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Report: VA Teacher Told 6th Graders Republicans Are ‘Stupid’ & Only Care About ‘Wealthy People’

Report: VA Teacher Kristin Martin Said Republicans Are Stupid

Republicans are “stupid.”

That loaded statement was purportedly delivered to sixth-graders by their public school teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia. The educator, Kristin Martin, is said to have railed against conservatives, allegedly telling students that “[Republicans] don’t care about anyone but wealthy people and businesses.”

These comments, reportedly made at Powell Elementary School as voters were flocking to the school to cast ballots on Super Tuesday, are certainly eyebrow-raising. The Daily Caller spoke with students who were apparently in the classroom that day.

(Related: Report: Eighth Graders in Virginia Assigned to Conduct Opposition Research on GOP Presidential Candidates)

Report: VA Teacher Kristin Martin Said Republicans Are Stupid

“It all started when this disabled kid came in and named all the Republicans candidates for Super Tuesday,” one student said. “She [Martin] said to him, ‘I don’t like them, I think that they are stupid.’”

One mother, a Republican who is going unnamed in an effort to protect her child from retaliation, claims that the teacher’s words constitute indoctrination.

“I felt like the teacher was brainwashing naive, young children to believe people like me, my family and, to a certain extent, my daughter, were stupid,” the woman told The DC in an e-mail.

According to the woman’s daughter, Martin also made it known that she had voted for President Barack Obama and that the Democrats tend to do more “for the community and schools.”

Report: VA Teacher Kristin Martin Said Republicans Are Stupid

After learning about the incident, the mother promptly contacted Linda Clifford, the school’s principal. Via e-mail, Clifford responded with an apology, writing:

I am so sorry that Miss Martin used such very poor judgment. I will certainly address it with her tomorrow. I share your assessment of the situation that there is no room for that kind of comment in a school setting. Thank you so much for bringing this serious situation to my attention.

Students report that Martin did, indeed, apologize to students the next day, claiming that she “shouldn’t have shared” the opinions with the class. You can read more about this incident over on The DC. It follows another report about a middle school in the same county that allegedly encouraged students to do opposition research on GOP candidates.

(H/T: FOX Nation)

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  • republitarian
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:14am

    I‘ll bet she won’t get caught like that again. She’ll have to attend a seminar on how to indoctrinate more subtly.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:29am

      sums it up…….. nudge

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:33am

      Some day Miss Martin should do a math lesson on how many Republicans contribute their tax dollars to her salary.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:34am

      We need CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM …… That’s when this will stop !

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:40am

      I would assume she will be fired immediately?…….oh sorry, forgot about that whole tenure thing…..I guess instead of firing, she might get a sternly worded memo….

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:41am

      would have a greater impact if parents did not put their children in those classrooms – then no need for the camera. Another thought would be for conservative parents to take turns sitting in on all classes all year long

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:44am

      You see, this “IS” what’s wrong with our public “schools”. Although the obango the clown visit must have been VERY educational, from the looks of it.

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    • Alky
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:44am

      Trouble is, there’s a generation of indoctrinated, indoctrinating this generation. Until conservatives take back the country and the education system, it will only get worse.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:50am

      I teach in Fairfax County in a school where the teachers represent a wide range of political views. In fact, I learned about The Blaze from one of my colleagues. There are some teachers, liberals and conservatives, who just can’t seem to keep their politics out of the classroom and they are a frustration to the rest of us. It gets worse every election year, too. It’s not just bad for students, it’s bad for teachers: we have to work together and it‘s hard to want to work with a colleague who says that you’re stupid.

      Teach your children to think critically about the information they’re receiving at school. Support teachers who do the same. Its not enough to eliminate the bad: you have to uphold the good.

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    • omgfolks
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:55am

      Pretty much the case, so whats all the to do? Everyone knows that republicans are out for the money, they do not care about the people of the US, they care about how much they can make off the people of the US.

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    • Brizz
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:02pm

      @LIBERAL_TEACHER
      Well said! Absolutely agree.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:02pm

      The uneducated teachers union strikea again ,,, get it ?

