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This is seriously SCREWED UP!!!

I found it kind of funny until I read that the other students were throwing things at him and calling him names. After that I thought it got out of hand :shakeno:.
 
I hate when people say "he just didn't get we were joking, it was all in fun".

It's your job to communicate that to your audience. You can't just get mad at someone because he didn't find your ridicule funny :/
 
Even against a Broncos fan this is wrong, especially for a teacher. This teacher is stupid if he thinks this wouldn't come back to bite him. He should be fired.
 
I think people, including the writer of the article, MIGHT be missing one important thing.

What if the "lesson" wasn't not to be a Bronco's fan... it was an ethnicity class.

I have no idea if this is what they were saying, but if it was a lesson about race relations and ostracization, the whole thing makes a lot more sense.

I don't know if this is the case, but it seems a lot more plausible than the way the story puts it.

And I have had enough experience with the media to easily believe they got the whole thing backwards.

This seems more plausible:

"Alright, class, we're talking about race relations in the fifties... who can give me an example?"

"It's like Jimmy wearing a Broncos jersey in Pittsburgh!"

"Very good. How would we treat Jimmy if we were racially intolerant in the 50's?"

"We'd make him sit in the back of the bus or the floor!"

etc...

No idea if this is what happened, but it seems the most likely answer to me.
 
nopony said:
I think people, including the writer of the article, MIGHT be missing one important thing.

What if the "lesson" wasn't not to be a Bronco's fan... it was an ethnicity class.

I have no idea if this is what they were saying, but if it was a lesson about race relations and ostracization, the whole thing makes a lot more sense.

I don't know if this is the case, but it seems a lot more plausible than the way the story puts it.

And I have had enough experience with the media to easily believe they got the whole thing backwards.

This seems more plausible:

"Alright, class, we're talking about race relations in the fifties... who can give me an example?"

"It's like Jimmy wearing a Broncos jersey in Pittsburgh!"

"Very good. How would we treat Jimmy if we were racially intolerant in the 50's?"

"We'd make him sit in the back of the bus or the floor!"

etc...

No idea if this is what happened, but it seems the most likely answer to me.
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I see what you are saying, and the media certainly does like to spin things. But wasn't this during an actual test? And once it was clear that the Student was embarrassed why continue if the point is to teach?
 
Basileus777 said:
I see what you are saying, and the media certainly does like to spin things. But wasn't this during an actual test? And once it was clear that the Student was embarrassed why continue if the point is to teach?
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Yeah, I dunno. I'd really have to have been there... or at least here from other students in the class, which this journalist didn't decide to do.

I think we have two possibilities here:

1- The teacher is such a complete idiot that I have no idea how he got or held on to the job. (not saying this isn't possible, I've met some doozies)

2- There was an essential element to the story that the reporter missed and the kid is kind of a crybaby. (I've also known a lot of crybabies... many of them try to get rich in court off of perceived injustices). In this scenario the teacher could have been not an idiot at all or just mildly stupid.

If I HAD to guess, I'd take the second, with the teacher being sort-of stupid. I could be wrong, but it seems to fit the class subject.
 
And keep in mind, of course, that this was a thin-skinned BRONCOS fan.

If the kid had been a DOLPHIN fan, he would have just kicked back on the floor and used the opportunity to look up girl's skirts.
 
They said he was wearing #7 for Elway, if he was wearing a #16 this action would have been warranted.
 
finfansince72 said:
They said he was wearing #7 for Elway, if he was wearing a #16 this action would have been warranted.
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WTF? If he was wearing a different players jersey, the 'action would have been warranted'? That's just wrong man. Nobody should have to be subjected to that under any circumstances when they are expressing their beliefs/opinions unobtrusively in a learning environment.
 
Jeez, what is the world coming to??? :shakeno:

I mean, the only way a kid would deserve that is if he wore a Bills jersey, JEEZ!!!
 
HysterikiLL said:
WTF? If he was wearing a different players jersey, the 'action would have been warranted'? That's just wrong man. Nobody should have to be subjected to that under any circumstances when they are expressing their beliefs/opinions unobtrusively in a learning environment.
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I thought the humor is my post was pretty obvious.
 
nopony said:
I think people, including the writer of the article, MIGHT be missing one important thing.

What if the "lesson" wasn't not to be a Bronco's fan... it was an ethnicity class.

I have no idea if this is what they were saying, but if it was a lesson about race relations and ostracization, the whole thing makes a lot more sense.

I don't know if this is the case, but it seems a lot more plausible than the way the story puts it.

And I have had enough experience with the media to easily believe they got the whole thing backwards.

This seems more plausible:

"Alright, class, we're talking about race relations in the fifties... who can give me an example?"

"It's like Jimmy wearing a Broncos jersey in Pittsburgh!"

"Very good. How would we treat Jimmy if we were racially intolerant in the 50's?"

"We'd make him sit in the back of the bus or the floor!"

etc...

No idea if this is what happened, but it seems the most likely answer to me.
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It COULD make sense, but I'm not sure that was the teacher's intention...although I'm sure he could easily use it as an excuse.

Besides, if that was his intention, he could have done a nice job of making sure it read :)
 
HysterikiLL said:
WTF? If he was wearing a different players jersey, the 'action would have been warranted'? That's just wrong man. Nobody should have to be subjected to that under any circumstances when they are expressing their beliefs/opinions unobtrusively in a learning environment.
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I believe he was being sarcastic.


Anyway no kid deserves any type of punishment just because he is a fan of a certain team. What the hell is this world coming to? Do people take sporting events serious enough that it embodies EVERY SINGLE portion of their life, including school? What is next? All dolphin fans must shoot and kill patriot fans? Its a game, people.
 
I usually dont advocate fireing people based on a mistake they make. But this is just too stupid. Teachers are supposed to be the people who you can go to for anything, you accept you for whoever or whatever u are. This is just ****ed up.
 
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