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JackN415

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5. Yes, of course it is about grade. Manipulative students use...

Reply to knitter4democracy (Reply #4)

Fri May 17, 2013, 05:38 AM

May 2013

whatever weapons available to them to bully teachers.

Abusive acts of some students such as false accusations of racism, sexism are insults to those who truly suffer in real cases.

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Amy Bishop, Christopher Dorner personality and false accusation [View all] JackN415 May 2013 OP

While this student may well have been playing the race card, SheilaT May 2013 #1

yes, you are right. If he didn't make an allusion to race, the whole thing... JackN415 May 2013 #2

Update: JackN415 May 2013 #3

Speaking as a high school teacher, it isn't about race. knitter4democracy May 2013 #4

Yes, of course it is about grade. Manipulative students use... JackN415 May 2013 #5

you lost me at "playing the race card" noiretextatique May 2013 #6

what would be a better term? can you suggest? I sincerely don't know JackN415 May 2013 #7

i think it would be better to just state what happened noiretextatique May 2013 #10

Just to let you know, "Accusation of academic bias involving race" was the official... JackN415 May 2013 #9

yes, i would condemn a false accusation noiretextatique May 2013 #11

This is a reply to Starry Messenger who posted the below message JackN415 May 2013 #8

I'm not defending what he allegedly did, I said he didn't get to tell his side on DU. Starry Messenger May 2013 #12

you might have suffered too much from your experience that prevents you from... JackN415 Jun 2013 #13

of course it's part of the job. teachers work with all kinds of people, from all kinds of HiPointDem Jun 2013 #16

Thanks for your perspective, but JackN415 Jun 2013 #17

look, you want to argue about the minutia of this case, go somewhere else & do it. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #18

Thanks for your open-mindedness. Do you own DU? JackN415 Jun 2013 #19

I'm not defending what he allegedly did, I said he didn't get to tell his side on DU. JackN415 Jun 2013 #14

I refer you again to the last line of my post. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #15