Darth Ruger
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I was helping my son with his reading homework (he's in 1st grade). There was a page of cartoon-type pictures on it and he had to fill in the missing letter in the descriptive word under the picture. Under a picture of a car was the word "c_r", and he had to fill in the missing letter. After a few of these, we come to a picture of a revolver, under which is the word "gu_". I was about to ask him which letter was missing from the word "gun", but before I could ask him, he crossed out the picture with a big 'X'. I asked him why he did that and he replied "The teacher said when we see a picture of a gun we have to cross it out because she doesn't like guns."
My jaw hit the floor, then my blood began to boil. How dare she bring her politics into the classroom and influence all these kids to feel and think the way she does? Who does she think she is?
He also told me that when she said this, it made him feel like he should get rid of his BB gun (the one I gave him for Christmas that he loves so much, and I'm teaching him to shoot). I was steaming at this point.
I calmly explained to him the hypocrisy and illogical thinking that this attitude demonstrated (as best I could to someone his age), and why it was wrong of her to tell kids these things. He pretty much got the point, and he actually felt better. We finished his homework and he went off to play with his brother. I sat there thinking to myself "Why do I have to deal with garbage like this? Why can't certain teachers leave their politics at home and just teach what they're supposed to teach?"
I went to speak to the principal about it today, but she was gone, and school is closed next week. So I'll have to wait another week to deal with this. But come the following Monday, they're going to get an earful.
My jaw hit the floor, then my blood began to boil. How dare she bring her politics into the classroom and influence all these kids to feel and think the way she does? Who does she think she is?
He also told me that when she said this, it made him feel like he should get rid of his BB gun (the one I gave him for Christmas that he loves so much, and I'm teaching him to shoot). I was steaming at this point.
I calmly explained to him the hypocrisy and illogical thinking that this attitude demonstrated (as best I could to someone his age), and why it was wrong of her to tell kids these things. He pretty much got the point, and he actually felt better. We finished his homework and he went off to play with his brother. I sat there thinking to myself "Why do I have to deal with garbage like this? Why can't certain teachers leave their politics at home and just teach what they're supposed to teach?"
I went to speak to the principal about it today, but she was gone, and school is closed next week. So I'll have to wait another week to deal with this. But come the following Monday, they're going to get an earful.