Teacher Convicted of Bomb Threats »
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A sixth-grade teacher was convicted Monday of making false bomb threats that targeted five students attending the middle school where she taught.
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STONERS1 year, 4 months ago
lol-Im not sure but its getting worse and worse,just wait Ive got another story about a teacher too.Here is the link if anybody wants to read it too.
http://news.netscape.com/story/2007/04/02/poiso...
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ubibene1 year, 4 months ago
There are lots of excellent, underpaid teachers out there doing their best to educate our kids... I would be very careful because generalizing based on few stories like this one is inherently unfair (even though the story itself is amazing. Just keep submitting them, STONERS:-)
I don't know why current society has devalued the profession of teacher so much. Up until the second world war teachers used to be (together with doctors and as strange as it may sound, lawyers) one the most respected citizens in every town/village...
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elll1 year, 4 months ago
There is a common beleif among our district that the teachers at each level of education tend to take on some behaviors or traits of the children they teach. Maybe that explains why Middle School Teachers play these stupid pranks and High School Teachers sleep with their students
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david_nwpa1 year, 4 months ago
Once again, teachers are put in a bad light. Our profession takes so much abuse from the bad apples. If there were a way to screen out some of them before they get in the classroom, I suppose we would. Then again, consider, no profession is free from nutjobs. One look at the Oval Office is all the proof I need.
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BronxBomber1 year, 4 months ago
Sorry if it seems like I was painting teachers with a wide brush... david_nwpa. I know those particular teachers in question are the exceptions not the general rule.
There are good and bad in every which way in this world.
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STONERS1 year, 4 months ago
david nwpa-just because they are a few bad ones out there doesnt mean they all are,sorry dude,no offence to you...
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epluribusunum1 year, 4 months ago
As an administrator in the public school system I must say teachers are the most dedicated and hardworking professionals I know. They regularly get to school early, stay until night, and come back on the weekends. Despite a lack of respect, increasing demands, and media scutiny, they roll up their sleeves and find a way to get the job done. I tip my hat to all those public teachers who work so hard and never get the credit they deserve. The public doesn't want to hear about all the wonderful things they do on a daily basis; they just want to hear about the one in a million freak show that infiltrates the public school system.
Thanks (BronxBomber) for retracting your statement; it's an ugly thing to say.
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kc4apt1 year, 4 months ago
Obviously not everybody agreed with your retraction. I'm a teacher and I see that as most cliche's. It has a grain of truth in it, but, of course, it doesn't fit all. As a retired Army officer first I like to twist that a bit and say, "Those who can do, and then they teach."
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uncle-dave1 year, 4 months ago
Definitely not knocking it BronxBomber, it's one of my favorites, but looking back at that movie and reading some of these stories about school violence it DOES make the knife fight between Mr.Dadier and Artie West and his gang seem kind of tame.
How are the Yankees shaping up this year?
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JohntheSpartan1 year, 4 months ago
Well, at least there's no chance she'll ever teach in that school again.
Or any other one for that matter.
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slate1 year, 4 months ago
What's the deal with teachers of late? It seems every other week you hear of one having sex with their students, they cherry pick what they teach, mostly seeing how they can slant our countries history to only show the negative.
Now they want to quit teaching about the Holocaust so they won't 'offend' those that don't believe it happened. The entire school system really needs a major overhaul.
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david_nwpa1 year, 4 months ago
I am a German teacher, and I have increased my coverage of the Holocaust to three weeks from two. I am even planning a tour of the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC for this fall. How could anyone think that Muslims would be offended? I would not doubt if some Muslims were also killed in the death camps.
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markd20071 year, 4 months ago
Good on ya for that. I'm tired of all these freaks like Iran's president Ahmedimichaelmoorijad (the wannabe Cyrus the Great) saying the Holocaust never happened. The fact that the Holocaust was allowed to happen is one the most important things for people to never forget. Good teacher!
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teacherlady1 year, 4 months ago
Slate- Stop pontificating about things you know nothing about. You are obviously not a teacher. "Cherry pick what they teach..."!!!!!!! Yeah right! States and school districts have solid guidlines about what teachers need to teach at each grade level. We have very few choices about what we teach.
I challenge any professional to teach in a public school for one year, in the same conditions and for the same pay as an average teacher. Most professionals would quit after a week or so. Heck... subsitute for one day and see what it's like.
I love my job. I love the kids. Yes, even the boogers. What I hate is the general public's blatant disrespect and slander of teachers. Who taught you to read and write? You wouldn't be able to read Netscape stories or message boards without those skills. Have you ever thanked a teacher for giving your the gift of reading and writing skills? Didn't think so.
