User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:27:01 PM EDT
Yes it is the same son I had the thank you debacle with. This is unrelated as far as I can tell. Long story short, he told a holocaust joke to some kid he knew, and a Jewish girl that doesn't usually sit near him heard it, told the Honors English instructor (who apparently mostly teaches his lessons based on seeing everybody as equals), and here we are. 3 day suspension. I dont understand how he could use such poor judgement. This is an honors English class where they are in a unit based on slavery. Im simply at a loss for words. After she started crying, he went up to the teacher and her and apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Now I have to make sure his record does not say that he was suspended for "being anti semetic" or something
ETA: The joke was about as bad as it gets. "Why did Hitler kill himself? He got the gas bill." |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:27:47 PM EDT
[#1]
Freedom of Speech no longer applies to jokes?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:27:47 PM EDT
[#2]
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. this would be better in team.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:29:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. this would be better in team. Yeah, this is really going to get the purses swinging. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:30:37 PM EDT
[#4]
Edit: Got it. I have heard worse.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:31:08 PM EDT
[#5]
We told bad jokes as kids all the time in school. Teachers might tell us to stop or be respective of our peers, but a suspension? For a joke like that?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:31:27 PM EDT
[#6]
I Lol'd. About the joke.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:31:44 PM EDT
[#7]
Parenting fail.
You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:31:47 PM EDT
[#8]
I'd get a lawyer. 3 days for a joke. Hopefully this doesn't adversely impact his future.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:32:23 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Freedom of Speech no longer applies to jokes? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Freedom of Speech no longer applies to jokes? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:33:10 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Edit: Got it. I have heard worse. The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:33:39 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
We told bad jokes as kids all the time in school. Teachers might tell us to stop or be respective of our peers, but a suspension? For a joke like that? agreed, this stupid. First Amendment should apply to this. It helps if you make self deprecating jokes at the same time. I tell 2 redneck-cracker jokes for every sexist or otherwise offensive joke I tell. it works pretty well.... |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:33:43 PM EDT
[#12]
IBTL
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:33:55 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Parenting fail. You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:34:16 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Parenting fail. You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. Being Jewish isn't exactly the most identifiable trait. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:34:59 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I Lol'd. About the joke. The slaughter, torture, and murder of millions of women, children, and men is not even remotely funny.  |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:35:04 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
IBTL Why would this get locked |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:35:10 PM EDT
[#17]
He should have joked about antigun Senators. That's a pretty good one these days in Colorado.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:35:28 PM EDT
[#18]
Bad judgment, but ridiculous suspension IMO. There's zero reason for a girl that generation to be so emotionally devastated by that harmless joke. Its in poor taste for sure, but I chuckled a bit at its ridiculousness. Maybe I should be suspended...
Point is, there are much worse things that do justify suspension. This just doesn't seem to. I mean, c'mon, we all know South Park rips on everyone, but even they made a holocaust joke with Cartman and Kyle at one point. Something about Kyle not being able to focus and needed to attend a concentration camp. No need for anyone to get their panties in a bunch over it. The holocaust sucked and is a very black mark on history. But there's no reason to treat it as totally untouchable. I'm sure jokes that are far more offensive are told in his school. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:36:07 PM EDT
[#19]
Suspension seems a bit excessive. Common sense is one of things that can't be learned you either have or you don't. Maybe they should have sent him to some sensitivity training instead, might have helped him more than a 3 day vacation from school.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:36:10 PM EDT
[#20]
Remember the "Truly Tasteless" books?
Apparently nobody at that school does. Dirty jokes are a mandatory part of a teen's existence. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:36:21 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Being Jewish isn't exactly the most identifiable trait. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Parenting fail. You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. Being Jewish isn't exactly the most identifiable trait. Then err on the side of caution or stick to jokes that involve easily identifiable skin color. Racist jokes are the funniest, regardless of what race is the butt of it. I don't care who you are. They just are. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:36:36 PM EDT
[#22]
Quoted:
Yes it is the same son I had the thank you debacle with. This is unrelated as far as I can tell. Long story short, he told a holocaust joke to some kid he knew, and a Jewish girl that doesn't usually sit near him heard it, told the Honors English instructor (who apparently mostly teaches his lessons based on seeing everybody as equals), and here we are. 3 day suspension. I dont understand how he could use such poor judgement. This is an honors English class where they are in a unit based on slavery. Im simply at a loss for words. After she started crying, he went up to the teacher and her and apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Now I have to make sure his record does not say that he was suspended for "being anti semetic" or something
ETA: The joke was about as bad as it gets. "Why did Hitler kill himself? He got the gas bill." 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:36:58 PM EDT
[#23]
This is a stupid as suspending the kid for chewing his pop tart into the shape of a gun.
