Teacher Tells 9th Grade Muslim Girl, "I Bet You're Grieving"

"A Texas high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave following an incident where he allegedly told a 9th grade Muslim girl in his algebra class "I bet that you're grieving" on Monday following the death of Osama bin Laden.

According to one parent at Clear Brook High School in Houston who spoke about the incident to a local ABC affiliate, the teacher also said, "I heard about your uncle's death."

The parent said the student "understood that he was referring about Osama bin Laden being killed and was racially profiling her."



"When the girl began crying, the teacher asked why. When another student told the teacher it was because of what he said, he apparently 'smirked and giggled' before walking away."

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/578584/post-bin_laden_racism:_teacher_tells_9th_grade_muslim_girl,_%27i_bet_you%27re_grieving%27/

Texas is an at-will employment state, so there should be no problem.

Shame!

administrative leave doesn't cut it.

After all, it is Texas. }(

Thank heavens her classmates stood up for her. :thumbsup:

He discredits the profession.

when he picks up his unemployment check.

What's really frightening is what he must have been teaching his classes all these years.

Our hands are not clean.

There is plenty of behavior to ponder.

seriously!

need be considered when judging this man's.

It will not make his despicable act any more or less tolerable.

We need NEVER look at our own despicability?

We can and should be self critical, but being so has no impact on how this man's actions are judged. We don't need to take a look at our own side "before" condemning. The two are separate events, and not related.

as I know when my debating skills are outclassed.

and I think looking at one's own weaknesses and failings can be a good thing, but that sure as shit doesn't mean that something like this asshole's comments shouldn't be condemned. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

:shrug:

~~holding up mirror~~~

:hi:

his teaching career?

:banghead:

And they will not see the disconnect between the two.

You either get offered a new contract for the next year around April 15 or not. No reason need be given. After contract is offered, may be let go due to reduction in force, reduction in program, misconduct, conviction of any felony and most misdemeanors, suspension of teaching certificate, moral turpitude (which is what this is), and a raft of others.

I've had a lot of awful teachers in my day that just didn't need to be teachers. They were only in it for the paycheck. Incentives work... and bad teachers will have no reason to perform or not be complete assholes like this guy without the incentive of employment.

:puke:

What a pathetic sack that man sounds like.

We should ask him. What a despicable person.

Fire the loser now.

There's no excuse for that.

I bet he's one of those that get passed around and around because the bastard can't be fired.

At-will employment.

Giving people the comfort of doing and saying whatever they wish at no risk of losing anything is preposterous.

All teachers should excel and be greatly compensated for their adequate performance. People like this man are not teachers and should be discarded as such; not given a teaching job simply for the sake of their livelihood.

What a POS.

now, that teacher wouldnt smirk and giggle and probably feel bad the girl is crying. but he would say something stupid like that. son has gotten into too many arguments with this guy and says it does no good. the man is a math teacher and is always praisin the lord that pisses off son. after this semester he is going into the office to file a complaint

in the world, and we are supposed to be surprised. I bet that all over the country there were teachers like myself who spoke about what happened in a mature and thoughtful way that left the students feeling better informed without hurting anyone's feelings. It is people like that one teacher who gives all educators a bad name. Judging from how he handled the entire situation, this was not the first time he acted like an ass.

when they executed Timothy McVeigh

He got pleasure from her pain. What a sicko.

Fire the bastard. And I hope the girl's family sues this "teacher" for pain and suffering.

They're all assholes.

:thumbsup:

But it seems that only teachers in unions and those who teach more than the standardized tests are worth firing.

WTF do people think is going to happen in that state. Their Gov was talking about secession from the union. The civil war has never really ended. We have two distinct cultures in this country and they will never agree on basic principles.:smoke: