Texas Teacher Fighting for Job After Telling Student ‘Go Back to Mexico’
- Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:14am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Shirley Bunn (Image source: AISD.net)
A Texas teacher is fighting to keep her job after she told a student “Go back to Mexico.”
Shirley Bunn, a math teacher at Barnett Junior High School in Arlington, Texas, acknowledged she lost her temper on Sept. 30 while handing forms out to students in her class, Dallas-Fort Worth’s Fox 4 reported.
According to public records, a disruptive student was repeatedly requesting a form printed in Spanish by saying, “I’m Mexican. I’m Mexican.” Bunn, a two-time “Teacher of the Year” with 24 years of teaching experience, attempted to tell the student he could get the form in the office but he continued to repeat, “I’m Mexican.”
“[Then] go back to Mexico,” Bunn shot back.
She was immediately placed on paid leave the day of the incident and is still waiting for the school board to rule next month on whether she should be reinstated. An independent hearing examiner said Wednesday he believes she should return to her job.
Examiner Jess Rickman III said in a 32-page opinion to the board that Bunn, who has taught at Barnett since 1999, has had “superlative” performance reviews and her remarks “do not rise to [a] level of good cause” to fire her, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Bunn said she was “thrilled and relieved” by the opinion and that she regretted her remark the moment she said it.
“It was almost instantaneous. I thought, ‘God, I don’t believe that came out of my mouth,’” she told the Star-Telegram. “It was a very, very hard week, the end of six weeks. It was late in the day. It was a Friday. We were on the third day of the first curriculum assessment and I knew it wasn’t going well. It was just an extremely bad day.”
The school board could still reject Rickman’s assessment and opt to terminate Bunn, though her union representatives do not believe that is likely, Fox 4 reported.
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Comments (341)
crazyoz
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:13amI’m with the teacher. Speak english or get the hell out of our contry.
Report Post »Gerard58
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:28amby high school this boy should have know what to do,or raise his hand and ask the teacher what to do,he is the problem and his dad and mon should have taken more time with him.Teacher should not have to baby sit kids that the mon and dad job.Any boy of the age of 13 should know the rulls if the hole class acted this way the teacher could not teach.I hope that she gets her job back,she sounds like a keeper
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:56amI see a lot of illegal kids in the school district I work in.
Report Post »They do better than the others though.
zorro
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:07pm“contry”…nice. Maybe you should learn how to spell.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:11amTAKE ACTION!!!!! ANGRY — Thanks – I went to the link and e-mailed them. Link:
http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2012/02/17/texas-teacher-suspended-for-telling-student-go-back-to-mexico/
If you wish to contact the school district board to demand Ms. Bunn’s reinstatement, use the following contacts.
Be respectful, but be heard…and then immediately SHARE THIS ARTICLE using the links above.
ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT on FACEBOOK
Jerry McCullough
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682-867-4611
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Peter Baron – President, Board of Trustees
Report Post »682-867-7344
fax: 817-459-7299
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:25amBe brave and honest, call it what it is, its not IMMIGRATION.. it is COLONIZATION we are being COLONIZED…. And Bankrupted, all under the watchful eye of our CRIMINAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT……
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:42amOf course it’s colonization. You should have known that 30 years ago. It’s amazing the dumbness that comes from a people who worship the Molten Calve. And you do worship the Molten Calve because it’s called Fiat. Lets see where this Calve worship gets the world, shall we.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:48amSurely you must know you worship the Molten Calve, because that’s why you brand your children when they are born with a number.
Report Post »hightide
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:09pmGood for her. I say giver her a raise for telling the truth. If he is Mexican, let him go to school in Mexico.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:10pm1st Amendment freedom of speech only applies when it agrees with the standards of liberal speak. Step out of line and every ******* organization will pound you!
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:25pmCall it what it is. It’s an invasion, less violent than most, but an invasion nonetheless. This would be no different than the Chinese or Russians crossing the Bering Straits, or arriving via ships.
Our borders are unprotected. No one is defending my nation. We are being betrayed.
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:15pmTeacher – you can’t do that – this illegal has more rights under Obama interpretation of the Constitution than you do – he is a Democratic Voter.
There is good news – Obama is going to make the Tooth Fairy pay for your Birth Control Pills – and ALL the Women taking BC are now shouting the immoral words – OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! Momma can now buy a new pair of shoes.
Next Obama is going after Men who are burdened with the cost of Plavix. And All the Man taking Plavix will soon be shooting OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!
Obama is a Genius and American’s are his “Useful Idiots”. Hitler promised all the Jews in Germany a safe place where the Russians would not hurt them – and all the Jews shouted Hitler, Hitler, Hitler – how did that turn out!
Is there a possibility that Satan – I mean Obama may be lying just to get votes. No I’m a Nut Case – my God is not Obama – I follow Jesus! I may be nuts, but their is nothing Obama can do for me and my family to make me sell out America and my God.
