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bluesbassman

(19,374 posts)
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:09 PM Oct 2012

I call bullshit on this one...

Teacher Ridicules Student for Romney T-Shirt

Events unfolded last Friday. Nothing out of the ordinary happened until the student arrived at her geometry class -- before that time the shirt didn't raise any objections.

However, the offending teacher saw the Romney / Ryan shirt "and told me to get out of the classroom, I said no," Samantha explained on "The Kudlow Report."
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When she stood her ground and refused to change, Samantha said the teacher pulled her into the hall and encouraged others to make fun of her. And according to news reports, the teacher attempted to scribble on the shirt.

Samantha also admitted to Kudlow that she was so embarrassed by what happened she hasn't returned to class. "I don't want to be threatened and I want the teacher to be fired."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/teacher-ridicules-student-romney-t-155305823.html


Now I'll tell you that I will not stand for an adult humiliating a child, and if it does prove to be the case here the teacher in question should receive appropriate disciplinary action. However, the story just doesn't ring true, and at the very least I think there's way more to the story than what Faux news is putting out.
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I call bullshit on this one... (Original Post) bluesbassman Oct 2012 OP
Sounds fishy for sure abelenkpe Oct 2012 #1
another case of parlock, b girl etc ? JI7 Oct 2012 #2
No, that sounds like a fake story. The details, anyway. Maybe she was kicked out of class.... Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #3
Yep, there's always more to the story truebluegreen Oct 2012 #4

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. No, that sounds like a fake story. The details, anyway. Maybe she was kicked out of class....
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:28 PM
Oct 2012

for wearing a POLITICAL t-shirt. It's the norm that students aren't allowed to wear political clothing to school. But I seriously doubt the teacher encouraged others to make fun of her, etc. The teacher would merely have sent her to the principal's office. The teacher has total authority in that area.

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