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    • Brizz
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:03pm

      @OMGFOLKS
      Really? You must live in a bubble.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:11pm

      Lib Teach-
      Calling BS. So sorry, but when you admit to being a LIBERAL teacher, every thing else out of your pie hole is sent into a void. Living in Fairfax and being a LIBERAL teacher, you are complicit in MS13, Crips, Bloods, Mexican Mafia, and creeping Sharia- all being alive and well too, not just your coolaide tendancies. You have to think and do things a certain way to maintain your precious role as the private sector has zero to offer you. We used to look up to judges and educators. Do you see any correlation to the current view as panderers and union tools instead of equatible moderators and decent educators? You are not a fan of Moran or Kaine right? You cannot think or vote moderate or right in order to maintain the staus quo of your area or employment. NOVA sucks by the way; in proximity to the swamp and govt think-speak. I remember when the Moohamad dude was shooting people and every where you went there were liberals hiding behind their cars to fuel, jumping at trucks back firing, running from the metro to their compact cars in groups of lemmings. Liberal teachers produced him.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:12pm

      Now you know why so many parents are home schooling! You can say a prayer before class starts and the Pledge and mention God as much as you want.

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    • Brizz
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:14pm

      @SIRFOLDALLOT
      It’s a right to work state. Be sure to do your homework.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:19pm

      @ brizz do ur’s numb nutz

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    • Brizz
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:20pm

      @SOUPSAMMICH
      No facts in your attack on Lib_Teach. NOVA does not suck. A ton of small business owners in Fairfax and Loudoun counties.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:23pm

      I think that the teacher here made two mistakes: the first was to express her political opinion, the second was to insult Republicans. IMO the second is by far the worse one: it demonstrates that you have no problem being a bully in the classroom and does not uphold the standards of civil discourse which are the backbone of education.

      As for expressing your political opinion, I understand why, as a matter of policy, one shouldn’t do it, and I do not discuss politics with my students. However, I sometimes think it would be better if teachers COULD let students know what their political perspective is, because even in the best of cases it can produce a bias. Subjects like High School English, all levels of History, Environmental Science and Biology have serious political dimensions. By hiding our politics, we make it harder for students to call us on our biases, which is something I would welcome in my classroom if it wouldn’t threaten to become a serious distraction.

      For instance, if you’re an American Lit teacher covering the first half of the 20th century, you could assign The Jungle, The Grapes of Wrath, or Atlas Shrugged. All three are important books that changed the face of American culture. All three are well-written (Grapes of Wrath is probably the best from an artistic perspective, but they’re all acceptable). However, all three were written to advance particular political ideologies as well. They include characters who deliver ideological talking points.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:27pm

      We don’t need no stinkin cameras. The Blaze is full of posters who do not really care for freedom. You are for collectivism, you just do not care for Obama’s style of collectivism. You people amaze me. You are all blinded by your hatred to Democrats that you do not really see that the Republicans have done the same thing. They are the same party anymore. Not to worry though, there is a movement with the young who are being indoctrinated with liberty and freedom. Paul is their catalyst and they are growing exponentially. Even if Paul does not get the nomination, he has started a fire that cannot be put out. The young, indoctrinated with liberty, will take over at some point. The GOP is going to continue to slide toward liberalism and one day be just a memory of a party who lost their way.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:32pm

      So even if I keep my political affiliation hidden, it might well be reflected in which of these three books I choose to teach. The Jungle ends with a speech about how Jesus was a socialist. The heroes of The Grapes of Wrath end up as Communists. The heroes of Atlas Shrugged are free-market capitalists.

      All these books are long, too, which means that teaching all of them isn’t an option. An English teacher’s ideology is likely to be reflected in the choice of literature. It is, of course, possible to “teach the controversy,” as people like to say, and provide both viewpoints, but the fact of the matter is that a conservative teacher is going to do a better job of presenting conservative points and a liberal teacher is going to do a better job of presenting liberal points. In some ways, I would feel more comfortable if my students knew where I was coming from and saw it as a legitimate subject of discussion rather than all of us pretending that politics don’t influence pedagogy. As an adult, I would prefer to know if the person I’m learning history from considers themselves a conservative or a libertarian or a liberal or an anarchist or whatever else. That way I can contextualize the information they’re presenting.

      That’s just wishful thinking on my part. In practice, discussing your political opinions is a bad idea. I’m not sure if this teacher managed to “brainwash” any kids, but she sure managed to make some of them hate her. Not good for educatio

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    • Brizz
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:35pm

      @SIRFOLDALLOT
      Name calling, really? Very productive. Just trying to help you out.

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    • Ethereal
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:42pm

      @mytwocents
      Also do the calculations about how many republicans compared to democrats donate to charity and how much. Most of these liberals dont undertsand that a healthy economy needs the wealth because they own the businesses. If the businesses were all gov owned like the current admin wants that no one will be successful and will have no motivation for becomming successful..only to exist.

