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Re: What Would You Do if a Teacher Blurted Out an Obscene...
Posted by Jan2 on 5/13/08

    I would hope that the person apologized.

    I would make sure that the person knew my expectations that it
    didn't happen again. And then I would drop it.

    On 5/13/08, Bill in NYC wrote:
    > What would you do if a teacher blurted out an obscene word
    > in a high school classroom?
    >
    > This hypothetical question is prompted by the following
    > event, which has been spreading around the Internet like
    > wildfire:
    >
    > Last night in New York City, Sue Simmons, a popular
    > anchorwoman on a local news broadcast, used the "f"-word
    > during a live news promo on WNBC-TV.
    >
    > She was delivering the teaser for a story about rising
    > grocery prices when, suddenly, the video switched to a
    > cruise ship that had a passenger go overboard.
    >
    > Ms. Simmons, who was off-camera at the time, blurted
    > out, "What the f**k are you doing?!"
    >
    > So, what if either a tenured or probationary teacher made
    > that exact same remark in the heat of anger to a high
    > school student during class?
    >
    > Would your response depend upon whether you'd heard about
    > the incident from the teacher directly, the student whom
    > the remark was directed to, the parents of that student,
    > the parents of other students from that same class, or the
    > superintendent's office?
    >
    > Would your response depend upon your prior opinion of the
    > teacher?
    >
    > Would your response depend upon any local or Internet
    > publicity or notoriety that the teacher's remark received?


 
 
 
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