English teacher fired for promoting gay agenda with homophones.

[Daez]

cool, retards running schools, what could be better?

That term is overly offensive... just ask Sarah Palin.

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I'm not an educator (licensed teacher), nor am I as well versed on the laws of education to properly answer your question.
However, I do know that yes, there are some standards/requirements of each subject to cover each year. I do not know, however, if those are local requirements, or state wide.

Actually, if you are a private school that is not offering a diploma or degree and not receiving any federal money then you are really not overseen by the government.

[Chrysia]

Certainly seems long, drawn out and confusing to me... I certainly love the one about aunt and ant since any proper English speaking person would realize how redneck they are being to pronounce them even REMOTELY the same way... the word is AUNT not ANT.

It's pronounce like ant in the majority of the US.

[Daez]

I see.

In Malta the ESL industry is highly regulated, and you have to get a government licence in order to practice as a teacher, let alone open a school, as they want it to be the premier destination in Europe for people to learn English. I thought the US might be similar, but obviously not.

The United States wants to be the premier destination for poor uneducated hard working immigrants to stay poor uneducated and hard working... its easier to exploit their labor that way.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

The article says:


That suggest to me there's more to this story, and why I'm not so quick to label the boss. Like I said, I don't know his motives at all and we certainly don't know what the blog actually said.

That suggests to me that someone stupid enough to think that homophones have anything to do with homosexuality would be easily confused and offended.

[Daez]

this gets even funnier when you see what the flag of provo looks like

Maybe they are part of the "Take Back the Rainbow" movement.

[Tastyfish]

I still dont understand WTF gay propaganda is

Gay propaganda is the term used by people who want to sew fear and are too cowardly to just straight up use the language they do behind closed doors. It's just a scaredey bitch move, really.
At the base all it is, is fear mongering.
Look at some of these posts, the subtext is all fear. Fear, fear, fear, then the presumption of judgement, because that makes a lot of sense. lol We should judge things we are afraid of, cause it's not totally about just pushing those things we fear away from us, I swear its about being fair. lol

[Tulune]

Only thing needed to be said

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[Daez]

If you don't know what a homophone is by the fifth grade, your teachers failed you.

Or you went beyond a college education and your major wasn't English. We tend to back shelf knowledge that we have learned that has no direct impact on us to make room for knowledge that we have learned that has a direct impact on us. Its kind of how the mind works. The more you know the less you can recall directly (unless it actually impacts you on a daily basis).

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Because your kid doesn't speak english?

FYI: this IS a private school.

This sort of thing would never (read: highly, highly unlikely) happen at a public school. Teachers unions, FTW.

Teacher's unions my arse. Try the fact that the administrator wouldn't be an absolute tard because the state would actually enforce a set curriculum. Granted, if the teacher went against that curriculum they would lose their contract and their job pretty quickly regardless of their union. This teacher was going against what the owner of the school felt was part of the curriculum.

[Chrysia]

Teacher's unions my arse. Try the fact that the administrator wouldn't be an absolute tard because the state would actually enforce a set curriculum. Granted, if the teacher went against that curriculum they would lose their contract and their job pretty quickly regardless of their union. This teacher was going against what the owner of the school felt was part of the curriculum.

Of course, he didn't think it was an appropriate part of the curriculum because he's incredibly ill-informed.

[Daez]

Yep...

Your lack of education is astounding. I'm guessing that if you managed to finish high school than the system really failed you. I only feel sorry for the fact that you are reproducing. I can point out many many parts of your code that you most likely do not follow. Are you married? Are you a virgin? Do you stone your children when they disrespect you? Does your wife (assuming you are married which you must be because you have children) honor her husband? Do you believe in divorce? Have you even read the bible you profess? Did you miss all those versus about judge not less thee be judged? Hmmm... hypocrite, take the log out of your own eye before espousing about the twig in your brother's eye.... that came straight from the man himself!

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Promoting gay habits to people who aren't born gay and who would not otherwise be interested in the same sex.

Breaking biological norms should be spurred by unbiased internal urges, not culture.

Except that all scientific evidence shows that homosexuality is a biological norm in many, many species. Also, I don't see the point where anyone is forcing you to be gay. The only thing I see is you thinking you are better than everyone else and needing any excuse to justify that.

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By having a culture that celebrates gays for being gays, as opposed to celebrating them for making their own personal decisions.

In bigger cities near where I live, people who say they are gay are seen as popular and "hero's". This promotes gay habits to those who want to capitalize on getting more attention.