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slate1 year, 4 months ago
(Slate- Stop pontificating about things you know nothing about.)
Yes Cherry Pick is right.
Islamic Studies Week happens every year in my son's school discussing Ramadan, yet they removed teachings about Christendom and their Holidays. They discuss every sort of 'Diversity' when it comes to social issues but don't allow a dissenting view to be brought forth. They only teach blurbs about our founding fathers value after they are denounced for their ownership of slaves. One teacher stated in my son's class that the world would be better off if our president were assassinated!
I'm not saying that all teachers are bad but it does appear that something isn't right with all the incidents of sexual misconduct of late.
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johnkamis641 year, 4 months ago
Slate;
Teachers have less and less input on thier curriculums since Le Shrub instituted 'Most Children Left Behind'.
Teaching to tests meand a very narrow,federally approved range of educational material. I know a few teachers, and hear from even more...they are frusterated as Hell over the Federal Bullsh!t they gotta put up with,and teach just to keep Federal funding.
Remember; this regieme is all about privatization: he tried it on SS, he did it on so many others, Cleaning services at Federal Hospitals...(Walter Reed Army Hospital is only the tip of the iceburg) Health Care,the Pharmaceutical Industry screamed Bloody Murder over the State of Wisconsin instituting Senior Care; which allows the State to negotiate the price of drugs;using the leverage of all of those Seniors to get lower prices.Bush is DEMANDING that the State of Wisconsin drop Senior Care; because it isn't 'fair' to the DRUG CORPORATIONS!!!
But I digress.
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johnkamis641 year, 4 months ago
My point being; if Bush can totally ruin public schools, he can push its privatization. So it ain't all the teachers to blame.In Fact; most of the big story stuff(Especially FOX news) has all of the hallmarks of a Red-Herring type diversion. True enough;there are bad apples in any barrel.
But the unrelenting attention upon this issue looks suspicious to me.
Happy Easter!!!!
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johnkamis641 year, 4 months ago
My point being; if Bush can totally ruin public schools, he can push its privatization. So it ain't all the teachers to blame.In Fact; most of the big story stuff(Especially FOX news) has all of the hallmarks of a Red-Herring type diversion. True enough;there are bad apples in any barrel.
But the unrelenting attention upon this issue looks suspicious to me.
Happy Easter!!!!
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ciera-marie1 year, 4 months ago
STONERS:
Good submission as usual.
To everyone else who has submitted a comment to this story, I think there have been just as many female "predators or pedaphiles" as males. It's just easier to talk about it with the advent of the internet and text messaging.
Two things, my high scbool psychology teacher fell in love and married one of her students. They waited to anything until after he graduated high school.
Second, you go after any child of mine (I only have one) in an inappropriate or illegal way you will be going down. You will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law period.
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david_nwpa1 year, 4 months ago
You raise a good point. Often there are cases of teachers fresh out of college who are 21 or 22 and fall in love with seniors who are 18 or 19. It would be incredibly difficult to fault them if they wait till after the student graduates.
As for what has gone wrong with some teachers? They got past the devices in place that keeps out the bad apples. Some states are weaker than others for regulating who is approved. In some cases, all one needs to be a teacher is a college degree in a discipline and the money to pay for the certification. Without having a student attend a College of Education, those who should not be certified are never screened out of the process.
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Charlson1 year, 4 months ago
One of the things that is wrong with some of the school systems is their inability to deal with teacher misconduct. They quietly allow a teacher to quit and move on to another teaching position without anything in their records about the reasons for leaving their former job. They don't want the negative publicity. It's bad enough not punishing the teacher for their misconduct but inexusable for dumping their problems on another school system without warning.
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elll1 year, 4 months ago
yeah..it's the double standard thing.
I was watching a movie with Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte yesterday. Julia was naked getting out of a pond and Nick Nolte was blocking the view of a bunch of boy scouts that had just wandered in. Then (to be cute) moves away so the kids can get a good look at this naked woman. And this is there for a laugh! Imagine of they were girl scouts and it was the guy who was naked, he'd be arrested in heartbeat.
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lvrofwolves1 year, 4 months ago
I think the 'quit teaching about the holcaust was in UK to risk offending muslims.
But anyways, I think when a teacher does something so horrible, it betrays the trust of so many, because after all, they are entrusted with our precious children. It's a very important job teaching, and I imagine very difficult since not only do you have to be educated in your feild, but also do social work, be extremely tolerant in many aspects of life, be careful of everything you say and do.
