This teacher was telling this kid to stand during the national anthem and when he didnt th teacher pulled the chair out from under neath him.
2007-03-05 10:30:24 · 17 answers · asked by BabyGirl 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I myself would tell the teacher to shove the national anthem up his ***. Another student got it on video and I watched it. the student did nothing to be disrespectfull to the teacher. You can watch the video at: http://www.kantor.com/blog/2005/03/nj_teacher_freak_out.shtml
2007-03-06 10:16:42 · update #1
isn't a free country???? i don't say the pledge and i sometimes dont get up b/c i don't believe the pledge is truthful about america...anyway, its a free country isn't it??? the kid has his own rights...so i say the teacher was unfair...there is no law that says u HAVE to say the pledge right?
2007-03-05 10:35:09 · answer #1 · answered by GreenEyes 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the answer is a little bit of both. No the teacher should not have pulled the chair out from under the student. However, the student should have stood. He/she did not have to sing the national anthem but they should have stood. Just because one does not agree with something does not give that person a right to disrespect.
2007-03-05 10:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by bobkat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, this is a tough one. Does the student normally stand during the national anthem, and was just being defiant this time? When I was in elementary school, there was a boy in my class who was a Jehovah's Witness, and it was against his religion to say the Pledge of Allegiance...so he was allowed to sit while the rest of the class recited it each morning. So, if the kid you are talking about was being a jerk, then he was disrespectful. Unless he had a valid reason to sit, that was approved by the teacher or principal ahead of time...he should've been standing and was disrespectful by not following the teacher's directions.
2007-03-05 15:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by ORDtoSXM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the teacher was being disrespectful, but being a teacher myself, I know that there could have been a number of other things going on besides the student simply not standing up. If that's truly the case, the teacher had no right to pull the chair out. If the kid was being a jerk, the teacher was probably frustrated and did the only thing he/she could think of to get him to stand up!
2007-03-05 12:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both, the teacher was disrespectful to the student by pulling the chair out from underneath him. The student has a right to not say the pledge or put his hand on his heart, but as long as he is in that teacher's classroom he has to follow the rules of that class. If the teacher wants him to stand, he should stand, and he was being disrespectful when he didn't. Even worse, he was being disrespectful to the country he is in.
2007-03-05 10:39:21 · answer #5 · answered by Ace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has the right to decide whether or not to say the pledge. It is polite, however, to stand whether you choose to say it or not. I do believe the teacher went too far by pulling the chair out from under the student. I'm a teacher and would never do that.
2007-03-05 10:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by 1teacher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like both teacher and student could have handled themselves better. It is the student's right to not SAY the pledge, but it is also the teacher's right to have the student at least stand during it. There had to have been a happy medium here. The teacher should have said, "I acknowledge and respect your right to not say the pledge, but in my class EVERYONE at least stands during it." I bet the student would've responded better to that, rather than openly disrespecting his elder.
2007-03-05 10:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by "Corey" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teacher was disrespecting the student, as long as the student was not being disruptive during the pledge. It is your right to not say it.
2007-03-05 10:32:35 · answer #8 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this act was entirely unreasonable and intolerable on the teacher's part. if the kid hadn't realized she was pulling the chair out he could have slammed his head against the desk behind while falling to the ground. i don't agree with this line of thinking seeing thats how it bases what may happen, but it is the line of thinking that governs our laws. that teacher disrespected him and if i were that dude i'd take it up with the principal, or that pms'ing ***** herself
2007-03-05 10:41:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should throw the little jerk out and any like him. Let his parents educate him on their dime not mine. Why should I have to pay to educate him. If he had any guts he would refuse to accept a free education from this Nation. I could respect his decision if he weren't a hypocrite. He has the unmitigated gall to disrespect the very people who are paying for his education. Good thing I wasn't there he would have got a old fashioned Alabama butt whipping. I would make the little sissy cry like a girl.
2007-03-05 10:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by sity.cent 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a teacher and I would not do that. I think the teacher was going too far.
2007-03-05 10:33:21 · answer #11 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