Today, I once again had to explain to yet another student up for expulsion that hate speech, slurs, threats, and sexual harassment are NOT “protected by their first amendment rights.” How these idiots even got into college is beyond me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was once again berated by an idiotic parent. I’ve been called a filthy liberal, a groomer, and had my job threatened several times. All of this because I was teaching second graders about pronouns. You know, the part of English grammar that replaces a noun. Nothing political at all. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, my freshman students got in a fist fight over a chair. FML
Today, I was called everything from a communist to a nazi to a national traitor for suggesting that kids shouldn’t be forced to recite the pledge of allegiance at school until they’re old enough to truly understand what it means. Someone even threatened to kick my ass for speaking up. FML
Today, I was kicked out of college for not attending a class I wasn't ever enrolled in. FML
Today, my son's obsession with memes hit a new low when he got suspended from school for running into other students yelling, "Allahu akbar." He's 15 and doesn't understand why he got in trouble. FML
Today, I was expelled from school. By my own mother. FML
Today, I was suspended from school for “being involved in a fight.” The other girl beat me up while I didn't do anything to defend myself, for fear of getting in trouble. She got off scot free. FML
Today, the woman who sits behind me in class showed up. She shrieks in laughter until she has coughing fits every time anything even remotely sexual is mentioned, including evidence in sexual assault cases. Lectures are 3 hours long, twice a week, and I need this class to graduate. FML
Today, a student told me to "F*** off!" I reported it to my boss and the student's parent, who is also a teacher at the school. My boss deemed it a minor issue and said we wouldn't be following discipline policy. Now, my boss frequently visits my classroom to bully me, likely due to the two of them being drinking buddies. FML
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maverick83 15
Doesn't help that we have a president who encourages that kind of behavior. I'd say it's only going to get worse.
Chazzster 32
Freedom of speech has been forever a balance. There are some things that are clearly hate speech or dangerous like shouting 'fire" in a crowded room when there is no fire. And then on the opposite side there are a few people who consider anything they hear and don't agree with as "hate speech". I trust that as a person in your position that you are fully aware of both sides. And I sympathize with the difficulty of the task you have.
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maverick83 15
Doesn't help that we have a president who encourages that kind of behavior. I'd say it's only going to get worse.
Chazzster 32
Freedom of speech has been forever a balance. There are some things that are clearly hate speech or dangerous like shouting 'fire" in a crowded room when there is no fire. And then on the opposite side there are a few people who consider anything they hear and don't agree with as "hate speech". I trust that as a person in your position that you are fully aware of both sides. And I sympathize with the difficulty of the task you have.
GoogieWithers 25
Anyone is free to say what they want but will have to deal with the consequences if you are using slurs or bigoted language.