It seems an apology should be sufficient. BTW I'm half Jewish, I hate anti-Semitic jokes, and I laughed.
 |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:37:04 PM EDT
[#24]
Are jokes covered in the schools Code of Conduct?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:37:32 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
Yes it is the same son I had the thank you debacle with. This is unrelated as far as I can tell. Long story short, he told a holocaust joke to some kid he knew, and a Jewish girl that doesn't usually sit near him heard it, told the Honors English instructor (who apparently mostly teaches his lessons based on seeing everybody as equals), and here we are. 3 day suspension. I dont understand how he could use such poor judgement. This is an honors English class where they are in a unit based on slavery. Im simply at a loss for words. After she started crying, he went up to the teacher and her and apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Now I have to make sure his record does not say that he was suspended for "being anti semetic" or something
ETA: The joke was about as bad as it gets. "Why did Hitler kill himself? He got the gas bill." Now in the old days that would have been laughed off but the only way it could be worse is if it was about blacks |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:37:37 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Why would this get locked Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
IBTL Why would this get locked a terrible feeling |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:37:38 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Edit: Got it. I have heard worse. The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." I need to write these down!!! 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:37:44 PM EDT
[#28]
Quoted:
Yes it is the same son I had the thank you debacle with. This is unrelated as far as I can tell. Long story short, he told a holocaust joke to some kid he knew, and a Jewish girl that doesn't usually sit near him heard it, told the Honors English instructor (who apparently mostly teaches his lessons based on seeing everybody as equals), and here we are. 3 day suspension. I dont understand how he could use such poor judgement. This is an honors English class where they are in a unit based on slavery. Im simply at a loss for words. After she started crying, he went up to the teacher and her and apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Now I have to make sure his record does not say that he was suspended for "being anti semetic" or something
ETA: The joke was about as bad as it gets. "Why did Hitler kill himself? He got the gas bill." That's actually a funny joke. Jewish girl needs to grow a pair. The teacher is just par for the course. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:38:10 PM EDT
[#29]
I'm tempted to bukakke this thread with Jewish jokes, but I don't think my account can take another time-out.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:38:48 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
This is a good lesson in paying attention before flapping your lips Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Parenting fail. You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. And for learning how fucked the system is. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:38:50 PM EDT
[#31]
3 days for a fucking 1 liner?? Seriously? What the fuck ever happened to detention?? I would be pissed at the school.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:39:00 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Edit: Got it. I have heard worse. The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:39:15 PM EDT
[#33]
You're school is insane.
(Not that they care about what I say)
On a side note most jokes are stupid anyways. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:39:37 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber." Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Edit: Got it. I have heard worse. The kid he was talking to rebutted with "What's the worse part of being a black jew? Sitting in the back of the gas chamber."  daaayuum!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:39:50 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
The slaughter, torture, and murder of millions of women, children, and men is not even remotely funny.
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
I Lol'd. About the joke. The slaughter, torture, and murder of millions of women, children, and men is not even remotely funny.
Well I for one aint laughing about obama but everyone around me thinks its ok. A joke is a joke. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:39:55 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Suspension seems a bit excessive. Common sense is one of things that can't be learned you either have or you don't. Maybe they should have sent him to some sensitivity training instead, might have helped him more than a 3 day vacation from school. I would gladly have my kid take a 3 day suspension over some bullshit sensitivity training. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:40:02 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Being Jewish isn't exactly the most identifiable trait. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Parenting fail. You're supposed to teach them at a young age to look around and make sure no <insert topic of joke here> are around. This is Joke Telling 101 stuff here, damn it. Being Jewish isn't exactly the most identifiable trait. Drop a nickel on the ground 1st and see who goes for it 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:40:17 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
3 days for a fucking 1 liner?? Seriously? What the fuck ever happened to detention?? I would be pissed at the school. Schools are pussies nowadays. One of my friends came back from lunch break, shit-face hammered in HS, and only got 1 day of in-school suspension. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:40:41 PM EDT
[#39]
"Whoa....hey- you can't say that. My grandfather died in a concentration camp- he got drunk one night and fell out of the guard tower."
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:40:42 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I'm tempted to bukakke this thread with Jewish jokes, but I don't think my account can take another time-out. Dooooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:40:55 PM EDT
[#41]
Edit: BEAT AGAIN!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:41:00 PM EDT
[#42]
Quoted:
Yes it is the same son I had the thank you debacle with. This is unrelated as far as I can tell. Long story short, he told a holocaust joke to some kid he knew, and a Jewish girl that doesn't usually sit near him heard it, told the Honors English instructor (who apparently mostly teaches his lessons based on seeing everybody as equals), and here we are. 3 day suspension. I dont understand how he could use such poor judgement. This is an honors English class where they are in a unit based on slavery. Im simply at a loss for words. After she started crying, he went up to the teacher and her and apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Now I have to make sure his record does not say that he was suspended for "being anti semetic" or something
ETA: The joke was about as bad as it gets. "Why did Hitler kill himself? He got the gas bill." For future reference, the correct response is: "Dude, that's not funny--my grandfather died in one of Hitler's concentration camps!!!
He fell out of the guard tower...."
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:41:02 PM EDT
[#43]
Why the fuck was he suspended for that?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:41:52 PM EDT
[#44]
Even in the 80's, I recall a class clown busting out with "DECK THE HALLS WITH GASOLINE" and just being made to go sit the hell in the corner, plus no recess, and some extra worksheets. Private school.
Things have gone full retard. Who needs to think when there's ZERO TOLERANCE? 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:42:18 PM EDT
[#45]
Nothwithstanding the "appropriateness" of a suspension for what your son did, it sounds like you need to take three days off from work and spend it talking to your son about life and such. I think he'd appreciate it both now, and in the future (and it sounds like he needs it).
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:42:21 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I'm tempted to bukakke this thread with Jewish jokes, but I don't think my account can take another time-out. I have a few too, but I don't feel like being spanked by a penguin.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:43:23 PM EDT
[#47]
joking about the holocaust isnt funny anne frankly shows poor taste.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:43:28 PM EDT
[#48]
Do you guys know how copper wire was invented?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:43:29 PM EDT
[#49]
Edited for safety
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/10/2013 1:44:10 PM EDT
[#50]
 |
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
