if the teacher was a brother in a hood school there would be no problem, now would there? I think not.
On Oct 8, 7:49 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why wasn't he fired?! > *************** > MARIANNA, Fla. - A Florida middle school teacher has been suspended > after students said he used a racial epithet directed at presidential > candidate Barack Obama. > > Seventh-grade social studies teacher Greg Howard reportedly wrote the > word CHANGE as an acronym on the board and wrote an expletive with the > letter ’N.’ > > The phrase he wrote has alternately be reported as "Can You Help A > (expletive) Get Elected" and "Come Help A (expletive) Get Elected." > > The incident happened last Friday at Marianna Middle School. > > The Jackson County School Board said Thursday that Howard has been > suspended without pay for 10 days and will be transferred to the > Jackson County Adult Education program. He is also required to submit > a letter of apology to his students and attend diversity and > sensitivity training. > > Marianna is near Florida’s border both with Alabama and Georgia. > > A message left for a Greg Howard in Marianna, Fla., was not > immediately returned. > > http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1123272&srvc... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
