Student says teacher harassed him for wearing Broncos Jersey

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davenyc wrote:
Mr. Hoodbar wrote:
brooshkin wrote:Fuck off Brainbo. I lost all respect for you based on your disdain for this kid...
Hey Brainbo, I truly hope you'll be able to sleep tonight.

Helluva response too. Brooshkin is your bitch.
I'll translate:
Hood* likes Brainbo cock. (well, dildo)

Keep up with the recreational[/] sex. Please.

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Ok ...

fix it now .... asssholes
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Mr. Hoodbar wrote:
davenyc wrote:
Mr. Hoodbar wrote: Hey Brainbo, I truly hope you'll be able to sleep tonight.

Helluva response too. Brooshkin is your bitch.
I'll translate:
Hood* likes Brainbo cock. (well, dildo)

Keep up with the recreational[/] sex. Please.

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That doesn't look like Brainbo...
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brooshkin wrote: I can understand a Shittsburgh fan being an apologist for that teacher ... you on the other hand ... well, you're just an ass.
Shittsburgh ... HA! Man, that's hilarious. Everytime I hear it I have to laugh. Original, that's what it is.

And ooh-ooh! I've got one ... Filthadelphia. Get it? It has filth in it, impling that the city is filthy. Hilarious. Not the level or genius of a Shittsburgh, but still pretty damn funny.
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Lentl wrote:
brooshkin wrote: I can understand a Shittsburgh fan being an apologist for that teacher ... you on the other hand ... well, you're just an ass.
Shittsburgh ... HA! Man, that's hilarious. Everytime I hear it I have to laugh. Original, that's what it is.

And ooh-ooh! I've got one ... Filthadelphia. Get it? It has filth in it, impling that the city is filthy. Hilarious. Not the level or genius of a Shittsburgh, but still pretty damn funny.
thats going in the encyclopedia right next to san fagcisco
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TexansTragedy wrote:
Lentl wrote:
brooshkin wrote: I can understand a Shittsburgh fan being an apologist for that teacher ... you on the other hand ... well, you're just an ass.
Shittsburgh ... HA! Man, that's hilarious. Everytime I hear it I have to laugh. Original, that's what it is.

And ooh-ooh! I've got one ... Filthadelphia. Get it? It has filth in it, impling that the city is filthy. Hilarious. Not the level or genius of a Shittsburgh, but still pretty damn funny.
thats going in the encyclopedia right next to san fagcisco

Or San Fran-sissies-co.
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Lentl wrote:
brooshkin wrote: I can understand a Shittsburgh fan being an apologist for that teacher ... you on the other hand ... well, you're just an ass.
Shittsburgh ... HA! Man, that's hilarious. Everytime I hear it I have to laugh. Original, that's what it is.

And ooh-ooh! I've got one ... Filthadelphia. Get it? It has filth in it, impling that the city is filthy. Hilarious. Not the level or genius of a Shittsburgh, but still pretty damn funny.
Glad you could chime in fuckwit. You take some time off from raping puppies or something?
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davenyc wrote:
Lentl wrote:
brooshkin wrote: I can understand a Shittsburgh fan being an apologist for that teacher ... you on the other hand ... well, you're just an ass.
Shittsburgh ... HA! Man, that's hilarious. Everytime I hear it I have to laugh. Original, that's what it is.

And ooh-ooh! I've got one ... Filthadelphia. Get it? It has filth in it, impling that the city is filthy. Hilarious. Not the level or genius of a Shittsburgh, but still pretty damn funny.
Glad you could chime in fuckwit. You take some time off from raping puppies or something?

im confused....which one is the fuckwit?
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So, what I'm taking from all of this is this:

Next summer, when I get married in Beaver PA, I should not wear a John Elway jersey under my tuxedo jacket.

Check.
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DSafetyGuy wrote:So, what I'm taking from all of this is this:

Next summer, when I get married in Beaver PA, I should not wear a John Elway jersey under my tuxedo jacket.
Not unless you want the minister to make you sit in the aisle while the wedding party pelts you with rice.

<getting up on high horse> I agree that the kid wore the jersey to provoke a reaction, and he should have expected to get hassled by his peers.

But the teacher crossed a line when he condoned said hassling, and he went way the fuck overboard when he joined in himself and acted in such a way that could reasonably be expected to hurt the kid's grade on a mid-term. That's totally inappropriate for any authority figure, let alone someone charged with teaching ethics (!) to kids.

Blowing this off as just high-spirited support for the Steelers 1) reduces a school to the level of a stadium, and tells students and teachers they're free to act the same way in both places, and 2) implicitly condones harassment of anyone whose views differ from those of the crowd.