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:54pm

      In today’s educational system teachers practice prejudice and bigotry in the classroom. They primarily care about their bloated, union fed salaries. Students daily get propaganda and brainwashing, instead of education – as shown in “Marxist Valley College” at Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVmh0VCkL4

      And YES, I heard one professor refer to G.B. as a “fat bas _ _ _ _, while in the classroom supposedly teaching – and I heard that on more than one occasion. There’s more, a lot more, but you get the idea.

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    • Reason365
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:56pm

      @omgfolks
      I suppose the name George Soros doesn’t ring a bell. You are responding on your Apple computer while sitting in moms basement living on my “stupid” taxdollars. You are a joke

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    • HYPNOTOAD
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:57pm

      I’m sure the “meeting” in the morning between the principle and the teacher went like this. “I’m proud of you and the rest of the teachers exposing how evil and stupid the republicans are, but you have to be more careful, don’t be so obvious, once again, great job.”

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    • J_Ruben_Kincaid
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:27pm

      This would not have been the outcome had the teacher said “democrats are stupid”.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:31pm

      @Liberal_Teacher

      Agree.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:35pm

      @West Coast Patriot

      You nailed it. There are plenty of Progressive Republicans – people who don’t want to be told how to live their lives, but can’t wait to tell others how to live theirs.

      There are an inordinate number of people on TheBlaze who are like that, but that’s because there are so many AMERICANS today who have the same philosophy. Hell, there are so many people in the WORLD who are like that. It’s human nature. Freedom is not the norm, it’s the exception, for this very reason. People naturally want to enforce their viewpoint on others. It‘s harder to yield to other’s point of view and allow it to exist. It‘s harder to allow behavior that’s different from yours.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:41pm

      @J_Ruben_Kincaid

      Well, you must be God, since you can predict exactly what would have happened. Since that didn’t happen, I guess us dumb mortals will never know for sure.

      Hey, Ruben, please douche in private from now on, won’t you?

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    • CruisingGranny
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:56pm

      that woman should be fired immediately. this is getting to sound more and more like hilter’s germany. when will school districts wake up. of course this teacher is probably a union member

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:00pm

      @TXPilot: You forgot she is most likely a member of that wonderful organization the Teachers’ Union. We desperately need to get control of the schools and stop this nonsense. Schools should be teaching, NOT indoctrinating.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:21pm

      That’s it? The principal would speak to the teacher? And the teacher apologized? Seriously?

      I’m also mildly curious why the fact that the student who named all the Republican candidates on the ballot was noted as being disabled? Why mention it at all, unless it was an implied slam against Republicans?

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:57pm

      The uber wealthy like the Rothchilds(of the Federal Reserve) own the media and pull all the strings.. There is absolultely no difference between the two parties.. look at the policies of each and say it ain’t so..

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    • hypnos
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:02pm

      I agree she needs to review her Saul Alinsky. Remember nudge before shove is always preferable.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:04pm

      School choice needs to be at the top of the list in ALL elections this year. Our future depends on it.

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    • johnsnare
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:15pm

      This nothing new. The left leaning liberal school teachers have been doing this for years. This leftist got caught. The public school system has been corrupted for years, since their union needs Federal money to survive. We are slowly being led into a Marxist, communist form of government by our politicians who favor a Nanny state. Unfortunately, they truly believe in the Saul alinsky type of government, whereby the Government will provide. Capitalism is only for the wealthy is their sad mantra. They never applaud America’s greatness, only our weakness. Pretty damn sad.

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    • obamagirl
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:20pm

      oh for heavenssake grow up

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    • glassbeadlady
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:26pm

      The dept. of ed needs to be dismantled. Get your kids out of gov. schools!

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    • REALID 239823749828-HIF
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:14pm

      @WEST COAST PATRIOT

      I question your assertion. If what you say is true, why you do think so many people here identify themselves as conservatives or libertarians rather than Republican? Most here are somewhere between conservative and full on libertarian, and see the corruption in both parties pretty clearly.

      It’s DC itself, and honestly, the entire system that is corrupt these days. It doesn’t matter which party one hails from, the machine is too big to change. I don’t know what the answer is, but I’m pretty sure Ron Paul, though he has some *really* good ideas, wouldn’t be enough to change it by himself, even if he were president.

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    • JohnPatrick
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:21pm

      My college age daughter was assigned to find flaws in Republicans positions. She said she would like to balance the assignment and offer flaws in Democrats’ positions. Her “professor” told her the best she could get was a “B” , in that case. If she wanted and “A”, it must find flaws in Republicans.
      My high school son says teachers are constantly saying slanted things against conservative ideas and Republicans and propagandizing for Democrat Liberal positions. What can we do?