Wow! I hope she gets everything she deserves, for not only the families involved were affected, but that entire community and the other teachers...wow!
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sue20081 year, 4 months ago
"made the threats from September 2005 to April 2006"
why didn't these kids say anything?? that is a loong time to live like that
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johnkamis641 year, 4 months ago
I'm not really....But as George Burns said "Acting is all about sincerity....once you can fake that; you've got it made."(LOL)
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markd20071 year, 4 months ago
This whole thing of teachers having to learn another language is BS. As far as I'm concerned, "no child left behind" goes for AMERICAN kids. I was disgusted by learning that from a local teacher I was talking with at the local cigar lounge; in his case it was Russian. What ever happened to these people learning OUR language when they come here? Its a tax on OUR resources. Time for the door to get slammed shut when this kind of nonsense happens. When my family and scores of other families came here to the US, they had to learn the language, and the government didn't print everything in Portuguese or make teachers cater to them. The same should apply now as it did then. If they value being an American so much they should work hard for it.
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david_nwpa1 year, 4 months ago
markd,
I understand your sentiment. When you came to this country, you valued assimilation and wanted to blend in with your surroundings. I commend your family for instilling in you the value of a good education and taking English so seriously.
Having said that, our students deserve the opportunity to stay competitive with students from other nations. I teach German because I enjoyed learning the language from childhood onward. I am offering students a chance to become bilingual because they want that same opportunity. When we are able to speak more than English we broaden our horizons and make it possible to compete globally, rather than just locally. Give students the benefit of the doubt and let them learn as many languages as they desire.
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TryingToBeSane1 year, 4 months ago
Education is a joke, and this "teacher" is the punch line. Too many like this out there. Teaching is no dream, but she provided her own nightmare. A mother yet. Glad she's not mine.
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bill29361 year, 4 months ago
What is odd is you see another story today of students caught planning to kill a teacher. It seems both side are spending way to much time planning crime and not learning.
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crespi1 year, 4 months ago
Legitimate teaching is the cornerstone of a civil society and our Democracy. Correct?
It seems like teachers are generally good because they sure ain't doing it for the money.
We get an occasional crazy one...it gets fixed quick!
If we get a lonely one (a lot of disconnected, disenfranchised, or just plain lonely folks around...) ...welll...it's tough to figure...
Some lines shouldn't be crossed...some lines CAN'T BE CROSSED.
The crazy lady in the story crossed the second kind. Jail?
I hate to see any smearing of teachers because in my state education has been under heavy and damaging attack by multiple branches of the ultra-ultra-conservatives and the Fundamentalist Christian Right.
But, looking back, I had a couple of bad teachers, and MANY, MANY good ones.
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teacherlady1 year, 4 months ago
This crazy lady did what teachers BS about doing in the faculty room. She's one bad apple that will spoil the bunch. This sotry is going to roil up a whole new crop of "Teachers Suck" stories.
If you've ever seen the movie 187... Samuel L. Jackson's character goes way over the line... sick dreams...nightmares form the depths of an underappreciated, underpayed, mistreated, and disrespected teacher's mind. Cool flick.
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TryingToBeSane1 year, 4 months ago
I am in favor of on line education. Let's decrease the school hours, for tests, lab, activities, and make lecture and papers on line. There is too much face time now that discipline is out the window, at home and at school.
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cmhinja1 year, 4 months ago
The quote about 'those who can't, teach' should be seen in context.
I was told that it referred to small societies where each person has/had a role. The young and fit did the hard work and the elders, who were not as strong, passed on their knowledge and wisdom by teaching to the young - so those who can, do, and those who can't, teach.
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david_nwpa1 year, 4 months ago
I like that way of thinking about that phrase. In context it makes sense. It also tells us we should all be grateful for and respectful of our elders. Thanks for that.
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cleare1 year, 4 months ago
I don't know about this. if all she wrote was the tick tock stuff, the accusation seems pretty lame to me.
the quote seems more like a playful riddle than a bomb threat to me. are we sure everyone isn't over reacting?
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Amazing11 year, 4 months ago
The woman is a nut job. She would probably have done something equally egregious no matter the career path she followed.
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natashas1 year, 4 months ago
How do you send your children to school when you need to worry about the teacher? Public schools have over one hundred teachers and helpers inside the schools with your children. There is probably the same amount with bus drivers including helpers on the bus that transport your children. Parants need to find away to be more involved with all of the faculty and not just limited to one teacher or princaple. No wonder it takes so long for children to speak up about situations like this. They are out numbered!
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