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Students dress in burqas and call Muslim terrorists "Freedom Fighters"

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A Texas lawmaker is launching an investigation after a high school teacher reportedly invited her female students to dress in burqas and refer to Muslim terrorists as “freedom fighters.”
State Sen. Dan Patrick told Fox News he is very disturbed by a Facebook photograph posted by one of the students in a world geography class at Lumberton High School, which showed them in Islamic garb. He also is investigating reports that the students were forced to write an essay based on an article in The Washington Post that blamed Egypt’s turmoil on democracy rather than the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Parents are very sensitive to any issue that seems to be anti-American — that blames democracy for some sort of trouble in the world,” he told Fox.
“I felt like the line had been crossed,” a parent of the daughter who posted the Facebook photo told Fox. “Christian kids who want to pray have to do it outside of school hours — yet Islam is being taught to our kids during school hours.”
The girl’s father is confused why a geography class is teaching religion at all.
“She went from learning about Mexico to learning about Russia to learning about Islam,” he told Fox. “Islam is not a country. Islam is not a continent.”
The school district released a statement to Fox News defending the class: “The lesson that was offered focused on exposing students to world cultures, religions, customs and belief systems. The lesson is not teaching a specific religion, and the students volunteered to wear the clothing.”
The parents contacted the principal, who defended the program required under CSCOPE, a controversial electronic curriculum system that provides online lesson plans for teachers, Fox News reports.
“This is the normal answer from every school using CSCOPE,” said Janice VanCleave, the founder of Texas CSCOPE Review, which monitors what is being taught in the state’s schools. “They are definitely promoting the Islamic religion.”


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When the Principal defends something as outrageous this, it's all the more infuriating.

Are these female students taught how women are treated under Islamic rule?

These brainless liberals are so screwed up in the head, it's mind-boggling and, yet,
they are indoctrinating our kids in the guise of "grade-school teachers"


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It is why I have given up on Govt public education.

if we ever got school vouchers they would have to change. It is our only hope
Edited by Baldo, Feb 26 2013, 02:14 AM.
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Feb 26 2013, 02:12 AM
It is why I have given up on Govt public education.

if we ever got school vouchers they would have to change. It is our only hope
Vouchers and charter schools are popping up like toadstools here in Louisiana. The teacher's unions are apoplectic.
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However with government money comes government control. Those schools that accpet vouchers are then subject to greater regulation. Economic lesson #1 - there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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Feb 26 2013, 05:33 AM
However with government money comes government control. Those schools that accpet vouchers are then subject to greater regulation. Economic lesson #1 - there is no such thing as a free lunch.
The wave of the future, according to those who keep up with such things, is online learning and virtual schools. The cost/benefit differential between conventional teaching and the virtual stuff is too great to overcome. Some see it predominant within fifteen years.
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Feb 26 2013, 06:11 AM
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Feb 26 2013, 05:33 AM
However with government money comes government control. Those schools that accpet vouchers are then subject to greater regulation. Economic lesson #1 - there is no such thing as a free lunch.
The wave of the future, according to those who keep up with such things, is online learning and virtual schools. The cost/benefit differential between conventional teaching and the virtual stuff is too great to overcome. Some see it predominant within fifteen years.
With it will come the need to monitor students (and their parents, if they still have those in the future).
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Virtual learning, IMHO, for young students is a joke. There is no secure way to ascertain who is doing the work - and that is just for starters. It is one thing, as an adult or a very mature young person who wants to learn something in depth to learn via the internet.

DuPont (or was it Dow Chemical) used to run an ad on television about H - the human element as the most important element even though it was not on the Periodic Table. Perhaps I am prejudiced, but I believe firmly that the human element is a very important part of the educational process. A good teacher can make a subject in which one has little interest a new world that is exciting to explore. I do not think that one will ever say that it was my computer that excited my passion for _______.
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Feb 26 2013, 08:37 AM
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Feb 26 2013, 06:11 AM
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Feb 26 2013, 05:33 AM
However with government money comes government control. Those schools that accpet vouchers are then subject to greater regulation. Economic lesson #1 - there is no such thing as a free lunch.
The wave of the future, according to those who keep up with such things, is online learning and virtual schools. The cost/benefit differential between conventional teaching and the virtual stuff is too great to overcome. Some see it predominant within fifteen years.
With it will come the need to monitor students (and their parents, if they still have those in the future).
Self-motivation will be a premium asset in that environment. One's very survival could be at stake.
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Back To the Stone Age? New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Bans Working From Home

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has decreed there will be no more working from home for Yahoo staff. A company memo leaked to the press on Friday announced that Yahoo employees would no longer be permitted to work remotely. The decision seems to be based on a desire for increased productivity and a more connected company culture. It reads in part:

"To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together."...snipped

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2013/02/25/back-to-the-stone-age-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-bans-working-from-home/


Rediscovering the wheel, but I am glad she said it.
Edited by Baldo, Feb 26 2013, 10:39 AM.
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It's a bit ironic that Lumberton is in east Texas which is known for being highly conservative, and I wouldn't be surprised if the KKK is even still active around there.

