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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:01:26 -0400
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On 4/24/2024 9:42 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> 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.