Illinois religious fanatic parents outraged that a teacher showed high school kids The Daily Show

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-teacher-suspended-after-showing-daily-show-in-class-20111116,0,4733683.story

By Rob Manker

Tribune reporter

5:37 p.m. CST, November 16, 2011

A downstate teacher has been suspended after showing segments of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in his class.

Rhett Felix, a first-year government and law teacher, was suspended for six school days and will return on Nov. 28, Eureka High School Superintendent Randy Crump told the Tribune on Wednesday. Crump declined to confirm the reason for the suspension, other than to say Felix had violated school policy.

Mayor Scott Punke, a lifelong Eureka resident and uncle of a student in Felix’s class, said he joined parents who complained to the school after the students were shown segments from “The Daily Show” starring Jon Stewart. snip

“I did, because of the language and the sexual overtones that were included in the show that were being shown to sophomores in high school,” Punke said. “Many of the children don’t even have TVs in their houses because of religious beliefs.”

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I sure admire you teachers out there who have what it takes to deal with parents like this on a regular basis. I admit that I could not do it. My hat is off to you guys.

[Skittles]

1. I don't know how any teacher does their job

seriously, with major league nutcase parents and - WTF, Mayor Puke, her Punke???

[Initech]

2. Some people just have no sense of humor.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. The kids that come from these kinds of homes usually are so sheltered

that when they go out in the big bad world they are not prepared. Besides that many of these kids are having sex behind their parents back. I used to work at a civic center were there were all types of kids that came in. We had a upstairs and a hugh gym where lots of activitites took place. We had adult supervision all over the building. We had this one religious school in the area that would bring their kids over every so often at night. I worked with many young adults and one of the young ladies I worked with said the daughter of the principle of the school was the biggest whore around. We used to laugh because the principle didn't want their kids around any of the other kids that were in the building. She considered them a "bad element". Of course she was talking about the black kids mainly. Funny thing was these kids would play basketball and many kids of all races came in and played. The school was a joke.

[BiggJawn]

4. They don't have Teeee-Veeee?

How the hell do they watch the "700 Klub" Benny Hinn and "The Coral Ridge Hour"?

No Teeee-Veeee, I guess no dancing, no intertubes, no books besides the Buy-BULL...

Nothing for these kids to do except fuck, I guess....

[Betsy Ross]

5. Maybe they are really rewarding the teacher:

getting all of Thanksgiving week off.