I think being straight will always be the position of power and the situation of privilege. The problem is you are either to blind or to stupid to recognize your own privilege. The fact that you can walk down the street with your girlfriend holding hands and not have to worry about getting attacked for it is proof enough that you have extreme privilege.

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This guy speaks the truth, the gay agenda turned me into a bisexuel!

No, the fact that you are a bisexual turned you into the gay agenda!

[Mermaid]

I was under the impression that threads about sexuality were forbidden, and yet every day it seems there are multiple threads on homosexuality. Obviously it's something that OT wants to discuss. I wonder if the rules will change because of this, and if so, I wonder if religious topics will also someday be allowed because it seems most threads derail into that as well.

Interesting to think about.

[Daez]

You know a lot of these "liberals" personally? They're your good friends?

This is based on scientific fact and research, then? Conducted by yourself, I imagine? You have a doctorate in anthropology or sociology?

I'm not sure he can since I've been to San Francisco and even there you can't openly be yourself the entire city over. There is less homophobia, but it still exists. Also, I am pretty sure this can't possibly be scientific fact since every scientist that studies the matter completely disagrees.

[Chrysia]

I was under the impression that threads about sexuality were forbidden, and yet every day it seems there are multiple threads on homosexuality. Obviously it's something that OT wants to discuss. I wonder if the rules will change because of this, and if so, I wonder if religious topics will also someday be allowed because it seems most threads derail into that as well.

Interesting to think about.

This thread has survived because it has, mostly, stayed away from "is gay/straight a choice" and "religion is good/bad reason for things" territory, and mostly focused on "was this a reasonable conclusion for the administrator to reach."

The general consensus seems to be no. No, this was not a reasonable conclusion for the administrator to reach.

[Daez]

Lol San Fran and Texas, ya extreme opposites. At least traditional Texas. If you went to the biggest city in Texas you would probably find a pretty liberal environment.

I dont know how LGBT want to be viewed exactly, but I do know that they feed off being underdogs. So if they were ever mainstream they would lose their angle.

We do not feed off of being underdogs. Actually, we would like to simply be ignored period. Give us the same rights as everyone else and then completely ignore us. That is awesome sounding.

Also, the most comfortable place I have ever been (and I have been to a great deal of open minded cities in both USA and Europe) is Galveston, Texas. In Galveston, the gay community and the straight community is so intermingled that you can honestly walk the strip and see a gay bar and a straight bar sharing the same wall with nothing at all being said about it.

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I personally consider Michael Sam to be in the second camp, he seems to seek attention for his sexuality, all while claiming he wants to be judged only on his performance.

I disagree. I think Michael Sam wants to be known and judged for his sports accomplishments. He just doesn't want to hide who he is as a person either. The fact that people are exploiting his gayness is not of his doing, and I do feel that his gayness is being exploited since he is the first OPENLY gay football player.

[Reg]

So what happens when they start talking about Homo Erectus?

I only get Hetero Erectus.

[Daez]

Which one do i class as? :S

Well there is a really simple test... Do you identify openly with being gay? Well then you must be a cultural gay. Anyone that would attempt to promote themselves as being an open gay would by far be a "cultural gay." The born gays are the ones that live in the closet ashamed and try to pray the gay away!

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Tumblr gives you a slightly different viewpoint on this matter - they want to be the mistreated minority that falls on their swords in order to gain pity. It's easy to play the victim, just ask the Jews - they've perfected into an art form and have been able to feed off that for 70 years now.

Reminds me of that Monty Python sketch where the man was shouting he was being repressed.

Odd... since my partner is one of of the leading attorneys in our area. He is also openly gay. He also is highly sought after donations and such since we have a very decent income... if only we were busy playing the victim we wouldn't have to worry about this whole living life thing... damn! Thanks for the education Tumblr... may you stay as irrelevant with the non-18-35 boyish crowd as always.

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as a gay man i feel excluded from this axis of evil! still, it's funny seeing paranoid individuals believing LGBT want everybody gay lol

Look, I don't want everyone to be gay. Sure, I have looked at a straight man or two and said damn he's fine, I wouldn't mind some of that, but even then I don't want him to be gay for more than one encounter... I think the same could be said of every straight man that has viewed a hot lesbian. Hell, there is an entire porn spectrum devoted to straight men that want to "convince" a lesbian to be straight for them.

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It's pronounce like ant in the majority of the US.

And its pronounced as it should be in the New England area and the majority of the English speaking world. I wonder which is more important... I guess it depends on who you ask.

[Tziva]

We don't allow sexuality discussions on MMO-C and almost all the posting has drifted from the news article to that. Closing.