By: sweet-teach

sweet-teach — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:07:49 +0000

I have to say that I’m upset either way on this one. It’s absolutely ridiculous that any such group would do such a thing and the consequences should be the same for any persons who would steal or distroy school property. I will have to say that as a teacher we are not allowed to push our bias or political views on the students. It sounds like this group wanted to push theirs and this teacher wanted to push his. The sticker that said “Do something nice for the environment. Uproot a Bush in 2004″ is down right ignorant! We don’t have to like our president but we should show respect for our country and our president, especially in an American school where we all have a right to free public education. You know if anyone had such a sticker up in their classroom about Obama they would be in big trouble. It should go both ways but it doesn’t always happen that way. Now wonder our young adults are misleaded about what’s truly happening in the world. The media can be so misleading. It may seem all fun in games to the teacher but his opinions will leave a huge impression on those students. Then again, the actions of this party will too.

By: Philip G. Allen

Philip G. Allen — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:08:20 +0000

KDAWG is priceless. Think of the planning which would have to have gone into setting up the GOP in this scenario. Have GOP sticker on hand. Be careful to sneak into the room when the GOP is not using it. Be sure to carry off the poster and dispose of it so that no one can find it or perhaps sequester it in a place that only you can visit to recount your treacherous ruse that you perpetrated to defame the GOP. Consider the political leanings of the teacher and conduct yourself in a way which would suggest that the teacher was operating in conspiracy with the ACLU which is tantamount to treason. Also make a big thing about locking away the constitutions which were supplied by the ACLU and for God’s sake, you caught the teacher suggesting that people actually should know their rights.

By: KDAWG_IN_SJ_CA

KDAWG_IN_SJ_CA — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:01:08 +0000

I think this sounds a little suspicious. The fact that they are not involving the police in an ‘obvious theft and vandalism’ incident just doesn’t sit well with me. I am not saying it absolutely could not happen, however there are a few holes in this story. The article mentions one student’s letter to the GOP of Maine, which is fine, however did they attempt to see if there were any letters to the state Democrat Offices, ACLU, or any other ‘progressive’ agencies that were indicating dislike of their practices? Where did they learn of this student’s letter? I doubt the GOP would advertise that they received a letter from a student with statements like what were written. Is it possible that the letter never was written, or perhaps that the student/teacher who did write it called the local news media, or even statewide media outlets to proclaim the ‘courage’ of a student.
Normally, in most cases that are advertised by all forms of media, even CNN, MSNBC, etc. is that when a Conservative Author, Candidate, Pundit has been invited to speak at a public venue such as a College or University, that they are shouted down by ‘enlightened protesters’ who hate their ‘rhetoric’. The area where the protesters demonstrated are more often than not left in disarray (plants trodden over, trash on the ground, and other ‘angry mob’ telltale signs), and in extreme cases, destruction of school, city, private or state property is evidence of their displeasure or victory. Honestly, it really does seem that this has been a scripted event, designed to infuriate the public. Because our school staff was so ‘high-minded’ we will never know who actually committed a crime, (if it really did happen), but being a Junior High Teacher of Math and Science, I tend to want to see facts, not just allegations, because there are a few students in my class that would have done this to play a joke, especially if they knew the political disposition of the teacher. The fact that the door was ‘unlocked’ over the weekend is highly suspect as well. As teachers we are responsible for our rooms, to make sure they are locked, clean, presentable, and above all safe. Yes, we do have a Custodian/Janitor who goes around and checks our locks, as most public and private schools do, but ultimately, if something happened in one of our rooms over the weekend, they ask, was the classroom locked as required? If there is no damage to the lock or door jam, how did they get in? If the classroom was unlocked, it makes it harder to pin down a time that this took place. It could have taken place as early as Friday night after the teacher left, or as late as Monday morning, five minutes prior to the teacher’s arrival. This article goes out of its way to say they were guilty, without any evidence – just allegations, from someone who is clearly anti-GOP. I am not happy with either party, especially my own these days, this has nothing to do with my comments on this incident. I have taken the other side, when all the evidence is an allegation of intolerance. Where are the pictures for documentation, how did they know the constitutions were there, if they were in a sealed box? It really sounds like someone with a lot of inside information wrote the letter. “A republican was here”, come on, you don’t really buy that do you? I guess if you think you are superior to other peoples or their races, I guess you could. All I am saying, rather asking you to do, is to read the article again, this time concentrating on the evidence that it was one of the Republican guests. Circumstantial evidence is just that, circumstantial, especially when there was a 55-60 hour window for someone else to commit the crime. Was anyone on campus during this time, school activities, Saturday School, school fundraisers, projects, etc? At my school, I know that there are a lot of people who are invited to use our soccer field, or softball and baseball fields for practice and games. The campus is in no way closed off, and yes, I have found students wandering the halls on the weekends when I have been on campus.
Oh well, I know that words are not going to convince you either, but hopefully our reliance on the constitution of the United States will, that we are presumed innocent, until proven guilty in a court of law. This particular teacher chose to try his case in the media, which has nothing to do with facts, and is quite problematic. Remember the Duke Lacross players who were accused of Rape, people from both sides thought they were guilty, the media’s take was guilty, guilty, guilty, and then we come to find out, that the prosecutor did not divulge evidence to the defense, and the nature of the evidence was, that the girl changed her story several times. Rape is disgusting, and perpetrators of rape should be punished to the fullest extent of the law – I would even go so far as to say life in prison, since they ruined someone else’s life, but we have to look at the facts presented, NOT just the allegations, especially when there is no documentation of the incident, besides a Teacher’s Memory. They don’t rely soley on that in court, and neither should we.
Think about it – if you were the one being accused, wouldn’t you want to see all the evidence they have against you?
The DAWG has Spoken
KDAWG.

By: Jon Whitfield

Jon Whitfield — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:11:47 +0000

This was a bad thing to wake up with! I’m really upset about such actions, and would be no matter what group trashed the building! I am a retired teacher and this reminds me of years ago when a group of hoodlums broke in the school building where I taught and trashed the building. The people who trashed the school building were acting like bad kids. These people should know better! At least the party leader apologized; the school leader who refused to take any action should apologize also!

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