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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class |
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Another day...another outrage in our school system... (emphasis mine)
| Quote: | Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class
Lesson causes uproar in Jefferson
By Chris Kenning
ckenning@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
August 22, 2006
A Stuart Middle School teacher has been removed from the classroom after he burned two American flags in class during a lesson on freedom of speech, Jefferson County Public Schools officials said.
Dan Holden, who teaches seventh-grade social studies, burned small flags in two different classes Friday and asked students to write an opinion paper about it, district spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.
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(ed. And HERE'S why these outrages continue...)
Ginny Adwell, Kelsey's mother and the school's PTA president, said some parents who called for Holden to be fired were "going a little bit overboard" and should remember that the teacher was trying to provoke thought.
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gmez2001
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class |
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| Me#1You#10 wrote: | Another day...another outrage in our school system... (emphasis mine)
| Quote: | Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class
Lesson causes uproar in Jefferson
By Chris Kenning
ckenning@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
August 22, 2006
A Stuart Middle School teacher has been removed from the classroom after he burned two American flags in class during a lesson on freedom of speech, Jefferson County Public Schools officials said.
Dan Holden, who teaches seventh-grade social studies, burned small flags in two different classes Friday and asked students to write an opinion paper about it, district spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.
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(ed. And HERE'S why these outrages continue...)
Ginny Adwell, Kelsey's mother and the school's PTA president, said some parents who called for Holden to be fired were "going a little bit overboard" and should remember that the teacher was trying to provoke thought.
The Courier-Journal - cont'd |
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Yep,we've got left wing radicals here in Louisville too.
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jwb7605
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Dan Holden, who teaches seventh-grade social studies, burned small flags in two different classes Friday and asked students to write an opinion paper about it, district spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said. |
If the guy is open to all points of view that the students might write and that resulted in an actual discussion, I'd not condemn it.
That's probably wishful thinking, though.  |
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