Texas Teacher Suspended for Telling Student 'Go Back to Mexico' , page 1


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Topic started on 19-2-2012 @ 01:16 PM by elevatedone
Shirley Bunn, a math teacher at Barnett Junior High School in Arlington, Texas and two-time "Teacher of the Year" award recipient, has been suspended for telling a student to "Go back to Mexico."

Bunn said she lost her temper on September 30 while passing out Title 1 forms to her eighth grade students.


source

"According to public documents, a student who had a history of being disruptive repeatedly asked his teacher for a form printed in Spanish by saying, “I’m Mexican. I’m Mexican."



The documents said Bunn tried to tell him that he could get the forms in the office but he continued to argue with her and repeat, “I’m Mexican.”



In response, Bunn blurted out “[Then] go back to Mexico.”


This teacher should NOT have been suspended. I think they handled this fine, except for the fact, she should have removed the student from the class for being disruptive and marched them to the office and suspended them.

edit on 19-2-2012 by elevatedone because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 19-2-2012 @ 01:23 PM by ucantcme
reply to post by elevatedone


I agree. It's not like the teacher just randomly told a Mexican student to go back to Mexico in a racist way. On the other hand the teacher does need to keep better control of her temper.



reply posted on 19-2-2012 @ 01:43 PM by Ixtab
reply to post by AnimositisominA


I think its time for you to open a history book

Learnings more fun than it sounds!


reply posted on 19-2-2012 @ 02:21 PM by WeRpeons
reply to post by elevatedone


That's one of the problems why we have failing schools. Teachers are expected to tolerate students who are disrupting the education of other behaved and respectful students in the classroom. Disruptive students can't be expelled unless they are a threat to other students or the school. Where are the rights of students who want to learn? Why should a teacher or the students who understands the importance of education put up with a child who is disruptive and apathetic on a daily basis? It creates an unmanageable learning environment.


reply posted on 19-2-2012 @ 03:02 PM by WeRpeons
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You can't remove them because of the way the laws are set up. Private schools can expel them because they don't have to abide by the same laws as public schools. In fact public schools have to accept disruptive students who have been expelled by private schools. Public school's can't reject students based upon poor GPA's or a history of disruptive behavior.

Are you aware that if a student is labeled as mentally challenged and he comes to school and threatens another student with a knife, he can't be removed from the school? The law considers students who are mentally challenged don't really understand the consequence of their actions. Would you feel safe knowing that you had a child in the same class?

I don't know what is happening in this particular teacher's classroom, but I question how many students in her class room have used that excuse before, or how many days she's been subject to verbal abuse, or disruptions by some of her students. She may have blown her cool in the past, but I would like to see the various reasons why she did.
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