Report Post »LookTowardsTheLight
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:39pmStudent: “I‘m Mexican I’m Mexican”
And we should care because?
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:41pmThanks for the links momprayn. Just fired off two emails of protest. It’s pretty sad when an American teacher is second class to an unruly student from Mexico
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:52pmIt just dawned on me: Where‘s the union’s support? I didn‘t see anything about the union she’s paid dues to for so long make any statement in her defense.
Ya think they’re throwing her under the bus for political reasons?
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:26pmMomprayn Thanks for the links. E mails and calls on the way.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:34pmActually, in Texas anyway, Mexicans were living there first.
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:27pmWhat mistake? The only mistake is welcoming these retrograde into our blessed country from hell-holes such as Mexico.
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:29pmThank you for the info.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:35pmLook at what Che Guevara had to say about Mexicans:
“Mexicans are a bunch of illiterate Indians.”
- Che Guevara
You guys will notice that Carlos Santana, who is Mexican, proudly wears a Che T.
I guess Che was right about Mexicans.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:43pmIf it weren’t for the evil White European, these ‘Indios’ would still be walking around with their Tookhes hanging out.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 4:55pmjzs
Yes, the mexicans were there first, and before them it was indians. The mexican is a mix between the spaniards and indiginious populations.
Either way, we kicked off into their butts, and now it is US land, not Mexico. It is kind of the American Way. As a matter of fact, it is the way of the world. Through out history, differnent nations have controlled differnt pieces of property.
Kind of funny how the libs are all bleeding heart for Mexicans and Native Americans, but they do not see Israel as having a right to Palestine, even though they were there first. Go figure.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 5:10pm@jzs
It’s who lives there after the smoke clears that counts. And there were mexicans who fought for independence from Mexico too.
Report Post »TheCoffinMaker
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:23pmDon’t feel alone Shirley.
…it comes out of my mouth all the time!
Report Post »Grey Eagle
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 9:49pmYeah and it is kids like these who bring TX school test scores down. He should not have even been in that class if he didn’t speak English.
Report Post »GetOutofTheWagonAndPull
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:36pmThe teacher’s union is nowhere to be found! I am a school teacher and this is why I HAVE never and WILL never belong to the union. They‘re a bunch of bums who have other motives besides our children’s education! Also, do you think the student was reprimanded even a little for being disrespectful? Doubt it.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:40pmWhen you write in support of this teacher, make clear your belief that she was right and that you believe all Mexicans should go back to Mexico, including those who here before white people.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:31amJZS
Report Post »The Mexicans that were here befor
White people,,,,Are DEAD dead DEAD
or should be…
WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:09am“It was almost instantaneous. I thought, ‘God, I don’t believe that came out of my mouth,’”
Man cannot contain THE TRUTH!
BTW, suspend the “student” for being disruptive in c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ America.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:41amFirst let me say, I agree with her. Illegal aliens should go back to where ever they came from. But, there is nothing that I despise more than somebody saying what they think and feel and then groveling for their job afterward. “I can’t believe that came out of my mouth”. Please don’t make a fool out of yourself lady. They are going to make you apologize, cry, grovel, go on the morning talk shows and then, in the end, they will can your ass and laugh. Just like they did Imus. It is the liberal commie way to punish those that don’t tow the line. People have no backbones at all anymore. Where is your pride?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:18amWhat’s in the heart comes out the mouth.
Report Post »“…I thought, ‘God, I don’t believe that came out of my mouth,’”…”
But she was right and that’s what matters as well. If the student wants to live in the U.S., then he can speak, read and write the language- and support the country, not Mexico. If he doesn’t like it, he can go back to Mexico and stay there ‘cuz he ain’t welcome here.
pavepaws
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:29amObviously the truth hurts. Maybe if the young cherub would learn ENGLISH this would not be an issue.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:40amJust wait til gloria allred gets her talons on this Mexican boy.
Report Post »WE will be paying him a $750,000 out of OUR money!
(minus a small $666,666.66 attorney fee, of course)
grannyrecipe
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:53amI would have had a hard time keeping from punching the snot nosed welp.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:55amYup…head beck to ‘Mesico’ and don’t forget to take your drug money, and weapon with you.
Report Post »Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:27pmShe told the truth why isn’t the little wet back kicked out and sent back to mex HE co?????
No I wouldn‘t fire her I’d give her a metal.
Report Post »markchristopher
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:44pmAmen, Detroit Paperboy!! Though I wouldn’t call it “colonization”. It is “takeover by attrition”.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:29pmThe kid is Mexican. Apparently he wants to be taught ion a Mexican school & taught by Mexicans. Give him his wish & deport him to Mexico.