Yes, the kid's a jack.ass*, but vigorously defending people's right to be jackasses is, like it or not, a fundamental pillar of our society. </dismounting>

*Just avoiding yet another idiotic word substitution. So not funny anymore.
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fucking casual fridays. they were all just asking for trouble.
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edbatista wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:So, what I'm taking from all of this is this:

Next summer, when I get married in Beaver PA, I should not wear a John Elway jersey under my tuxedo jacket.
Not unless you want the minister to make you sit in the aisle while the wedding party pelts you with rice.

<getting up on high horse> I agree that the kid wore the jersey to provoke a reaction, and he should have expected to get hassled by his peers.

But the teacher crossed a line when he condoned said hassling, and he went way the fuck overboard when he joined in himself and acted in such a way that could reasonably be expected to hurt the kid's grade on a mid-term. That's totally inappropriate for any authority figure, let alone someone charged with teaching ethics (!) to kids.

Blowing this off as just high-spirited support for the Steelers 1) reduces a school to the level of a stadium, and tells students and teachers they're free to act the same way in both places, and 2) implicitly condones harassment of anyone whose views differ from those of the crowd.

Yes, the kid's a jack.ass*, but vigorously defending people's right to be jackasses is, like it or not, a fundamental pillar of our society. </dismounting>

*Just avoiding yet another idiotic word substitution. So not funny anymore.
spot on.
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For the record, I don't have a dick. Enjoy it greatly under appropriate circumstances, but don't have one of my own. You understand that, don't you brooshkin?


Seriously -- cut the fucking personal attacks.

Edited after some time to stop being annoyed: On further review, screw it. Keep them coming. People here have much worse said about them. I have a dick? Perfect. I'm officially a self-sustaining woman.
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TexansTragedy wrote:im confused....which one is the fuckwit?
if you sit down at a thread on the internet, and you have to ask 'who is the fuckwit,' it's you.
Brainbo wrote:For the record, I don't have a dick.
i know where you could borrow one. as long as you return it in the same condition you received, wait, that doesn't work...

(well done, brainy)
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Just thought I'd send a little update from the Steel City. As far as I can tell, Joshua wasn't, in fact, giving all of the pertinent details to the press. But, hey, he got a recliner signed by John Elway (you know, of the Elway line of recliners), so perhaps that makes him feel like it was worth it. Oh, and he gets the option to drop the class.
The Big Beaver Falls Area School District said it will not take any disciplinary action against a high school teacher accused of humiliating a student who wore a Denver Broncos jersey to his class.

John Kelly "has already been the brunt of adverse public opinion and the school district does not believe discipline is warranted or would serve any purpose," said a news release issued yesterday by the school district.

More than a week after Beaver Falls High School student Joshua Vannoy told newspapers from Pittsburgh to Denver that he was humiliated by Mr. Kelly for wearing a Broncos jersey to school two days before the Steelers won the AFC Championship game against the Broncos, Joshua has returned to school and school administrators have completed their investigation.

Joshua, 17, complained that Mr. Kelly, a hard core Steelers fan, didn't like his Broncos jersey and forced him to sit on the floor while taking his mid-term examination in the honors ethnic relations class. Mr. Kelly offered other students, who sat in a circle of desks around Joshua, extra points on their test for throwing wads of paper at him.

During the investigation, the administrators talked to the teacher, all witnesses and Joshua, who returned to school on Monday. Although the administrators found nothing false in Joshua's version of events, they explained in their news release that the ethnic relations course is a popular elective taken by honor students.

"As part of the course, students are often singled out to exemplify uncomfortable treatment and students who enroll in the course are aware of this fact," the statement said.

"Face to face discussions and interaction among students and with the instructor sitting in a circle is a normal classroom setting for this course."

The investigation found there was "no grabbing or name-calling. Although his instructor and other classmates tossed crumpled paper at the student, it did not occur during the actual exam."

Neither Joshua nor his attorney, Nicholas Frisk III, could be reached yesterday. School Superintendent Donna Nugent and Principal Thomas Karczewski also could not be reached.

In earlier interviews, Joshua and his attorney said Joshua had been receiving "nasty" messages from classmates who disapprove of him causing trouble for Mr. Kelly, a popular teacher. Mr. Frisk advised Joshua to stay home until the school could arrange for his safe return.

Mr. Kelly also played a role in that process.

"The teacher himself had previously addressed the student body requesting that they show respect for Josh and not allow this matter to be blown further out of proportion," according to the school district's statement. "The teacher personally apologized to the student, explaining that he had no intentions of upsetting the student and that it was meant as a joke."

Lee Price, whose law firm represents the Big Beaver Falls Area School District, said Joshua will have the option of dropping Mr. Kelly's class, but he did not know yesterday if that would happen.

"As far as the district is concerned, this is over and we believe this has put the matter behind everyone, particularly for Josh and the teacher," he said.
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