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In reply to the discussion: Mississippi school forces students to listen to christian lecture while teachers block exits [View all]Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Which is that teachers have very little say, if any at all. They are the absolute lowest rung on the ladder, almost certianly had no idea what the assembly was about, and would have been fired anyway for not following orders. Teachers are forced into this bullshit just like students are.
Blaming teachers for this is like blaming bank tellers for the Wall Street collapse.
For the record, I say through the assembly and then threatened to sue. The principal swore he had no idea that it was going to become religious at all. It was supposed to be -- and started off as -- some patriotic thing about working hard to rise above humble circumstances, and then quickly turned into a Jesus thing. Also, it was free.
Over the course of a week, the principal walked to every classroom and apologized in person to every teacher and every student, and then the teachers had a wonderful discussion with students about the first amendment. So we let that one go.