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    • Marine25
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:24pm

      Unfair for her to say they are all stupid.
      But “not caring about anyone but wealthy people and businesses”? I think her students are probably smart enough that they already knew that.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:29pm

      @ Lib Teacher…..so what is holding you back? Not meaining to jump on you…I just wonder from a different perspective regarding Christian teachers, turning talie when forced to “compromise” values.

      What I am trying to say is, if one feels their values and convictions are being compromised, how does one make the choice to be compilant? I am genuinely asking… in my frame of reference ( and it has been tested often in my life for as long as I can remember) there is nothing that can keep me quiet about something I believe to be true (ask my mom about my first kindergarten parent teacher conference) not saying closed minded…just there is Truth..how can we be silent when faced with what we know to be false? How can we be so intimidated and doubtful as to the Truth

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    • Boojer56
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:33pm

      after commenting here send an e-mail to the principal demanding an apology
      LLClifford@fcps.edu

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:59pm

      there is a huge difference between expressing what is the best way to live and behave (as in the Biblical Truths and principles) as a description for success and going to the legislature to enact laws to determine what foods are best, what speech is best, what insurance is best, what fuel is best, which vehicles are best… the list is endless.

      Which political party professes suggestions? Which party enacts legislation?.

      There is a vast difference between conservatives (which are best represented by the GOP) offering suggestions about the best course all the while allowing you to “chose poorly” than the leftists who truely want to enact laws to ban any and everything the elite deme unsavory.

      The old adage is still true…

      If I as a conservative, think that vegetarianism is right, I don’t eat meat. On the other hand if a leftist thinks that vegetarianism is the right thing to do, eating meat is banned.

      A conservative will try to convince you that vegan is good, a leftist will demean you while calling you all manner of vile, evil things and ban all other thinking. Now which is more tolerant? I put up with you or the meme of the letist that to be tolerant you must agree with me?

      How tolerant can it be to “put up with” that which you already agree?

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    • Redwood Elf
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 8:29pm

      I’d bet the principal told her to let the textbooks handle the overt indoctrination and stick to teaching the kids how man-made global warming is a proven scientific fact that every scientist on the planet has agreed is happening, and we must all go back to using horse-drawn buggies and using candles for light at night.

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    • originalpackerfan
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:48pm

      I agree what she said was wrong. However, not all teachers feel this way. Some of us struggle against a raging tide of ignorance and corrupt leaders who are themselves forcing public schools to teach lies. We do our best to teach what is correct with the knowledge that our jobs may be on the line for telling students to verify what they hear, to research and to question and form their own opinions. Unfortunately in this day and age these children are lambs to the slaughter. It‘s very hard to teach in public education when you only have the truth on your side and people constantly damning you when it’s the system. Don’t put all teachers in the same group. Some of us are just as frustrated. By the way, as a teacher, some of you need to recheck spelling :) I can‘t get them all but I’ll do my best to make thinkers out of as many as I can before I get fired (probably for posting this). Happy Easter to all!

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    • woodyb
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:04am

      Not to worry, her job is protected by the teachers; unions — where is Chris Christie when you need him????????????

      I know, he’s in New Jersey, but it looks as though Virginia needs a like-minded governor!!!!!!!!

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    • ShyGuy
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 4:02am

      @Liberal_Teacher,
      I agreed with you until you said a teacher couldn’t have a student read “The Jungle”, “The Grapes of Wrath” AND “Atlas Shrugged” because these 3 books are long so you would have to choose just 1 for your students to read.
      Are you serious? By the time I left Grammar School I had read over 1,000 books. Though it has been 57 years, I still remember my 3rd grade teacher grabbing my arm and shaking me because she said I read TOO MUCH since I always read when I had nothing else to do. I still participated in sports and school yard games but books were a magical world for me. Though I’m now 65 I still read at least a book a week and often several.
      Expecting a student to read 3 books – The Jungle read aloud would take 16 hours, The Grapes of wrath at 21 hours and Atlas Shrugged at 63 hours isn’t much considering reading them would take 1/2-2/3 the time reading them aloud. In a school year its only 1/2 hour per school day read aloud but reading would be 15-20 minutes a school day, its far less time than watching a 1/2 hour TV show on school days. I listen to audio books 4+ hours a day so all 3 would take me 25 days.
      Kids spend more time texting/playing computer games each mo.
      When politicians admit they didn’t READ a bill they voted on (Obamacare) because it was 1,041 pages (425,116 words) what do you expect from students? Atlas Shrugged has 645,000 words. At the same speed the bill can be read in 30 hrs. They could do that during bill’s debate.

