When I was in school the teachers didn't want an explanation. Didn't matter,
for instance, in High School it was a 10 day suspension if you got hit by
somebody, cause the rule was it took 2 to fight.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:38 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: This is gay
>
> The teacher would have asked for an explanation. If not then the
> situation
> is even worse. Blindly punishing without looking into the event is
> asinine.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: brob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:58 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: This is gay
>
> The report didn't mention that he explained it to his teacher. Maybe he
> did, but I'm assuming he didn't because the report only says that he
> mentioned it to another student. That is what I base my reasoning on. If
> he did explain it to his teacher, I would agree with you.
>
> Student: Hey dude my mom is gay
> Student2: Blah blah
> Student: Yeah I have like two moms for real, my mom is gay!
> Teacher: What did you say?!
> Student: My mom is gay
> Teacher: Don't you ever use that word (in that context again) again! Off
> you go!
>
> something like that.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: This is gay
>
> I completely disagree. The kid was asked about his folks and he answered
> in
> a non hostile way. Then the teacher went ballistic. It seems to me that
> the
> ACLU was right on the mark here. It seems to me that the only one who
> had
> the problem was the teacher.
>
> larry
>
> At 11:05 AM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
>
>
> ><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031201/ap_on_re_us/g
> ay
> _mother_school>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031201/
> ap
> _on_re_us/gay_mother_school
> >
> >I do however think the teacher might have thought that the child had
> used
>
> >the word "gay" in a different (non-homosexual) context. Like, the
> >teachers are gay. Or..My friend is a gay-wad. Or this computer is
> >gay. And maybe that's why she told him not to use that word again. I
> >mean, I tend to use gay in a derogatory manner, (i gave u a few
> examples
> >above), and it is in fact used as a bad word. Something close to
> "sucks",
> >but maybe a little worse. After thinking more about it, I think that's
> >what the story really is. The teacher misunderstood the child. And
> the
> >ACLU misunderstood the teacher.
> >
> >I think it's an overreaction on the ACLU's part to have the school
> >apologize to his MOTHER.
> >
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