Posted: 9/21/2009 6:26:25 AM EDT
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http://www.wmur.com/education/20990241/detail.html Teacher Disciplined For Unusual Creative Writing Assignment School Says Teacher Gave Students Inappropriate Assignment WOLFEBORO, N.H. –– An English teacher is being closely monitored at Kingswood Regional High School after administrators said she assigned an inappropriate essay topic to her students. Jack Robertson, superintendent of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District, said the teacher asked students to respond to the question: "If you knocked your brother down, would you urinate in his mouth?" The question was posed as part of creative writing assignment to a class of about 12 or 13 seniors. Robertson said the question was designed to help motivate students to improve their writing, but he said the teacher lacked good judgment in assigning the question. Administrators found out about the question after a student approached another teacher for help with the assignment. That teacher told the school principal about it. School officials said the assignment didn't have to do with a book the students were reading. The district said she's a good teacher with a track record of motivating her students. "While on the one hand, I appreciate her interest in trying to get kids to write, there are other topics and there are more appropriate prompts that could create that same kind of interest," Robertson said. The question had some parents and residents asking what made the teacher think posing the question was appropriate. Resident Lucille Cloutier said her granddaughter attends the high school. "I think there's some people who feel they can do anything they want to do and say anything they want to say, whether they're teaching young minds or whether they're not," she said. Robertson said that given the teacher's good record, he never expected something like this to happen. The district said a supervisor is now monitoring the teacher's assignments. Officials said the hope is that she continues to motivate her students in more appropriate ways. |
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Seriously guys? These are 17 and 18 year olds who have heard far worse than urinating in someone's mouth. Personally I find the topic somewhat humorous and would have enjoyed writing about something silly like this as opposed to a lot of the other absolute nonsense I had to write about in school....
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Quoted: Maybe in a college english 101 class it might be "weird but not a big deal" in High School it's a big deal. A teacher who would give this kind of assignment has some serious mental problems, some sexual deviancy issues or is smoking crack.Seriously guys? These are 17 and 18 year olds who have heard far worse than urinating in someone's mouth. Personally I find the topic somewhat humorous and would have enjoyed writing about something silly like this as opposed to a lot of the other absolute nonsense I had to write about in school.... This is not a big deal.... |
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Maybe in a college english 101 class it might be "weird but not a big deal" in High School it's a big deal. A teacher who would give this kind of assignment has some serious mental problems, some sexual deviancy issues or is smoking crack.
Seriously guys? These are 17 and 18 year olds who have heard far worse than urinating in someone's mouth. Personally I find the topic somewhat humorous and would have enjoyed writing about something silly like this as opposed to a lot of the other absolute nonsense I had to write about in school.... This is not a big deal.... Yes...I agree completely. That one year difference changes the teacher from being a sexual deviant to someone just assigning a funny, whimsical, assignment.... eta: I fail to see how urinating in someone's mouth is supposed to be sexual...I highly doubt it was assigned with a sexual connotation in the background....I would piss in Obama's mouth before some female I was interested in; but maybe that's just me... |
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"If you knocked your brother down, would you urinate in his mouth?"
Okay. I was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. I thought it'd be something like "How would you defend yourself if the school came under attack?"..............Not; "Would you piss in your brother's mouth?"  No kidding! That was the LAST thing I would have expected. 
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Hooray for teachers unions! She should be fired, and if I had my way, cooter punched. Insanity Liberalism continues to run rampant in our public schools. fixed I don't get it, the before and after both say the same thing? true, but I'm just putting it together for some of our lefty trolls. 
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"If you knocked your brother down, would you urinate in his mouth?"
Okay. I was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. I thought it'd be something like "How would you defend yourself if the school came under attack?"..............Not; "Would you piss in your brother's mouth?" That ain't goanna happen. Any deviation from the "Hide under your desk and get shot" program could ruin it for potential perps. |
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That sounds like a question from the Voight-Kampff test in Blade Runner.
Holden: Come in. Sit down.
Leon: Care if I talk? I'm kind of nervous when I take tests. Holden: Uh, just please don't move. Leon: Oh, sorry. I already had an IQ test this year, I don't think I've ever had one of these- Holden: Reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention. Now, answer as quickly as you can. Leon: Sure. Holden: One-one-eight-seven at Unterwasser. Leon: That's the hotel. Holden: What? Leon: Where I live. Holden: Nice place? Leon: Yeah, sure I guess–– that part of the test? Holden: No, just warming you up, that's all. Leon: Oh. It's not fancy or anything. Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of the sudden- Leon: Is this the test now? Holden: Yes. You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down- Leon: What one? Holden: What? Leon: What desert? Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical. Leon: But how come I'd be there? Holden: Maybe you're fed up, maybe you want to be by yourself, who knows? You look down and you see a tortoise, Leon, it's crawling towards you- Leon: Tortoise, what's that? Holden: Know what a turtle is? Leon: Of course. Holden: Same thing. Leon: I've never seen a turtle –– But I understand what you mean. Holden: You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back Leon. Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden, or do they write them down for you? Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping. Leon: What do you mean I'm not helping? Holden: I mean, you're not helping. Why is that Leon? –– They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response. –– Shall we continue? Describe in single words, only the good things that come in to your mind about... your mother. Leon: My mother? Holden: Yeah. Leon: Let me tell you about my mother... |
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I bet if she had made the assignment, "If you knocked Bush down, would you piss in his mouth?", she'd be up for awards.  If the question had been "If you knocked Obama down"...someone on here would probably buy her a membership. ...the point is; there's nothing 'sexual' about this question and I think comments being made along those lines are off base... |
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I can't believe that didn't result in termination. Must have tenure. Which is a joke. Tenure is for college professors who do research and or teach their classes how they see fit. It protects a professor from being fired by an admin who disagress w/ his research or how he teaches. K-12 teachers don't do research and have a curriculem set by either the district or the state, so they aren't supposed to be teaching whatever they want and thus, don't need tenure. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Maybe in a college english 101 class it might be "weird but not a big deal" in High School it's a big deal. A teacher who would give this kind of assignment has some serious mental problems, some sexual deviancy issues or is smoking crack.Seriously guys? These are 17 and 18 year olds who have heard far worse than urinating in someone's mouth. Personally I find the topic somewhat humorous and would have enjoyed writing about something silly like this as opposed to a lot of the other absolute nonsense I had to write about in school.... This is not a big deal.... +1 |
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Never a more appropriate use... |
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I can't believe that didn't result in termination. Must have tenure. Which is a joke. Tenure is for college professors who do research and or teach their classes how they see fit. It protects a professor from being fired by an admin who disagress w/ his research or how he teaches. K-12 teachers don't do research and have a curriculem set by either the district or the state, so they aren't supposed to be teaching whatever they want and thus, don't need tenure. Need? No. Have? Yes. At least in Colorado once a teacher has been employed at the same district for 3 or more years it takes an act of God or a conviction of baby fucking to get them fired. Most states have similar policies in effect. They don't call it tenure but it is. Also, K-12 teachers have other risks particularly in smaller towns. Pissed off and so-so by not playing her kid (who sucked) enough in jr. high volleyball? And her brother is on the school board? Been there less than three years start sending out resumes. |
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Seriously guys? These are 17 and 18 year olds who have heard far worse than urinating in someone's mouth. Personally I find the topic somewhat humorous and would have enjoyed writing about something silly like this as opposed to a lot of the other absolute nonsense I had to write about in school.... This is not a big deal.... Honestly I dont find it to be that big of a deal. If a teacher would have asked me to write about that in high school I would have found it some what humorous and probably written a narrative story to go along with it. |