Teacher being fired; 5th graders see boobies

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...n1.3e87f61.html

Let me summarize what happened:

Kids saw boobies. On a statue at an art museum. On a field trip for art class. Parents get angry.

Thats retarted. I got a mural in my high school with a mermaid's nipple on it

God I hate these 'effin parents I always hear about in the news that try to find something...anything, to complain about. These people that just try to make issues out of nothing tick me off so much.

This post has been edited by Quickie-la on Sep 26 2006, 12:24 PM

Cover up the Statue of David plz

Now I have no doubt that soccer parents are freakin' retarded

These are the kinds of parents I want to see hit with the reality stick. oh noez a nudie statue lets ignore the real message about their lives and how that might have even been normal in that time period and cry about it lol.

It's not like it's distasteful, or else it wouldn't even be in a museum. And whatever happened to those field trip papers? You know, the ones the parents are supposed to READ and know that these things can happen? Do they just sign anything little Tommy or Tina gives them without reading it?

I went to a musem like that in 4th grade and we didn't care. Neither did my parents. Or the school board.

When I first read the topic title I thought the teacher exposed herself to the students, that would make sense for getting fired for. Now, after reading the article, this is ridiculous.

It's not pornographic or anyhting, it's art.

Back when it was okay to see that stuff.

The lost 14th commandment, thou shalt be ashamed of thy natural anatomy

Exactly.

To not love yourself is already a sin. Which is why plastic surgery must die.

Heaven forbid those kids learn about human anatomy.

doesn't that mean you'll basically be committing pride/vain

I have no idea how to word that

This post has been edited by Ryo on Sep 26 2006, 03:19 PM

Not really, loving anything more than yourself besides God is a sin. Because you must love others as yourself, if you wnt to kill another, kill yourself first. If you want to kill yourself, kill another.

This is the best news in the whole week.

I wrote a 3 page freaking speech on how retarded parents are today.

My argument: If they see something that it inappropiate for their age, they'll see it later in life anyway.

Not all parents.

Yeah, just the religious/soccer mom parents

Yeah this is right out where we live, and we're having to endure a lot about this story.

I do not know what "other things" are going on behind the scenes, but I tend to agree with our local reporters that there is something else going on. When I was in elementary school we went to the DMA at least once, and throughout my public schooling we went several times. The place is not seedy, it could not be more family friendly; it's a great learning facility with a lot of fascinating artwork to look at. If there is anything to be worried about it's the area it's in and not the artwork inside the joint.

Now, that little tidbit aside; the schools require the teachers to take the students on these trips. The teachers do not write the curriculum at elementary school level in Frisco. Every parent that sent their kid had to sign a permission slip; and unless you're totally devoid of museum experiences in your life, you would know nudity is depicted often in artwork. Besides this fact, the idea that you are handed a disclaimer should be a warning to you that you may find something objectionable at the school.

As it now stands I know the teacher has not had a chance to talk to the -one- parent that complained. And that the school has not given her the chance to transfer to another school within the district, or even to another Texas public school.

There is no reason for that; we are in desperate need of teachers, and something fishy is going on.

I find this especially disturbing because the super-intendent of the Frisco school system is a distant relative of mine, and we can probably start a dialogue to get him to remedy this atrocity.

EDIT: Also, the school board is having a special little rendezvous tonight where it is expected that they will fire Sydney McGee. You can expect this to be a long and ongoing controversy if that's the case.

This post has been edited by Nightwing on Sep 26 2006, 04:07 PM