinks she is smart enough to be telling others about politics....

Teacher was still a dick though and should be fired....

While some of you may know me as a staunch Republican, it wasn't that long ago that I was a Democrat and wore a shirt like this.

DevilMightCry

Heh, lulzy shirt. How did people react to the shirt? I can just imagine someone flipping out on you calling you a pothead and ****.

While some of you may know me as a staunch Republican, it wasn't that long ago that I was a Democrat and wore a shirt like this.

DevilMightCry

Yo regardless of whether or not you agree with the message, that's pretty funny. :P

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]

While some of you may know me as a staunch Republican, it wasn't that long ago that I was a Democrat and wore a shirt like this.

LostProphetFLCL

Heh, lulzy shirt. How did people react to the shirt? I can just imagine someone flipping out on you calling you a pothead and ****.

[QUOTE="LostProphetFLCL"]

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]

While some of you may know me as a staunch Republican, it wasn't that long ago that I was a Democrat and wore a shirt like this.

DevilMightCry

Heh, lulzy shirt. How did people react to the shirt? I can just imagine someone flipping out on you calling you a pothead and ****.

That's good I suppose. I don't smoke personally but feel weed SHOULD be legal but I feel like even saying that will make some people flip and start ranting about how you are a pothead....

And they say politics aren't in the schools.

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]I was once bullied by a substitute teacher because I'm conservative. The next day I handed in a scathing article about it to my school paper. >_>leviathan91

But liberals are tolerate and peaceful people and conservatives are hateful bigots who lie and steal from the poor and give to the rich.

Apparently I've been misled.

This would have never happened to someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt. This double-standard is ridiculous.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="mahlasor"]

This is a bigger problem than the teacher, basically most public schools are designed to have teachers who are democrats. A cousin of mine has to pretend to be a democrat to become a teacher... There is some serious biggotry going on. Really, all this teacher had to say is "Yes, this was out of line and I apologize," situation is done. But she felt she is right to call someone a KKK supporter.

mahlasor

You are trying to pass my post as irrelevent by using sarcasm and well it is "you are." Well considering I was listening to a conversation about her training to be a teacher, and my relevatives were commenting about her having to register as a democrat so she can get a job.. I hardly call that a conspiracy, I am sayying there is a bias towards teachers who are republican.

edit: just to clarify, I think also that public schools attract democrats/liberals, which eventually when you get the super-intendents that are democrats and liberals, they will want to hire people lik them.

I am sorry but no, that is against law.. A public job can not force a person to join a certain party affiliation.

This would have never happened to someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt. This double-standard is ridiculous.

airshocker

What difference does it make what shirt they are wearing, I think most can agree that it was inappropriate behavior on the teachers part.. sSubZerOo

The difference is whether it would have happened or not. I don't believe this kind of action would have happened with someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt.

Sounds like a horrible teacher. That teacher's job is not to berate a student for their political affiliation or an inoffensive shirt, and they should be reprimanded, especially if they bullied the girl.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]What difference does it make what shirt they are wearing, I think most can agree that it was inappropriate behavior on the teachers part.. airshocker

The difference is whether it would have happened or not. I don't believe this kind of action would have happened with someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt.

This would have never happened to someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt. This double-standard is ridiculous.

airshocker

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"][QUOTE="DevilMightCry"] Fixed it.DevilMightCry

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]What difference does it make what shirt they are wearing, I think most can agree that it was inappropriate behavior on the teachers part.. airshocker

The difference is whether it would have happened or not. I don't believe this kind of action would have happened with someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt.

That is what I was trying to say.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]What difference does it make what shirt they are wearing, I think most can agree that it was inappropriate behavior on the teachers part.. mahlasor

The difference is whether it would have happened or not. I don't believe this kind of action would have happened with someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt.

That is what I was trying to say.

[QUOTE="mahlasor"]

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

The difference is whether it would have happened or not. I don't believe this kind of action would have happened with someone wearing an Obama/Biden t-shirt.

lx_theo

That is what I was trying to say.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="mahlasor"]

That is what I was trying to say.

sSubZerOo

Well since you are playing the "prove it" game, you need to prove that it would have just as likely happened with an republican teacher.

edit: no one claimed that all teachers are liberal fanatics, though liberals are fanatics about their beliefs often enough.:P

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="lx_theo"] With a different teacher, it could have easily happened with an Obama/Biden t-shirt. WHy in the world wouldn't it?mahlasor

Well since you are playing the "prove it" game, you need to prove that it would have just as likely happened with an republican teacher.

edit: no one claimed that all teachers are liberal fanatics, though liberals are fanatics about their beliefs often enough.:P

Romney = KKK

Obama = Romney

Therefore, Obama = KKK

It's simple math.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="mahlasor"]

That is what I was trying to say.

sSubZerOo

Teachers need to be more respeful of students, she has every right to express her views. And bullying is never ok.