All the foreign born people in my family speak English. The funny thing is the nonwhite ones speak English better than the white ones.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:31pmjzs
Actually, in Texas anyway, Mexicans were living there first.
__________________________________________________
No JZS the American Indians came here before the Spanish.
Report Post »RedDawn2012
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:49pmJZS, it was Mexico first? Yeah, for all of 27 years! For 300 years our Southwest was part of New Spain. In 1821 Spain relinquished their territories to the newly created “Mexican Empire” in the Treaty of Cordoba. In 1848, after 27 years of instability and fighting, Mexico ceded their northern territories to the USA in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. So for a shaky 27 years our Southwest was part of Mexico. I say that doesn’t impress me much.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:22amI’m in Garland, TX, just outside of Dallas, and you would be amazed how few whites (and even blacks) there are in the school system. We’re overrun with hispanics. Oh, I’m sorry, my son informed me that “hispanics” is a slur, because it means under the rule of Spain. We can’t say Mexicans because that implies they all look alike, and there are several different countries involved. We can‘t say latino because they’re not all from Latin American, and again, it implies that they all look alike. And you can’t even say immigrant, because it implies illegal. My son is being forced to read a book (and the report will be the same as 2 test grades) that has the front of the book dedicated to a Spanish slang dictionary, so when he doesn’t know the word, he can look it up because half the dialogue is in Spanish. The only time I read Spanish was in Spanish class in high school, which they start here in the frist grade. We’re forced to speak Spanish, while they barely learn English, and we bend over backwards to accomodate THEM. She’s right, if he‘s going to insist he’s Mexican, he can go back to Mexico. Now if he had said I speak Spanish, No hablo Englesh? whatever…my Espaniol es un poquito.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:24am@afishfarted
Texas is a right to work state, not everyone is in a union.
@JZS, they lost the war and we won the land. We’re not giving it back because they ask or try to force us. Why don’t we give New York back to the Indians? Well, maybe we should do that, they can’t mess it up any more.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:25pmI love how quickly we go off on tangents on this site. No where does it say this guy is illegal, only that he can’t speak Eglish. No where does it say the teacher said ALL MEXICANS should go back to Mexico, only this one. Your true colors really show when stories like this come out and we wonder why liberals think conservatives are racists. That’s because most of you are a bunch of ignorant hicks a talk out of your asses regularly.
The fact this guy doesn’t know English is not his fault entirely – it is the fault of the school system for having the ESL crap instead of English immersion like we had decades ago. This works. It assimilated “Mexicans” like myself into the American way of life which was the intention of the country’s founders. I also believe this teacher was only frustrated and didn’t say anything with any sort of malice. The fact remains she said it, it was wrong, and she’s coming clean and apologizing. As far as I’m concerned, we should move on.
Report Post »auntbea
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:10amSo….??? She was right. He should go back to Mexico. It’s wonderful down there. The people are unbelievable. They speak Spanish. The food is out of this world. The music is fabulous. The scenery is drop dead gorgeous. What’s wrong with that? Sounds like a smart teacher to me. Take her advice, kid, you will love it!!
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:24pmI agree .. He’s mexican .. ok what’s he doing here in the crappy usa? GO HOME!
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:13pmFailure to assimilate is grounds for deportation.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:48pmMexicans learned how to play the race card and they will push it.
Report Post »spirit of freedom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:17am@jzs
Report Post »why dont you you go back to wherever it is that you have come from? because you most certainly dont belong here. however most peoples can spot a libotard tool when they spot one so dont expect to be greeted with open arms when you do get to wherever it was that you were hatched.
good day commie.
layla
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:02ampolitically correct crapola. he was rude , she lost her temper. that requires a hearing???
Report Post »HKS
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:11amIf he is illegal, send him back to Mexico, your stay here should require civil behavior. Why does our people have to put up with this crap. Are we really the worlds crap hole, Obama might accept that but I don’t.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:05pmWe have become the worlds little b i t c h…especially Mexico.
Report Post »GrayPanther
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:40pmWell said! I am a senior citizen who is also a substitute teacher. Much educating time is wasted due to kids like this “Mexican” or other disruptor’s. Send them to the V principal and quite often they are back in class in 10 minutes! The little bastards should be getting “hard time” and their parents advised to help correct this behavior or he/she will be kicked out of school. It is a place for respect for the teacher and respect for education. Wake up people!
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:48pmdrattastic
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:05pm
We have become the worlds little b i t c h…especially Mexico.
Further evidence that the democrat party and our Dear Leader is not incompetent. On the contrary, they’re very successful.
Report Post »This is not to say the socialist in the republican party are exonerated. We;ve had plenty of one worlders in the RNC (the Bush’s come to mind)
the wireworker
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 9:29pmshe was right!
if you are a mexican then you should go back to mexico
Report Post »if you want to be an american then be an american
HumbleMan
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:34pmI want to know if the kid’s illegal? Why is this not part of the story?
