nrg_alpha Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Christ almighty, what has this world come to? http://www.examiner.com/x-5445-Politics-in-Education-Examiner~y2009m12d15-Secondgrader-suspended-for-drawing-a-picture-of-Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 let it shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The blog post forgot to mention that the student had told the teacher that it was himself on the cross. http://wbztv.com/local/taunton.cross.drawing.2.1370369.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Amazing how stuff like this gets blown out of proportion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The teachers should be sacked for being complete retards! Anyone seen Donnie Darko where that idiot teacher does that fear & love exercise? I bet the teachers at this school are the same! What the fu** is the world coming too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hah yeah, ridiculous. Though I think the father's now taking it a bit far: Johnson told WBZ he thinks race was a factor. "As soon as he said that that was him on this cross (sleeping) – red flag! She ran with it! Touchdown! I got 'em. I'm gonna have him evaluated, there's something wrong with this minority kid. We gotta get in his mind." "I'm sick of using the race card, but being a black man, I feel that I'm racially discriminated, me and my child." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The blog post forgot to mention that the student had told the teacher that it was himself on the cross. http://wbztv.com/local/taunton.cross.drawing.2.1370369.html [pure speculation] School knew it was in deep shit. They decided to start lying about some details to soften the blow, knowing damn well that neither side could necessarily 'prove' the validity of those details (that's the great thing about image, isn't it?). In frustration, dad foolishly played the race card, pretty much instantly discrediting him. Score 1 for the school. Will now get little more than a slap on the wrist. Teacher in question may possibly resign (not get fired). [/pure speculation] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I bet that kid doesn't even care, just got a day off! I'd laugh if he'd been drawing his teacher on the crucifix but just said it was himself when s?he found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I think the thing about this incident "traumatizing" the kid is BS as well. I agree with MrAdam. Small children don't care about having to stay away from school for a couple of days. Basically it's just a few days off -- neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I think the thing about this incident "traumatizing" the kid is BS as well. I agree with MrAdam. Small children don't care about having to stay away from school for a couple of days. Basically it's just a few days off -- neat! Agreed. I picture my own kids in that situation and I'm about 95% sure they would not at this point in time in their life really understand what's really going on (regardless of which side is telling the story). I think it's funny how we are willing to call kids stupid and unaware of things when it comes to taking responsibility for shit, but make out like they are aware and capable of recognizing and being traumatized by "deeper" things like this. Well we can't have it both ways. What will really damage kids in the long run, is using them for our own ends, treating them differently as is most convenient for a given situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Damn, if that's all it takes to get a few days off of school, I would have drew plenty of 'violent' pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Damn, if that's all it takes to get a few days off of school, I would have drew plenty of 'violent' pictures. We just drew cocks on the toilet walls. There is an art to drawing a cock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 We just drew cocks on the toilet walls. "Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." --Yoda Edit: Sort of related: http://daniel0.net/pics/superman.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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