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:05am

      Home School!!!!!

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    • robertsgal
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:02am

      Wait and see – she will get a raise and pay and be named teacher of the year!!! For shame on her and the school. This is just shades of Nazzism

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  • Dde13
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:13am

    Just another confirmation why we Homeschool.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:19am

      so glad you can afford the time and money to do that……some people can’t….

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    • Jesus Christ was a Proud Liberal
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:50pm

      Homeschooling. really? I hope that you are teaching them how to say “Do you want fries with that burger?”. I bet that you are also teaching your kids that dinosaurs and man walked the Earth together. And that the Earth is 6,000 years old and that evolution is nonsense because God made us on “day 6” or whatever day you people think it was…. Well, I guess that we also need burger flippers and not just well educated people for the workforce.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:02pm

      @Jesus Christ was a Proud Liberal

      Wow, Strawman, False Choice, False Premise…my goodness. Once I reach 3 logical fallacies, I stop counting.

      Please, PLEASE, douche in private from now on, won’t you? The rest of us don’t want to watch.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Most of the homeschooled students I have worked with are polite, knowledgeable, and passionate about their educations. I do not think there is a “one size fits all” solution to educating children, but homeschooling is certainly a valid option: one worth considering depending on your child’s temperament and the quality of schools in your area.

      Your characterization of homeschooled students as future burger flippers is both inaccurate and insulting.

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    • HYPNOTOAD
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:11pm

      to JESUS CHRIST WAS NOT A PROUD LIBERAL: You are one of the biggest proponents of your religion “atheism”. I see you are doing your best at proselytizing everybody to your religion.

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    • Marine25
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:25pm

      @hypnotoad
      atheism is not a religion. Religion requires belief in supernatural gods. Atheists believe in no gods, or to put it another way, one fewer than you do.

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    • HYPNOTOAD
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:29pm

      To MARINE25: Nice try, here is the truth for you. “Atheism is a religion, which worships Self as the supreme being. As a matter of fact, the federal courts have even ruled that atheism is a religion (Kaufman v. McCaughtry). Aatheism is a religion and Evolution is a doctrine of atheism (i.e., according to the first plank of the Humanist Manifesto)”. Check and mate.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:03pm

      Oh Liberal you are just jealous because it has been a proven fact that home schooled children out perform public school children. It is also proven that Christen educated children out perform public school children. My granddaughter was writing cursive in 1st grade. Generally, cursive writing isn’t taught in public schools until they are in the third grade. See home school and Christians focus on just that – school subjects; not the BS on how the Democrats are fighting for the little guy. Please, get a clue.

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    • Marine25
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:50pm

      @hypnotoad
      In ‘04 Kaufman v. McCaughtry ruled that atheists enjoy the same rights and protections under the First Amendment as theists do. I believe a group of inmates wanted a reading group and were denied by a circuit court. They then won an appeal arguing that theistic inmates had been granted similar requests by the prison and that they should not be treated differently because they were not theists. The case decided that any protections given by the establishment clause applied to religious and atheist alike.
      As for evolution and atheism and an 80 year old handbook, who cares? If your religion feels threatened by evolution, well sorry about your luck. I find that many people who believe in and worship fairies don’t have the necessary intellect to understand evolution, although the Catholic Church and several non-fundamentalist sects have no problem with evolution. If it makes you feel better to attach evolution to the filthy atheists, well we’ll take it. You can credit us with heliocentrism as well if you wish, I seem to remember the church condemning that one for about 500 years. Turns out Galileo was right all along, and those that denied his work are now just the idiots of history. Or do you deny the earth revolving around the sun as well?

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:29pm

      Homeschoolers do better overall than public schooled children. They also tend to win all the national education awards; from science to spelling. But a little known fact about homeschoolers is they are more likely to become self employed. They are the largest growing group of small business owners. My husband was homeschooled and I went to a Christian school, we own 3 small businesses. They are not taught to “run with the herd”.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:34pm

      Oh and of course we homeschool. My 4 year old is already reading and my 2 year old can recognize all her letters. Yes, hamberger flippers for sure. Ignorant. I also love when people say “you are just homeschooling so you can indoctrinate your children”. Yes we are! But it used to be called raising them in a manner consistant with your values. Everyone “indoctrinates” their children. Libs are just mad that I am not allowing them to indoctrinate MY children.

