http://www.artscatter.com/general/why-i-quit-my-job-a-teacher-tells-all/ a Portland-centric arts and culture blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.artscatter.com/general/why-i-quit-my-job-a-teacher-tells-all/#comment-8280 Billy Braswell Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:54:34 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=397#comment-8280 Right on, sister! I resigned last year from a school which a)claimed the use of the British term "fag" -- for "cigarette" was profanity, b)that ask a female student to "cover her cleavage" was sexual harassment (I'm a 45 year old male English teacher), and c)that three cheerleaders caught cheating on my semester exam could not be punished because they were scheduled to compete that week. All were given a "B" to maintain their eligibility to cheer. This year I'm afraid that my new school is even worse. After being "mooned" by a student I instructed him to "cover his ass, please" -- and was forced to sign a letter that I had exposed the students in my classroom (11th graders)to profane language. I guess the fact that the kid called my a fat ass mother -f_____ doesn't count! Right on, sister! I resigned last year from a school which a)claimed the use of the British term “fag” — for “cigarette” was profanity, b)that ask a female student to “cover her cleavage” was sexual harassment (I’m a 45 year old male English teacher), and c)that three cheerleaders caught cheating on my semester exam could not be punished because they were scheduled to compete that week. All were given a “B” to maintain their eligibility to cheer.
This year I’m afraid that my new school is even worse. After being “mooned” by a student I instructed him to “cover his ass, please” — and was forced to sign a letter that I had exposed the students in my classroom (11th graders)to profane language. I guess the fact that the kid called my a fat ass mother -f_____
doesn’t count!

]]> http://www.artscatter.com/general/why-i-quit-my-job-a-teacher-tells-all/#comment-5151 Art Scatter » Thursday scatter: ugly veggies, moral fiction Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:54:55 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=397#comment-5151 [...] (Sherwood is the Oregon town, you’ll recall, where a middle school principal last school year banned performance of a play about bullying, again prompted by a small number of angry [...] [...] (Sherwood is the Oregon town, you’ll recall, where a middle school principal last school year banned performance of a play about bullying, again prompted by a small number of angry [...]

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]]> http://www.artscatter.com/general/why-i-quit-my-job-a-teacher-tells-all/#comment-1983 teacher Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:22:44 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=397#comment-1983 Bob, this is the most accurate and thoughtful article I have read about Jennie Brown. Thank you! Bob, this is the most accurate and thoughtful article I have read about Jennie Brown. Thank you!

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