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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm a teacher, and I will be making the following announcement to all my classes tomorrow: [View all]
There's a controversy in the media over an assault on a gay student being called a "harmless prank." The student was pinned down, and his hair was forcibly cut. Let me be clear. Neither myself nor any staff at this school consider behavior like that to be a "harmless prank." We consider it assault. Do you understand?.......Do you have any questions?
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I'm a teacher, and I will be making the following announcement to all my classes tomorrow: [View all]
LetTimmySmoke
May 2012
OP
If this happened in a mall, or at a bus stop, those hooligans would have been locked up.
Bette Noir
May 2012
#22
Add: And if anyone EVER puts their dog on the roof of their car and drives to Montreal...
FSogol
May 2012
#33
No need to sermonize; just check the law and state how it would apply to the facts.
snot
May 2012
#35
Great! Now if we can stop the Conservatives from "bullying" people publicly we might
glinda
May 2012
#37
Nothing wrong with the ethics in your statement. What bothers me is, what course do you teach?
ladjf
May 2012
#41
If the same event had happened on the street, the gang would have been arrested for assault.
spooky3
May 2012
#56
Sorry. I don't know how to post a picture...but this is Liar,Liar, pants on fire. LOL
Auntie Bush
May 2012
#59