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    • HYPNOTOAD
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:50pm

      to MARINE25: You protest to much. Atheists such as yourself get so offended by a God you don’t believe in. I don‘t believe in bigfoot and I’m not offended by him or those who believe in bigfoot. atheists melt down at the sight of a cross and your protests defending atheists just reinforces my beliefs.

      One of the first things out of the mouth of atheists is to put down Christians with the garbage about how old the earth is and dinosaurs etc. Give it a rest, revel in your Godless belief and leave us alone. Why do you feel the unction to convert us to your godless faith?

      We Christians are in good company, Jesus said that the world hated Him first, and that we will be hated for our faith. You don’t even know it but you are confirming scripture. Keep hating my friend.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 11:32am

      Marine25,
      Arheism is a religion and it requires faith just like other religion. The Atheist god is science.

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  • poster
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:06am

    “I felt like the teacher was brainwashing naive, young children…”

    Ya think so? Duh. That’s what belonging to a union is all about. Forcing your views on others goes hand in hand with paying outrageous dues to people who aren’t always of the best character, shall we say?.

    Good thing the kids aren’t old enough to beat up, huh? For now, they’ll just be brainwashed. As soon as they are of legal age, they are eligible for physical beatings and psychological intimidation, tire slashings, windshield smashings, etc. Yay, unions! Look for… the union label….

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:13am

      true repubs are stupid… They freed the slaves and got all civil rights legislation passed..

      All done while sen byrd was recruiting for the Klan…

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    • cemerius
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:18am

      I am a Conservative Union member but NOT the Teacher’s Union….you need to be more specific rather than paint ALL unions as insane! My local union is resonable and we have NEVER been on strike…..come to think about it the Ford Union is a good example too! Rather than “take a freebie handout” they worked with Ford to end up making billions while the other “companies” became Obama-motors……

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:42am

      Cemerius-
      Um, I would have to beg to differ. I worked a gig that dealt directly with a Ford union puke that threatened a HR puke, spoke of exact means to dispose of body and what weapons he would use to do so. 45 days of arbitration when the dude should have been locked up, but kept on shamming getting the union wage while a person hid in fear for their life. Did I mention he was a union puke doing the union thug thing while shamming and getting paid? And on top of that the dolt never knew he was under the microscope the whole time, just revelled in his thuggery while shamming. Not a prototypical union shop guy sure, but he knew really well how to work the system while threatening a decent person he really, really wanted to put down for personal reasons.
      My shop steward said you are a tool of the union no matter what personal thoughts you may have, the union owns you. Kudos on your being owned. On another unrelated topic, I have seen union handouts on which doc to see when you file your claim as they are shammer friendly, and if it progresss beyond basic shamming, which vulture lawyer to seek advice from. Great system. Pro shammers shop #666?

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:50am

      Cemerus-
      I am willing to bet your union dues go to furthering the communist agenda. I bet The pay your money to Obama’s reelection. All unions are bad. They started off good, but once they accomplished their original goals they have just been creating havoc ever since to justify their continued existence. Workers need to negotiate their own contracts.

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    • Reason365
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:23pm

      That will be the next crazy article you see. ” Young Child Unable to be Brainwashed at School , Beat by Sweet Older Union Thug“ ” We Thunk He Disserves It”

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  • momprayn
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:05am

    Serious changes need to be made at our public schools. Everyone needs to realize these have become, generally speaking, indoctrination centers and they are not that interested in really educating them like they are supposed to and how they used to. It’s not only indoctrination of liberal ideology, it’s also Islam. More and more Muslims, via help of CAIR, have infiltrated them all over the country and having assemblies where they have a Muslim “preach” about Islam, have them do chants, etc. & teach it in class under the guise of “multiculturism”….we have cases here in Texas of that. Everyone needs to check up on their schools, teachers – if any of this comes about, file a report, take it to court, complain to your Reps., become members of the School Board, whatever. We must fight this and do what we can about ending the unions, etc. ACT !!!!

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  • HKS
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:04am

    Time to close those public schools and start over. The evidence just keeps piling up and were one of the worst in the world anyway in school performance.

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  • Riffraffman36
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:01am

    Fire her !!

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    • mils
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:12am

      union

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    • Dde13
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:15am

      Union dues support this behavior. I doubt any serious consequences to the teacher.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:21am

      Fairfax Co is basically elite DC ********-lots of Fed Govt employees too. Yes, she needs to seek employment outside of the public schools after a few well placed kicks to her shins.

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    • Tigress1
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:13pm

      Yes. Fire her! Zero tolerance policy.

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    • lynda1276
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 9:03pm

      fire her now

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:59am

    When the teachers get replaced by computer programs … we will be able to monitor what is being taught … and these little “slips” will be an exception rather than the norm.

