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AURORA, Colo. — At least 150 Overland High School students walked out of class Thursday to protest administrators' decision to put a teacher on leave while they investigate remarks he made about President Bush during class, including that some people compare Bush to Adolf Hitler.
Cherry Creek School District administrators were investigating whether geography teacher Jay Bennish violated a policy requiring balancing viewpoints in the classroom, district spokeswoman Tustin Amole said.
Amole said Bennish was placed on administrative leave Wednesday to avoid further disruption at the school in this east Denver suburb.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Approximately 150 students from Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado walked out of school in protest after a teacher was placed on administrative leave for making remarks comparing Bush to Hitler.
Originally posted by shots
Originally posted by jsobecky
Approximately 150 students from Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado walked out of school in protest after a teacher was placed on administrative leave for making remarks comparing Bush to Hitler.
Goes to show you how much enfluence teachers have on Kids. He probably had them so brain washed with nothiing but his BS.
I hope they ban him from teaching, he does not belong in the school system.
Originally posted by SportyMB
The students did'nt leave class cause the teacher was not teaching geography, that's the excuse. They left cause they did'nt agree with the man.
Originally posted by SportyMB
These are high school students. They have NO RIGHT to leave school in protest. They do have the right to file a complaint, tell thier parents, talk to the teacher and just not pay attention to the man and get an easy "A" (that's what I would have done )
The teacher was wrong and should be punished, should've kept his political views outside of geography, imo. But the kids still do not the right to walk out.
EDIT: mistake, thanks Boat
Anyways, should've kept his mouth shut.
[edit on 2/3/2006 by SportyMB]
Originally posted by Mystery_Lady
Why shouldnl't the students have the right to walk out in protest? They are just execrising their God given freedoms, and the freedoms given by the original founders of the constitution. Teachers have the right to strike, why don't the students?
This might be the only alternative the students had to getting their voice heard. As I said I believe there is much more going on here than a teacher voicing his opnions in the class room.
Voicing his opnions on politics and actually getting students to think for a change is better than telling stories about how to cheat the local department store. The school district may actually what to kick him out because he is actually getting the kids to think instead of becoming drone like machines that are suppose to do what they are told without question.
Originally posted by Mystery_Lady
Why shouldnl't the students have the right to walk out in protest?
Originally posted by Tommio
he has already been been brainwashed into
defending the bush administration
IMO suspending this teacher sucks.
Originally posted by dgtempe
when i was a kid, bombscare day was a treat to most of us
Originally posted by Tommio
He was trying to stimulate an intelectual debate in
a class to make kids think.