Report Post »tonydanibradbury
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:02amThe child was disruptive and rude, and instead of being punished he probably now feels empowered. He needs a good behind-the-woodshed minute to remember to mind his mouth when speaking to your superior. This teacher obviously erred in her comment, but she’s apologized and has shown remorse for that mistake.
The underlying issue here though is that teachers now have to deal with the constant strain of teaching these “immigrant” students while being expected to meet the “Mexican/Spanish” needs, as well as teach all of their other students. States need to set a law that English is our language, and while other languages are welcomed, appreciated, and encouraged in general, in the public, government funded school system English is to be taught, learned, and used as the mandatory language.
If this child can’t speak or read English then he should be put into a remedial class. How could he possibly do any other class work in junior high if he can barely speak or read English?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:14amThink about it. Government always empowers the losers of our society. It’s reverse Darwinism, which will lead to failure. Completely predictable.
Report Post »gogol
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:19amEmpowered is right. It makes me wonder how much of this is planned. I live in a town that is now half hispanic, and one thing I’ve noticed is the playing of loud Spanish music outdoors in the summer — from car stereos parked in people’s driveways. Neighbors complain to the police, the police come, talk to the people, the people turn down their music, the police leave. Then in a little while they turn the music back up. Sometimes they play their music softly, for hours, then for a few minutes, REALLY LET IT BLAST. Just when it’s time to call the police, the people turn the music back down. This goes on all summer. Am I being paranoid or is there a conspiracy afoot by Hispanics to dominate this country — with seemingly unrelated and petty disruptions?
Report Post »layla
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:57amnot a word about how rude the boy was. and yes, teachers are people too, who sometimes loose their temper. get over it…or ….go back to mexico.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:01amI agree .. he was being a bully .. and to a teacher .. imagine how the Non-Mexican STUDENTS are most likely treated by the “protected class” of Mexican students.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:06amI agree! I cam close to losing it too when students were taken out of school for weeks at a time to go back to Mexico and then I was held accountable when they couldn’t pass state tests. I also came close to losing it when, after I scrounged up real job applications to try to make the reading and writing I was teaching relevant, the Hispanic students I was teaching, many illegal, said, “I don’t want to learn to fill out applications. I’m going to be on welfare like my parents.” Teachers ARE human. Granted the teacher shouldn’t have said that but, based on her record, she is a great teacher who also happens to be human.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:50amAngelcat
Report Post »The prog goons do not care if she was a good teacher or not. They care about what she THINKS, not what she does. I do not feel sorry for her one bit. In my opinion, most teachers, but not all are the enemy of the American people. They actively participate and coordinate the systematic brainwashing of our kids and try to turn them against their parents on a daily basis. Screw her and the goons. We will see all of them on the battlefield.
conservativewoman
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:57amAnd it isn’t over. When the kid is a little older, Rick Perry will have the taxpayers subsidize his college education!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:39amMr. Perry is complicit in the maintaining of the illegals status quo.
Report Post »I‘d be surprised if he didn’t take la razas side in this and have her shot at dawn.
janedough1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:56amEvery time I see a story like this, I see scores of angry responses, but those responses are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Those of you who don’t have children, or who are homeschooling or paying for private school, you can stop your ears now, I’m not talking to you. I’m talking to the vast majority of conservative and/or Christian parents who vociferously protest this kind of behavior and then get up and send your kids to public school on Monday. Your actions are showing approval while your mouth and your typing hands protest. As long as you keep doing that, that ACLU, the Teacher’s Unions and the USDOE will keep doing this crap. The day they stop doing it will be the day they start losing 100,000 public school kids every time they do it. When you put your money and time where your mouth is, pull your kids out and homeschool or pay for private school, they’ll stop approving illegal immigration through the schools, stop attacking Christianity through the schools, stop policing kids lunches and stop pressing the PP and Muslim agendas through school. They’ll probably start singling out homeschoolers for persecution, but it they lose 100,000 more every time they attack a homeschooler, they’ll quit that too.
Report Post »tonydanibradbury
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:08amGreat comment, JANEDOUGH1. You’re exactly right. We are homeschooling parents, and we hear so many of our neighbors, church friends, and community members complain about the school systems here, but then they continue to teach in and/or send their children to the very schools they’re complaining about!
