Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Academic freedom Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:01:26 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <580559289.735658825.294767.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:01:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8c94dfd3676b454672fbc6da31383f6a"; logging-data="2532525"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cguMSQV7sWAI40knLJK85uuGS7veEchg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:CtYyhVd2VrCxl66IWlJVGs6Ykhw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <580559289.735658825.294767.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 2962 On 4/24/2024 9:42 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> Student suspended for using term 'illegal alien' in English class >> by Brianna Kraemer >> The Carolina Journal >> April 15, 2024 >> https://www.carolinajournal.com/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien-in-english-class/ >> >> A boy was given a vocabularly assignment, including the word "alien". He >> asked about space aliens or "illegal aliens without green cards". He >> had heard the terms on the news and wanted to understand what was being >> asked of him. He wasn't directing it at Hispanics but anyone from >> another country. >> >> A Hispanic boy threatened to fight him, so the teacher called the >> assistant principal who solved the problem by deeming the question >> "offensive and disrespectful to classmates who are Hispanic". >> >> The boy who asked the question was suspended for three days and has a >> black mark on his permanent record which could interfere with getting a >> college scholarship. The other boy who took offense and made the threat >> was not disciplined at all. >> >> Gee. The teacher could have made this a teachable moment on use of >> vocabulary (I could have sworn that was the assignment) and seeing >> things from the perspective of another to not give offense and holding >> one's temper to not take offense. But there's always an assistant >> principal to make things worse. >> > > Let’s point out that these aren’t little kids. These aren’t second graders. > These are 16-year-olds. These are young men, halfway through high school, > old enough to drive. > > People in the school administration need to lose their jobs over this. Might've had to be in the classroom. Maybe even in the class. For days.