It's hard to believe that this is happening in our country but nothing surprises me anymore.

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Feb 26 2013, 10:39 AM
Back To the Stone Age? New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Bans Working From Home

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has decreed there will be no more working from home for Yahoo staff. A company memo leaked to the press on Friday announced that Yahoo employees would no longer be permitted to work remotely. The decision seems to be based on a desire for increased productivity and a more connected company culture. It reads in part:

"To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together."...snipped

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2013/02/25/back-to-the-stone-age-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-bans-working-from-home/


Rediscovering the wheel, but I am glad she said it.
While I agree with what she said, I find it ironic that she has also installed a special room next to her office so that she can bring her baby to work. I am sure that there are any of a number of Ms Mayer's employees who would like such a set-up.

One of the biggest issues is child care for not only young children but also good latchkey care for those who attend school. There are some families who make the decision that one parent will be a full time stay at home parent - that the financial sacrifice is worth it. For others, they either do not have the option or for whatever reason decide that both parents must work (or it is a single parent situation where there is no other option).

As one who has worked (with a very breif exception) during the entire time that my children were under 21, I know how fraught the child care issue can be. I was VERY fortunate in the choices available to me - the fact that I was a teacher helped enormously as I did not have to worry about summers. Even more so was the fact that Mr. cks 's job provided a certain flexibility - for instance when our children were in a co-op nursery school, he did the co-opping (setting a trend because the other children wanted their daddies to come and play like Mr. cks and over time more and more fathers did come - a benefit all around). I would not have been able to be effective in the classroom if I had to constantly worry about cild care. I was also fortunate in that the woman who watched my children would take them even if they were ill. I believe that it rare.
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Feb 26 2013, 02:12 AM
It is why I have given up on Govt public education.

if we ever got school vouchers they would have to change. It is our only hope
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I'm with you.

Each new outrage is more egregious than the last. It's like there are next to no standards for bad behavior and outrageous educators.


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Feb 26 2013, 03:10 PM
Baldo
Feb 26 2013, 10:39 AM
Back To the Stone Age? New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Bans Working From Home

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has decreed there will be no more working from home for Yahoo staff. A company memo leaked to the press on Friday announced that Yahoo employees would no longer be permitted to work remotely. The decision seems to be based on a desire for increased productivity and a more connected company culture. It reads in part:

"To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together."...snipped

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2013/02/25/back-to-the-stone-age-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-bans-working-from-home/


Rediscovering the wheel, but I am glad she said it.
While I agree with what she said, I find it ironic that she has also installed a special room next to her office so that she can bring her baby to work. I am sure that there are any of a number of Ms Mayer's employees who would like such a set-up.

One of the biggest issues is child care for not only young children but also good latchkey care for those who attend school. There are some families who make the decision that one parent will be a full time stay at home parent - that the financial sacrifice is worth it. For others, they either do not have the option or for whatever reason decide that both parents must work (or it is a single parent situation where there is no other option).

As one who has worked (with a very breif exception) during the entire time that my children were under 21, I know how fraught the child care issue can be. I was VERY fortunate in the choices available to me - the fact that I was a teacher helped enormously as I did not have to worry about summers. Even more so was the fact that Mr. cks 's job provided a certain flexibility - for instance when our children were in a co-op nursery school, he did the co-opping (setting a trend because the other children wanted their daddies to come and play like Mr. cks and over time more and more fathers did come - a benefit all around).
I would not have been able to be effective in the classroom if I had to constantly worry about child care. I was also fortunate in that the woman who watched my children would take them even if they were ill. I believe that it rare.
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Very True.

In my experience, when the money is rolling, many companies encourage people to work remotely or even live remotely. As soon as profits aren't what they were, they change that policy to employees being local and in the office - a certain number quit, and that's what they're after.


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Edited by Mason, Feb 26 2013, 03:34 PM.
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http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/students-told-to-call-9-11-hijackers-freedom-fighters.html

jvalastro@lumberton.k12.tx.us

John Valastro, the superintendent of the Lumberton Independent School District, told Fox News that the teacher did absolutely nothing wrong.

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