Though when I was a kid in High School, I always witnessed teachers expressing their views and even telling us who to vote for basically. When the election came in 2008 I had teachers say things like "Oh McCain is terrible" or even say things like "Souther populations are less educated and vote accordingly" seriously I am not making this up.

I even had one teacher pass around Obama stuff of when he was a kid and everything. She did not do one of McCain. Most students want to please their teachers and peers, so what do they do? They agree with their teacher. The worst though was a teacher that made us watch Michael Moore films. Pure propaganda.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="mahlasor"]

This is a bigger problem than the teacher, basically most public schools are designed to have teachers who are democrats. A cousin of mine has to pretend to be a democrat to become a teacher... There is some serious biggotry going on. Really, all this teacher had to say is "Yes, this was out of line and I apologize," situation is done. But she felt she is right to call someone a KKK supporter.

mahlasor

You are trying to pass my post as irrelevent by using sarcasm and well it is "you are." Well considering I was listening to a conversation about her training to be a teacher, and my relevatives were commenting about her having to register as a democrat so she can get a job.. I hardly call that a conspiracy, I am sayying there is a bias towards teachers who are republican.

edit: just to clarify, I think also that public schools attract democrats/liberals, which eventually when you get the super-intendents that are democrats and liberals, they will want to hire people lik them.

I don't know if this is entirely true, but there is certainly a bias.

The Teachers Union is huge and it has it's hands in the Democratic Party (part of the reason why the education in this country is so bad, watch "wating for superman", it is the teachers union worst nightmare), it is also about the money. More taxes means more money for schools, which means more money for teachers.

Again I don't think all teachers or schools are biased, but there is an element there in many cases. As far as I'm concerned, it's just indoctrination. We don't need teachers, we need educators, and a job of an educator is to give students an open mind to think for themselves. And schools today fail at this entirely.

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

Horrible. If anything, this girl should be applauded for being politically aware. Most high school kids don't give 2 sh*ts about politics.

kuraimen

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

Horrible. If anything, this girl should be applauded for being politically aware. Most high school kids don't give 2 sh*ts about politics.

mingmao3046

[QUOTE="mingmao3046"][QUOTE="kuraimen"] No one who supports Romney is aware of anything.TheCommoner

I know your an alt, but your making a mountain out of a mole hill....

That teacher totally acted unprofessionally, she should be fired, however I think she's a public school teacher (if this were a Catholic school the teacher probably would be fired), the teacher will probably stay (the union will probably support her).

This reminds me of that black teacher that argued with a student who criticized Obama and the teacher said that it was illegal to criticize the president, or that teacher who asked his students if they supported gay marriage and then threw a kid out of class when the kid so know (then after that he threw out another kid who tried to tell the teacher that it was unfair to throw the other kid out of class based on his political beliefs).

I hate to say it, but I think a lot of Obama's supporters are too zealous. Either that or their faith in Obama is so shaky that they cannot bear any criticism against their "precious".

I know your an alt, but your making a mountain out of a mole hill....ShadowMoses900

lmao. Typical angry liberal whos biggest issues are gay rights and abortion. Obama and Romney are very similar. both are big government, big spending idiots who are completely bought out by the corporations. mingmao3046

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]I know your an alt, but your making a mountain out of a mole hill....TheCommoner

lmao. Typical angry liberal whos biggest issues are gay rights and abortion. Obama and Romney are very similar. both are big government, big spending idiots who are completely bought out by the corporations. mingmao3046

And once again, corporate personhood has been a commonly accepted legal doctrine for centuries.

Of course teachers are biased toward Democrats. There's no conspiracy, just simple logic. The Teacher's Union is one of the strongest unions in the country. Democrats want that to continue, Republicans don't. Common sense, and anyone who denies this is being silly. There's no conspiracy, just politically-self interested teachers.Rhazakna