I understand there are situations where public school is necessary for some, but for most of us the truth is that we’re simply not willing to make do with less money or things, and/or put the effort into teaching our children ourselves.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:14amJust a thought, while I understand what you are saying “less talk more action” I have MANY friends in this recession who have had to take their children out of private school and dump them in public school because now both parents have to work taking away their ability to even homeschool. any other point in america’s history I would totally agree with you. I just see so much hardship and hands financially tied during this continuing “great recession”. unfortunately this is what the liberals want. our hands all so tied we become reliant on the status quo
Report Post »AggieKate
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:15amI have schooled my children all 3 ways, homeschool, private and public, and they all have their pros and cons. I preface my comments with that so you understand I am not anti-whatever. What you fail to understand is that you are not withholding your tax dollars from Texas (or other states) by withdrawing them from public school….you are simply paying double for education. So the idea that removing your children as students from public education will break the system, is a misnomer, and in fact is the exact opposite of what needs to be done…instead of abandoning the system, Christians and conservatives should be infiltrating it, and overthrowing the bureaucrats and political correct police that rule our public places. And this teacher deserves to be fired for apologizing as if she said anything inappropriate. What did she say wrong? He kept saying he was Mexican, she only affirmed his preference. Who has defined that as the most taboo thing to say and when did that get written in the teachers handbook? Teachers are held accountable to the most petty things-time for good men to stop abandoning them.
Report Post »greeneyes1982
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:19amWow! Your are so naive! Some of us dont have the luxury of being able to stay at home to home school nor do we have the funds to pay for private school….you obviously dont have kids cause you obviously dont know how much private school costs or how much it takes to raise kids. Public school is paid for by MY tax dollars and since it is money that I have earned I should get some say in what happens in the classrooms! Every person who pays the school district taxes should not some special interest group.
Report Post »tonydanibradbury
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:36am@AGGIEKATE
I certainly understand that as taxpayers we still pay into the public school system, as well as the costs of homeschooling our children. However, we have written continually and are working with our state representatives to propose legislation that allows homeschooling families to receive a “tax break” for the proportional amount of funding that is alloted to the public school system by state governement. It’s a very long process, full of complicated details and probably a long way off from actually being accomplished. However, we are well aware of the situation and working to ammend it.
Secondly, while I agree with you that we as Christians should not completely section ourselves off from society, education is not the area to be relenquishing our children. Just because a teacher claims to be a Christian or conservative, etc. etc. does not mean that what they actually teach or imply in the classroom will be up to the Biblical standards we believe must be taught. For us personally, this is the defining priniciple of the issue.
Again, I understand not everyone can be at home to formally educate their children, but I do believe many more of us could if we chose to put the education of our family before the size of our home or day-to-day ‘luxuries’.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:59amTony, you are precisely right, but my neighbor is a single mom, running a cleaning business at night and homeschooling by day. I don’t know when the woman sleeps, but she thinks her child’s future is important enough to make that big of a sacrifice. I suspect there are very few who actually can’t. And the poise, polish and wisdom of her daughter show that the sacrifice is worth it.
Report Post »rednckpreacher
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:01pmWay to go Jane dough1 ! Amen Amen ( home schooled our bunch from the start, no public school ever. ) I hate the Public school system ,but most parents who support it expect the teacher to put up with all the crap the kids can dish out. They cry abuse in a case like this , then they complain their kids cant read! Who could teach a kid to do somthing he doesnt want to with out the authority to make him obey! Then again if you support the teachers , you find them protecting perverts and wierdos who are fellow teachers . Take responsibility for your kids teach your children well!
Report Post »fidel1234
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:05pmGood post and I am one of a growing number of parents that have been fed up a long time ago with yet another govt. program gone wild,public school,This is why mine are getting educated at a private school,what a world of difference it makes.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:10pmGreeneyes, I am a homeschooler. I know exactly what I’m talking about. I’ve also been a public school teacher. It takes a lot of sacrifice to do it, and we don’t have much, but my child’s future is too important to trust it to people who treat her as a pawn in their agenda.
Aggiekate, I understand that means I pay double for school, and they still get their money. But you don’t seem to realize that money for butts in seat is not the only thing they are after. They also want the hearts and minds of your child. They want to teach your child that they are weak, and that abstinence is an impossible goal. They want to teach your child that rampant rutting as young as eight is normal, and abortion is the only way to be sure that you won’t be “punished” with a baby. They want to teach your child Agenda 21, and that world is going to come to a screeching halt unless 5/6th of our population dies and is not replaced. They want to teach your child that the free market is a bad thing, that animals should be worshiped and children killed. They are producing far more dropouts, addicts, sex offenders, suicides and otherwise hopeless young adults. They are producing young adults who think single parenthood is normal, and folks who marry are religious freaks. If you take those hearts and minds away from them, it will destroy their agenda. They may have money, but they can’t produce an army of malcontents.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:36pmAggiekate
School get funding based on enrollment. No one enrolled no funding. It’s that simple.
Sure your taxes (property I’m guessing in Tejas) will remain but at least the children are out of that environment.
Mary and Joseph wouldn‘t have put lil’ Jesus in a philistine school would they?
