How does FOX get away with calling an incident that should have ended at the Principal's office a national trend in oppression? How do they manage to indulge a video by a teenager as a Gold Mine of how our students are treated across the country. That isn't at all the case.
This teacher needs some peer review of how to conduct Freedom of Speech in the classroom. This is the worst classroom behavior in the country; by teacher and student. There is no order in that classroom. She is treating students as friends rather than students. That is a mistake on her part, but, this is all person opinion by the students and the teacher. There is nothing prioritized nationally for any point of view.This 'venue of fear' is a chronic focus with Murdoch's media. They hate it when there are songs sung about President Obama or school activities honoring him as the First Black President. They seek to create paranoia about mind control and this episode with Murdoch's propaganda is just another event.
To the right is Mr. Rogers, the teen with the video.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
SPENCER — The Rowan-Salisbury School System (click here) was propelled into the
national spotlight over the weekend after a video featuring a heated political
exchange between a North Rowan High School teacher and student went viral.
The student, Hunter Rogers, said
Monday that he was surprised by how much attention the video has received. And
at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday night, school board members said
the system is taking action.
Views of the nearly 10-minute
video skyrocketed from about 1,000 Friday to more than 740,000 by this morning.
A number of conservative news
outlets on TV and online have picked up the story, which originally appeared in
the Post on Saturday…
It is a good idea for teens to have an interest in the way their country works, they will be voting at the age of 18. Mock elections can be run in schools if there is that intense interest, but, it has been my experience young teens often hold the opinions on politics of their parents. It is still good exercise if a grade level has the will to vote on Presidential elections. Nothing wrong with it.
The class was "The Debate Club." Perhaps the teacher would be better to contain her lessons to material necessary for good grades, good grammer and critical thinking while being one of the advisors for extracurricular debate. The debating sounds promising.
There is a chance she believed she intervened in a racial problem in the classroom, but, it still is not the place to correct that. An unruly and disrespectful student should not be tolerated in a classroom where instruction is taking place. Mr. Rogers should have been dismissed to the principal's office rather than have it all escalate. THAT by the way should have been the discussion on Murdoch's media service. Not extrapolating, as they always do, how student minds are poisoned by this President and his administration.
