I know there is a diary up on rec list: But I'm going to try and make updates through this diary as more information is released. I've not gotten an official answer from Jefferson County Board of Education, but I've got some folks that are looking into this and trying to get us an answer as to
why no disciplinary action taken.
Glad this is not a credible threat
However, more than a bit troubling based on what a student reported
The teacher was apparently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.
"He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,' " said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class.
Great- I get to promote my home State again as the leader in the crazy
Personally, I think that this teacher deserves at least a long suspension and more than a trip to the Principal's office.
Maybe someone will investigate this a little better and give us some more information. I hope that this doesn't end here.
Corner High School is a predominately white high school in the northwestern part of Jefferson County, (Birmingham) going towards Jasper. I've lived in Jefferson County nearly all my life and I've never been to Corner.
I searched the school website and could not find any more information or determine who the geometry teacher might be as it appears this site has not been updated in some time or ever.
There are so many different ways you can teach angles and using an example of killing anyone is never appropriate. Let's make sure that the standards are the same for this teacher as it would be if the example were of a white President. If this were in a predominately African American school or a more demographically diverse school would we see more outrage from the parents. Do double standards apply?
Do we even have to try and answer that question?
Again we have limited information about this teacher and I hate to jump the shark. However, this is not something that should be tolerated especially in the current environment of hate that is being brewed across this country. Enough is enough.