Report Post »johnconnersmom5
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:50pmMany of you are correct, local tax dollars go to my school whether or not my child is there. However, in the first few weeks of school there is a head count. Federal dollars are based on that number. So yes, if you keep your children home, the school loses money. I too was a public school teacher that now homeschools. It can be done on one income. We live a much simpler life with many fewer “things” that seemed so important before. If you are a Christian, or even just conservative, I implore you to think again about homeschooling. Janedough is right, this is about the hearts and minds of our children. It is impossible to raise the next Washington, or Jefferson if they are being bombarded with anti-God, anti-family messages 8 hours a day 9-10 months a year. It is hard to battle that on evenings and weekends. If you are Christian and thinking about bringing your children home, please get a copy of Indoctrination and watch it. It was really well done and offers historical information about school, and a Christian perspective about public school and homeschooling. http://indoctrinationmovie.com/
Report Post »And if you still think you can’t afford it, Dave Ramsey can always help. He helped us.
jdondo
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:32pmI like to second your opinion. My husband and I made GREAT sacrifices so I could stay home and homechool my two oldest sons. Our newest vehicle is a ‘01, I proudly shop at thrift stores for children’s clothing, and with great appreciation I accept clothing from friends to cloth my children. Too many people today confuse children’s needs and wants, and then claim they can’t afford to stay home because everything is so expensive. Yes, there are some families that actually have to have both parents work, but if you are able to downsize and one parent stay home, you should do it. After doing this for almost two years, I would not want to live my life any other way! And you are right, if more parents voted with their feet, you would see a change in the public school system.
Report Post »Speaking_my_mind
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 4:39pm@AGGIEKATE
I absolutely agree with you! The teacher did not say ANYTHING wrong. She is a math teacher and she just gave a logical answer. If you keep saying “I’m from …“ then logical thing to say is ”go back to …”.
I came here from former USSR in 1991 with absolutely no English (had to leave our homeland or risked to be murdered) and $400.00 in our pocket. I said “in our” because there were four of us – my parents, my brother, and I. We have NEVER implied that we were entitled to anything because of who we are. We worked hard, learned the language, got the education and now we are pretty much successful in our lives.
I could never understand how is it that our government allows this to happen…
Teacher should not apologize to anyone.
I’ll go off on a little tangent here.
I also can not understand the catering to minority groups. There should be no minority groups. You are either citizen of this country or you are not. If you are, then follow the rules and regulations that the rest of us are following. If you can borrow money at 2.5%, then all of us should be able to borrow at 2.5% (of course, assuming we are in a same financial situations and have similar credit scores), I do not care if you are red, yellow, white or black with purple polka dots. If you can do it, then I should be able to do it without being afraid of prosecution or other type of harassment from the government.
Just my opinion.
Report Post »GetOutofTheWagonAndPull
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:21pmI agree with AggieKate. Public Education isn’t bad, it’s broken. Let’s fix it! Our system of government isn’t bad, a few bad nuts are trying to break it. Don’t throw it all out. Fix it! Take the control of our schools away from the feds and put it back into the hands of each state. Let people decide in their own state what is best for their children.
Mil-dot, your assessment that most teachers are evil libs probably depends on what state you live in. Almost all the teachers I have worked with in Utah and now Wyoming are great, patriotic people working their tails off to help students be successful. The opposite may be true in other states, I don’t know. I have never seen the liberal brainwashing that many claim. I do agree that the national teacher’s union is bad news! They support (and fund) every left-wing cause that most of us here oppose. My students and I recently had a great discussion on the problem with these OWS clowns wanting to be given everything for free. My students know the value of hard work. Also, you should see them stand, place their hands over their hearts and proudly pledge their allegiance (every word of it) to the United States of America!
Let’s fix what has worked for us in the past! Public Education isn’t churning out free-loading, brain-dead liberals, the people in charge of it are. Why are the older generation folks (who almost all went to public schools) not left-wingers? Because it hasn’t always been like this. L
Report Post »PJ Smith in Texas
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:37pmJaneDough
Report Post »the federal govt pays per head per day to the school. That is why attendance is so important and the headcount at 10 am is turned in “officially”. Call up your school office and ask about it.
LukeAppling
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:53amWe want ONLY LEGAL IMMIGRATION and those that come illegally please leave. Those that don’t learn our language and customs please leave. Those that want to take back “their” land …try it!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:59amYes…with you all the way.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:09pmObviously they have taken back “their” land and the US Federal Gov. is helping them do it ,not to mention us helping by doing nothing.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:53amAs long as they provide votes for the Dermocratic Party and Obozo, they’ll be met with open arms.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:50amThe young Mexican illustrates the problem,they don’t want to assimilate when they get here,learn English and our laws and you wouldn’t have to be demanding forms in Spanish.The youngster should have said I‘m American instead of I’m a Mexican and that’s a problem as well.
I wonder if they have communication problems when applying for unconstitutional programs like welfare? I don’t think they do,our benovelant government cares so much they’ll provide forms in Spanish to keep people comfortable in their poverty,they need them to stay right there always faithful to their slave masters at election time.
