My, but there's an awful lot wrong with this situation:
A 17-year-old high school student said he was humiliated when a teacher made him sit on the floor during a midterm exam in his ethnicity class -- for wearing a Denver Broncos jersey.The teacher, John Kelly, forced Joshua Vannoy to sit on the floor to take the test on Friday -- two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Broncos 34-17 in the AFC Championship game. Kelly also made other students throw crumpled up paper at Vannoy, whom he called a "stinking Denver fan," Vannoy told The Associated Press.
Kelly said Vannoy, a junior at Beaver Area Senior High School, just didn't get the joke. "If he felt uncomfortable, then that's a lesson; that's what (the class) is designed to do," Kelly told The Denver Post. "It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."
So, in just a few short words, we've learned (a) that an ethnicity class is designed not to make students more informed, but uncomfortable; (b) that he considered insults and projectiles to be a good joke for him to play on a student; and (c) that "ethnicity" is related to choice of football teams. Hmm.
Posted by kswygert at January 24, 2006 07:04 AM