Remember the NJ teacher who got in trouble for posting a photo of President Bush in her classroom, as part of a presidential photo montage? Apparently, that counts as "inflammatory politics."
But I suppose this is just perfectly okay:
A Fitzgerald High School (MI) parent said he plans to complain to the school board at tonight’s meeting about what he says was one-sided political material introduced in class by his son’s American studies teacher.
Marc Trail said the teacher, Gregory Queen, distributed to his students copies of a Web site page that contained political satire aimed against President George W. Bush. Trail of Warren said he’s not necessarily a Bush supporter, “But both sides were not presented fairly.”
Janette Brill, the Fitzgerald schools superintendent, said school officials are reviewing the teacher’s lesson plans and the Web site material questioned by Trail. “But he (the teacher) has used this material for the past three years,” she said, adding that Trail is the only parent or student to have complained.
I suppose the reason for mentioning that is to suggest that Trail is being overemotional in pointing out that the teacher took the material from a totally moronic and offensive website:
A portion of the dialogue reads:
“Answer: ...war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America’s side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?
Question: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.
Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.
Q: So basically, what you’re saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A: Yes! You finally understand how the world works.
Interestingly, this creation is copyrighted 2003, which begs the question of how Queen has been using this exact same material in his classroom "for the past three years." I guess Queen got a jump on Bush-bashing even earlier than those who are dedicated enough to create an entire website around it.
Posted by kswygert at October 8, 2004 04:44 PM