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Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:28pmTom Tancredo on Ron Paul’s immigration stanceTea Party West | Empowerment through EducationTea Party West: http://teapartywest.com/?p=2143#.Tz_syNA7luQ.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:50pmIt was said…
“As the Congressman from TX for almost a quarter century, I have yet to see any legislation authored by Congressman Paul addressing illegal immigration—AND HE REPRESENTS TEXAS! Texas has the longest common border with Mexico and if anyone should KNOW the problems illegal immigration is causing this country, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE RON PAUL!”
Report Post »momsense
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:48amWe need a Congress with the guts to designate English ads the “Official Language” of this country. Anglo children shouldn’t have to learn a foreign language to live in their own country. BS !
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:16pmAgreed. As a child I learned to read and write in Portuguese and Italian because I lived in countries where these were the official languages. If we had disrupted the class and demanded preferential treatment because we were American we would have been smacked.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:04pmWe need a congress with guts. Guts to do something other then rip off the American people no matter what it takes just so they can walk away after becoming millionaires. The largest majority of them are spineless rats. Good for this teacher but please take the 10 million plus with the flippin kid.
Report Post »Darlie
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:35amMy Two Cents, I know exactly what you mean. I grew up in Mexico with American parents. It is considered there to be the height of rudeness and worst of all manners to speak in a language that others cannot understand if you can possibly avoid it. No teacher gave me an inch when it came to that rule so, though I was seriously challenged at my second language, I learned Spanish in self defense. All the while knowing we would return to the USA. This population plans to stay here yet refuses to blend into our culture.
Report Post »My ancestors helped settle Texas in the early 1820s. Mexicans were few and far between and the ones in Texas were sick of their calls for help against the Indians going unneeded so they were happy to have American troops help them out. Think if the Alamo. What percentage of the population there was “Mexican?”.
No, this is our third war and it has been completely ignored. My family was sad to leave Texas but glad to hear English again. It cost us a lot to start over. Anybody out there care about the legals in rural Texas? No one in D.C.
Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:19pmI am totally opposed to illegal immigration. But, I did see and hear a good thing yesterday. A teenage girl and her mother were talking in Spanish briefly. The daughter told her mother to “speak in English we are American citizens now”. The mother actually apologised to the daughter. They continued their conversation in fluent English.
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:46amHe’s in Jr. High and CAN’T read a form written in English? Maybe he should go back to 1st grade and LEARN. ( or go back to Mexico)
Report Post »deano24
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:48pmThat was my first thought too. The kid is in the 8th grade & can’t read english. Makes you wonder how is he learning anything if the teacher is using the English language to teach the math course. Unless it’s one of those schools that spends half of the class using English & the other half using Spanish. I have heard some schools do that.
Report Post »jackact
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:43amIf we continue in the future, via enforced states rights and no federal government control, to keep the US dept of education we need to urgently adopt the necessary assimilation policies that will not allow non-English speaking students….and teachers to enter public school systems.
Report Post »We have now reached that crisis point.
Especially when the federal government still lies about the number of illegal aliens currently infesting our nation.
Try 21 million, and growing, as a correct number.
kspatriot
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:41amWOW! If she told a bank robber to “Stop robbing banks”, would she be fired? This is how far off course our country has gotten. The people are here illegally, breaking numerous laws, and THEY NEED TO LEAVE, PERIOD! The teacher should be given a raise and promoted to Principal or Superintendent. We need MORE like her.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:18amWe all have-stepped-in-it and regret it, but I find myself with a knee-jerk-reaction, everytime I see the president on tv and without thinking, I shout-out……..OH SHUT UP!!! I don‘t know this man’s heart, but actions speak-louder-than-words…..What is really scary is that he has so many cheerleaders on the sidelines.
Report Post »Yes, make English the official language of the UNITED STATES…Please….! We have laws? on? the? books? about illegals!
ENFORCE THE LAWS!
HairRazor
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:38amYou Madam, are hereby repudiated, rejected, and repulsed.. for speaking the truth.
Report Post »LibzLie
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:35amIt is Bizarro world. Everything is backwards. I never had a problem with Mexicans as a child or a young man because they were melting in to the pot as people had since the beginning of our country. Now every immigrant leach that arrives expects me to pay their bills, buy their food, pay for their health care, wipe their ars, and print everything in their native tongue………They and the progressives can kiss my old Anglo ars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »angryMD
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:32amTAKE ACTION: CALL, EMAIL AND FACEBOOK THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DEMAND SHIRLEY BUNN’S REINSTATEMENT. LINKS HERE: http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2012/02/17/texas-teacher-suspended-for-telling-student-go-back-to-mexico/
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:33pmDoing it now.