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:58am

    And if these indoctrinators don‘t get our children in the elementary and high schools they’ll get them in the colleges!

    Bill Ayers and his felon wife Bernadine Dohrn has been involved in the schools for years despite their past criminal records of blowing up police stations and the Pentagon in the 60s and 70s. How can a past felon, Bernardine Dohrn, be an Associate Professor of Law, I’d like to know?

    The whole educational system in just a means for indoctrinating children and young adults to the “Progressive” policies of the Left! It is why our country is in such a mess to begin with. And now the Communists and Marxists are in the White House and they’ve allied themselves with the Muslim Brotherhood, saying the Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization when they know this organization gave birth to Hamas and al Qaeda and many other terrorist arms and they are far more dangerous because they hide what they really are and say they are for “peace” and “justice” just like they’re renaming their party in Egypt! Just like the Marxists they are wolves in sheeps clothing, terrorists in suits! And they‘ve infiltrated the schools and all our educational and government systems where they’re indoctrinating and radicalizing our children at a very young age!

    This woman should have been fired! She knew precisely what she was doing.

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    • OnceIsEnough
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:28am

      Years ago, it became “necessary” to get a college education. You “can’t get ahead” if you don’t go to college. We have forsaken the “trades.” Some people are just good with their hands, can fix anything, and can reason anything out. Then, you have the “thinkers” (those who can’t, teach). Well, we’ve herded everyone into the colleges through grants and scholarships in order to indoctrinate the masses. My Dad used to call them “educated boobs.”

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  • Cavallo
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:57am

    Sounds like there is a severe problem with professional integrity in that county that needs to be addressed by the board.

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    • JohnPatrick
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:32pm

      The board is also “on board” with the unions. If you have ever been to, or listened to a school board meeting, you know what I mean.

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  • freedomisasfreedomdoes
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:56am

    Wait who was the 6th grader, Miss Martin, or the disabled child she barked at? Wonder if this was the ONLY incident where she felt the need to rhetorically bark her political indoctrination at her 6th grade students?

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  • thekuligs
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:51am

    Oh too bad that didn’t happen at the school my daughter goes too. I’d have called the news, every conservative friend I had with kids in the school, and all the organizations in the state who would share my “concern” and THEN we’d go talk to the principle. No emails, she’d squirm. No half cracked apology, I’d be sitting in every school board meeting until something was REALLY done about the situation.

    Of course they only have a couple of months left to try it, then we’re homeschooling. Bummer, I’d love for them to tick off a person who enjoys social media as much as I do.

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    • mils
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:04am

      “shouldn’t have shared her views”…that doesn’t sound like an apology… The kids are impressionable..they look up to the teacher’s “views”…
      She needs to be publically reprimanded and sent to an intercity school..
      Seriously, she should not get away with this..it has to stop somewhere folks. A talking to does not do it.

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  • Dolfenn24
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:47am

    Is it just me or does Obama look like a chimpanzee in that one picture? And no that is not a racist statement,just an accurate assessment in my opinion.

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    • mils
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:11am

      YOU RACISTS!!!..yes, as a matter of fact..he does look like one..:) that makes him more appealing to the unknowing…cute, cuddly..belongs in a cage. I don‘t usually comment on a person’s looks, as they are unimportant in most things, but Obama brings out the ugly in my mind and heart..

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    • Bill
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:18am

      I’ve posted several times claiming that he looks like a chimp.One poster said he looked like a monkey but after comparing his face to 1000 monkey heads I found no matches but I did find several matches to a chimps face. The tell tale chimp ears are hiden in this photo. If he was as smart as everyone says he is, why the constant teleprompter use. I think the dem party has him on a string directing his every move. When he is away from his promter, he continuously screws up.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:24am

      I got Ho Chi Minh.

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    • marine249
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:57am

      What is he saying to that child “uff uff uff”

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:46am

    This is more shocking than finding out Liberace was gay, WOW a liberal teacher, go figure.

    My son has only told me he has had one teacher (History) that started going on about global warming, he said there were more than 4 students that started asking “What does this have to do with history, and that isn’t in this chapter, is this going to be on the test?” She got the message and stopped. That is the way I taught my son to handle these teachers when they go on their rants.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:45am

    I’m sure the e-mail response the mother got was one the school keeps handy just to send out when a parent takes notice then they just go ahead and do the same thing again and again

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:45am

    This is the problem that arises when people think the freedom of speech applies to every facet of their lives. NO ONE has freedom of speech at their place of employment; no one. At work the philosophy of the employer is what you speak, or you work elsewhere.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:42am

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    .
    Miss Martin, will most likely get “Teacher of the Year” and a parking spot close to the front door……

    She sounds about as smart as the teacher that told me “Child you is already told me something, that I is alerady know”…….

