Phily teacher kicks girl out of class for sporting Romney shirt

[Genghis_Sean]

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/10/04/teacher-kicks-student-out-of-class-for-wearing-mitt-romney-t-shirt/

This is currently exploding across the conservative news networks. I'm genuinely mystified. It's hard for me to imagine a liberal person who thinks like this if it's true.

[DisabledAmerican]

1. could be faked liked that one photo

the guy who tore the sign to blame unions

[Hoyt]

2. Probably just another right wing lie.

[Smilo]

3. Philadelphia student says teacher mocked her for wearing Romney shirt

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20121004_The_shirt_off_her_back.html?i=5&&jCount=1&



And if that dad is independent then I will eat my hat!

[bigdarryl]

4. If true thats not right thats freedom of speech even if me and others think Romney is a DICK

[11 Bravo]

5. Did the teacher also carve a backwards B into her cheek?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. so, you're suggesting this is trumped up/faked?

or am i missing the point of your comment?

sp

[Wait Wut]

6. I can't get to the original link, but...

...a hundred years ago, when I was in school, we weren't allowed to wear anything political to school. I couldn't even wear my Greenpeace t-shirt until high school.

Could that be the case here?

[Lightbulb_on]

23. Principal has come out stated that she was within the bounds of the dress code...

[Floyd_Gondolli]

7. Not sure if it's true either

But if it is the teacher is utterly clueless on multiple levels. It doesn't represent the principles of our side well, and it's just the kind of absurd news item that sucks up oxygen needlessly so.

We all need to use our heads because we're all a camera phone/YouTube moment away from being infamous.

[lumberjack_jeff]

8. Of course they want the teacher fired. They're Republicans, that's what they do.

I also love Fox News for their unashamed embrace of bullshit.

The article quotes the girl as saying the teacher wrote on it with a red marker. Roll the video; No red marks. The girl actually said "she tried to write on it".

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Well, personally, I don't think kids should sport

Romney, Obama or Wells for City Council T-Shirts in school, but that is just me.

[chillfactor]

10. political attire is often banned in schools.....

could very well be the case here.....

[arcane1]

17. Indeed. It's pretty much a she-said he-said thing at the moment

So it's hard to know what the teacher actually said. Like when someone puts a giant cross on their lawn, that violates the neighborhood rules for yard-things, and ask for it to be taken down, and the homeowner says "they're telling me to take it down because it's religious".

[SoCalDem]

25. Our son's school banned LOGO shirts, political shirts or any clothing that had a "message"

even if it was a picture. The ONLY exception was for shirts with their school logo.

If a kid wore a tee shirt that broke the rules, they just had them put it on inside-out..if the kid refused, the parent was called to bring them a different shirt..or they got a "loaner" from the lost & found.. No drama..

[Agschmid]

11. Judging from the photos...

which I am sure is some kind of mistake. It appears that the school has a little bit of money so go figure she doesn't get what life is like for us, the 47%.

Oye.

[bluestateguy]

12. When I see evidence from legitimate news sources to confirm this alleged incident

then I'll take a look.

That would certainly not be acceptable in any public school, or private school too, for that matter.

But anything that comes from Fox must always be treated as suspect. Verify first, then trust.

[True Earthling]

19. Here's another source...

Philly student's Romney T-shirt likened to KKK sheet
October 03, 2012|By Jonathan Lai and Kristen A. Graham, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS

A Philadelphia teacher allegedly likened a student's Romney T-shirt to a KKK…
A uniform-free “dress-down” day at Charles Carroll High School in Port Richmond turned into a public dressing down for a student who chose to wear a pink T-shirt supporting Mitt Romney for president.

http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-03/news/34240191_1_t-shirt-teacher-student

[bluestateguy]

24. That's a little better

I have never liked school dress codes at all, excepting the most extreme types of things.

Suppression of a student's free speech is a terrible lesson to teach a boy or girl.

[gkhouston]

13. I wonder if the school has a dress code policy against shirts with designs/writing. n/t

[abumbyanyothername]

14. Maybe it's just me, but

in the 60s (when I was in public school) fashion/attire was a part of a broader social movement of protest against the Vietnam War and in favor of civil rights. We were successful because we did so much more than just vote.

I think it helped shape my political thinking down to today.

I think we should allow, and even encourage, political expression in the schools.

[Ikonoklast]

15. This concerns me.

[Glitterati]

16. As would my daughter at school

Many schools have rules against ANY campaign literature anywhere. Especially on clothing.

Our schools even ban American Eagle clothing.

[Brickbat]

18. The district spokesman says the girl was within her rights under the dress code to wear this shirt.

Philadelphia School District spokesman Fernando Gallard confirmed that last Friday at Carroll, “a teacher made some comments to a student wearing a Romney t-shirt in their classroom. The comments were of a political nature, and also of a personal nature. We are looking into the comments, and the conduct of the teacher.”

Once the school received a complaint, an investigation was launched the same day, Gallard said. The investigation is ongoing.

In the meantime, the teacher was switched out of the class “to allow the student to feel comfortable to come to the class.”

Gallard said the student was within her rights.

“She was expressing her freedom of speech, and was not in violation of any school or district policy,” he said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/school_files/Philly-teacher-.html

[slackmaster]

20. There are people in this world who take stuff, and themselves, way too seriously

[Horse with no Name]

21. Fox News? Without even looking

It's a lie.

Anything that races like wildfire through the conservative media is a lie.


Does that help?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

29. and you'd be wrong...

it's not a lie...it happened.

oh, well...

sP

[PD Turk]

22. Shenanigans!!

Sounds like this might be their "backwards B" ploy

[Genghis_Sean]

26. As a teacher...

I know that you have to give these things some time before you can know the true story. Because the school is not permitted to comment at all about the student, that gives the victim license to shape the story to her heart's content. Maybe the teacher was teasing the kid affectionately, and the kid decided to blow it up into an act of malice. I tease my students daily. Fortunately, they take it as such, but I could easily get in trouble for teasing a short girl about her height or something if she ever wanted to make an issue of it.

[zbdent]

27. I can hardly imagine a thinking conservative truly believing this ...

Ah, who am I kidding ... there are no more "thinking" conservatives ...

They were stomped into the ground by Teahadists ...

[abumbyanyothername]

30. Tinker vs. Des Moines

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http://theepanacea.blogspot.com/2009/02/it-was-forty-years-ago-today.html

[GoneOffShore]

31. Way too many people jumping to way too many conclusions here.

Looks like the teacher was stupid and the girl was angling for the lawsuit.