Report Post »auntbea
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 5:42pmAnd tell them that it would have been politically incorrect of her to implied that Mexico isn’t a wonderful land to go back to – she gave him good advice – he would love it there. What? We want her to be an ugly American, ethnocentric, a snob? Viva Mexico!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:32amYou usually can’t pry a bad teacher out of the classroom unless rape is involved but they want to fire this apparently good teacher over this.
This little Mexican has already learned that even though he lives in Texas, in the U.S.A. he can remain Mexican, make demands and hurt an American citizen if his demands aren’t met. And he is only in Junior High.
Wow, what a push over this country has become.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:42amI agree MOM and it is time to take a stand .. this GOOD teacher must be supported .. I am sick and tired of being pushed around by people who FAIL TO ASSIMILATE!
Report Post »Atilla
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:29amI think that she is asolutely correct. Political correctness is a bigger enemy than terrorist and self inflicted stupidity. All ethnic groups that would rather be ethnic than American should leave immediatly. Wanna be a hyphentaed American? How about an American-Mexican or and American-African. Otherwise se ya.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:27amIf the disruptive student is claiming that he is mexican; then his parents must be as well. The USA should adopt reciprocity with mexico’s immigration law and throw these people in prison or throw them across the border, if they are here illegally.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:09amI was a little a-hole in school,I had a couple teachers tell me to go to a place a lot hotter than mexico.
Report Post »I’m63 yo when I was in jr high if you disrupted a class like that or dis-respected a teacher they would give you a couple swats
Stoic one
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:08pmI’m a 55 yr old navy rug rat. I received corporal punishment in both base school and catholic school at some of the “holes” my father was stationed. It should be brought back. Striaghten up a lot of these kids…and parents.
Report Post »Livia
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:43pmI’m 63 also, and if we got a wallop at school, we got a much worse one when we got home. Teachers didn’t have to put up with the garbage back then, and parents knew how to punish in a way that you would remember.
Report Post »greatgrandma
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:14amI am 66yo, one of my teachers (Miss Painter) didn’t put up with any guff from any student. She would grab your earlobe, twist then yank it down. Hard to talk back when your face is down around your knees…
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:22amI dont see the issue here …………
he SHOULD go back home
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Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:21amWhen I went to school, a response like that would not have been a big deal especially considering the kid was being intentionally difficult. Now we coddle everyone and worry that their poor fragile psyches will be damaged by an errant remark. We end up with weak-minded, self-entitled kids as a result.
Report Post »DGeezy11
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:32amI see the same stuff all of the time in SLC. All the illegals migrated up here from arizona. There are huge chunks of the city where everything is in spanish, the billboards, stores, etc. There are massive drug busts that always boil down to the mexican drug cartels that happen quite often. It is really upsetting, but the worst part is that the illegals all drive 10-15 mph under the speed limit. I don‘t know if it is because they can’t drive the signs or they really don’t want to be pulled over haha
Report Post »DGeezy11
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:39am*read the signs
Report Post »azmomof6
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:08pmPerhaps they are driving 45 km per hour instead of 45 miles per hour. Just south of Tucson, the signs indicating distance are all in kilometers.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:20amShe does NOT need to apologize! I live in Dallas—a sanctuary city—–and this illegal in line at Target refused to speak english and the black cashier didn’t speak spanish and so we had a “mexican stand off”. The illegal would not budge until she had someone to speak spanish to her. I am so sick of this crap!
Report Post »flipp457
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:55ami like to pretend im deaf and mute when going through the wal-mart line… i try to avoid target(they want the gays to have rights)
TEA!
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:32pmThis is happening because NO POLITICIAN has had the courage and conviction to do anything about the situation.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:22amHey, if it wasn’t for illegal immigration we wouldn’t have the great state of Texas in the first place. The Republic of Texas was founded by illegal immigrants who came in from the United States.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:19amIf he is Mexican, call ICE and have his entire family shipped back. Get these foreign invaders out of here. Why do we have a military if not to stop a foreign invasion of our homeland?
Report Post »Kara_ite
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 10:23amhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/47321/ice-agents-shooting-no-surprise-w-obama-bad-morale-mgt-immmigration-agency/#more-47321
ICE is not likely to be there anymore. Go to this link and find out why…
Report Post »beaubird
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:10amReally, he told on hisself!! They should have been checked on!! But, then again I am sure the school knew it!! They dont care, BUT WE DO!!!!!! We are the ones payin for these MEXICIANS !!!!! NOT AMERICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All illegalls GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:30amYou do know ICE is federal right? They have verbal orders to not deport voters until late in the year/ post November. But the good thing is now the Mehicans are involved in an assault on our 2nd amendment, because they cannont enforce any of theirs. Viva los frijoles.
Report Post »fidel1234
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 12:02pmNo my friend you don’t understand we have a military so we can force our corrupt govt. on other countries,what are you thinking.
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