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Originally Posted by guthmund
The guy had a history of spazzing out over this before. The kids deliberately brought a camera in to record it in hopes of getting it on tape, not for righting a wrong, but for their amusement. Did you miss all the snickering and mugging for the camera or was I watching something else?
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Would you really expect the kids to do absolutely nothing at this? You've been in a highschool before, right? The kids are there to have fun with friends, and maybe learn in the process. The fact that this teacher thinks he can act in this way scares me. My little brother, currently enrolled in highschool, actually was protesting the pledge of aleigence by non violent protest. He didn't stand and didn't recite the pledge. Why? My little brother does not beleive in pledging alleigence to a flag. The constitution and freedom is where our alleigence should lie. My little brother's teacher got mad at him, too. Guess what? The teacher was asked very nicely by the principal to back off. What would I have done if my little brothers teacher would have pulled out the seat and yelled at my little brother? I would have had him fired and forced him to have therapy in order to ever teach again.
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Originally Posted by guthmund
Not to mention the fact that these kids put it up for perusal along with several other videos (including some of the same kids) vandalizing homes and christmas light displays.
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How does that excuse the teachers actions?
[QUOTE=guthmund]Were these kids silently protesting and protecting their rights by staging a sit down? No, these kids were instigating a teacher so they could film it and have a good laugh later on.
If you were in the teachers shoes, would you have yelled and pulled out the seat? If yes, then you shouldn't teach. If no, then you can't excuse his bahavior.
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Originally Posted by guthmund
I said it once, but I'll say it again in case anyone missed it the first time. I'm not trying to defend the guy because he was obviously out of line, but I certainly understand why he did what he did.
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You understand physical violence from a teacher towards a student over something as petty as standing for the flag salute?
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Was it wrong? No doubt about it, but before we all get up on our high horses and remember fondly the days when we staged our first protests and stood up for what's right simply because it was right, we should at least try to see the whole story, no?
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This wasn't a protest. It was not intended as a protest. Those kids wanted to mess around, and inadvertantly showed how dangerous their teacher is.