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    • term limits for congress
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:18am

      Mine was “see can you see what I‘m sayin’.”

      [12th grade English class]

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:28pm

      “One more time and its detention for you.”

      Now that I think about it today, that sounds like a nasty threat. I could’ve sued.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:42am

    order AGENDA the DVD and you will see what the progressives have done to our public schools and the minds of our children remember what Hillary Clinton said when she was running for president ( she doesn’t call herself a democrate but a progressive ) this movement is so deep I’m not sure how to get away from this cancer other than to remove your children from public schools now

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  • wakeus_com
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:39am

    If a teacher had (rightfully) said Obama was a Marxist traitor, that teacher would be in the unemployment line immediately.

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  • johnjamison
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:36am

    Schools classrooms should have web cams so parents can monitor what their children are being taught. If public schools want to educate our student and be entrusted with that by parents . Then Parents should have the right to view classrooms and teachers any time they feel like it. You want to cut down on indoctrination put all public classrooms on the web.

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  • sawman
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:34am

    coming from an overpaid, over-entitled, union puke. They themselves are brainwashed.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:53am

      Exactly .. they ARE the elites .. this “teacher” has NO BUSNESS in a classroom. … obviously not smart enough to think beyond what the union spews.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:33am

    “….Republicans Are ‘Stupid’ & Only Care About ‘Wealthy People’.”

    The first part [Republicans Are Stupid]… are pure leftist talking points… the Obama and the Ron Paul left.

    The second part [Only Care About Wealthy People]… are pure leftist talking points… the Obama left.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:32am

    Do parents examine the textbooks and curriculum of their children’s public schools ? Do parents attend school board meetings ? Have a feeling that much flies under the radar because the public schools operate without any parental supervision and input.

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    • Hephzibah
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:41am

      Exactly. We only hear about the ones who get caught when someone accidentally discovers what they are doing. Pay particular attention around Columbus Day, D-Day, and other American historical anniversaries to find out what public schools are teaching our children.

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    • lmd01370
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:27pm

      exactly my thoughts!! Parents have gotten lazy and/or too trusting. They leave it up to the school systems, daycares, tv, video games and internet to raise their children, and we are seeing the result!! Parents need to be actively involved in teaching their children!! They need to know what their children are being taught, who is teaching them, what they are viewing in their various forms of entertainment. They need to wake up and stop being lazy and naive about what your children are seeing and doing. It is the job of parents to shape their children, train them, teach them and protect them, and protecting them means knowing what their school is teaching them, or homeschooling them yourself!! Parents need to start parenting and advocating for their children, instead of putting them on the school bus and letting school department raise them. They need to be involved and know what is going on in the lives, hearts and minds of their children!!

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  • Wdawg
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:31am

    Expected in public schools.

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:28am

    Of course, the union won’t fire her, just “re-assign her elsewhere to avoid publicity….

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    • 83plus
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:39am

      Exactly, if she said liberals or democrats she’d likely be gone.

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    • vnachi77
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:47am

      First off the union is not responsible for firing her or anyone else, that is the prerogative of the employeer in accordance with the current contract. Secondly, what this lady said was in fact inappropiate, but it was also a mistake. The principle was notified, responded in a correct, quick decisive manner. The teacher was reprimanded and apologized to the class explaining her actions were wrong. What more do you want a pound of flesh and liter of blood? As long as she in the future she does not let her beliefs overtly effect her teaching (ALL teachers let their own beliefs subvertly effect their teaching), then the matter should be closed.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:09pm

      Whether she apologizes or not, does not change the fact the children heard her statement. She can’t un-ring that bell. The damage has been done, some kids will actually believe what she said.

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    • Agnes
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 6:24pm

      You will not believe the corruption, fraud, nepotism, gossip that I see each and every day at our local small school! The so-called principal just turns the other way and keeps collecting his $230,000-plus salary!

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:27am

    Is anybody really shocked by this? They are revealing themselves!

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:32am

      Do conservative,moderates and Christian parents just totally pull their kids out of this nightmare called public education.

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    • HKS
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:33am

      All the problems in our society today came from public schools yesterday. We need a reboot of the education system. Get the government out of it. If you can’t have god in the schools what makes one think the government is OK?

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    • IbelongtoHIM
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:14pm

      Yes! Pull your kids out of public education!

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