From the “Obvious Things Teachers Shouldn’t Do That Don’t Involve Anything Sexual” Files:
A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used assassinating President Barack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geometry students.
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The teacher was apparently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.
Um. Okay.
Superintendent Phil Hammonds said the teacher remains at work, and there are no plans for termination.
“We are going to have a long conversation with him about what\’s appropriate,” Hammonds said. “It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words.”
Okay, you have to be f#&%ing kidding me.
Caroline Polk, the parent of a ninth-grader at the school, said she doesn’t believe the teacher ought to be fired.
“We all make mistakes, and we should be able to learn from our mistakes,” she said. “What he said was just wrong and inappropriate. Everyone’s got their own opinions, but we have to be aware of our surroundings. At this point, it just needs to be handled in a way that it won’t be repeated.”
Yeah, everyone’s got their own opinions—right. Though, I’m pretty sure any teacher who teaches kids how to commit crimes would be fired anywhere.
And, I’m sure if the teacher was teaching about global warming and evolution, he’d be fired immediately. Good thing he teaches geometry. (Euclidean only, please. None of that “elliptic” geometry business.)
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