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Teacher Reinstated After Blogging That Students are 'Whiners'

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 29th 2011 1:00PM

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A teacher in suburban Philadelphia blogged that her students are "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners."
No doubt. They're high school students. But can anyone be that honest and remain employed? Natalie Munroe has ...Teacher who blasted students ready to return to classroom, just maybe in a different building.
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Teacher Suspended for Allegedly Making Kids Scrub Toilet

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 26th 2011 1:30PM

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A teacher in Connecticut has been suspended for allegedly making children scrub toilets to the point where their hands were raw.
Outrageous, right? You shouldn't have to scrub toilets that hard ...Kids peed their pants to avoid going to the bathroom.
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Teacher Allegedly Mocks Muslim Student After Death of bin Laden

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 6th 2011 2:30PM

Following Osama bin Laden's death, a Texas teacher mocked a Muslim student. Credit: AP
A girl at Clearbrook High School in Friendswood, Texas, just happens to come from a Muslim family.
She's not a terrorist. She's just another ...Algebra teacher suspended for tying girl's relgious background to dead terrorist.
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Teacher Allegedly Ties 5-Year-Old to Chair in Front of Class

by Tom Henderson, Posted Apr 25th 2011 12:30PM

A teacher in Australia is facing charges for tying a student to a chair in front of his classmates. Credit: Getty Images Tying children to chairs. It always seems like such a good idea at the time. Before you succumb to ...School official fit be tied herself over what allegedly happened to student.
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Teacher Gets an F for Her X-Rated Test

by Tom Henderson, Posted Dec 2nd 2010 5:31PM

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So, whaddaya think? Are all sexual positions comfortable? Do African-American men really have bigger, er, uh, you know ... It's difficult to even finish the question. These are not the sort of ..."Welcome to religion and ethics class. Let's talk sex organs."
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Was Michigan Teacher Wrong to Eject Students for Anti-Gay Remarks?

by Tom Henderson, Posted Nov 16th 2010 5:15PM

Someone was bullied in a Michigan classroom on Oct. 20. Exactly who was the victim and who was the bully, however, depends on your point of view. Popular opinion -- at least as it was expressed at a community forum held Nov. 8 -- says Howell ...Teacher either defended gay students or trampled the First Amendment. It depends on your perspective.
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New York Parents Fit to be Tied Over Racy Homework Assignment

by Tom Henderson, Posted Oct 8th 2010 10:54AM

Sex, drugs, swearing ... it's all in a day's homework. Credit: Getty Images
Maybe parents in New York City ought to save themselves some time and set their dials to permanent sputter.
Moral outrage abounds these days. Last month, ...A substitute teacher in Queens junked a planned reading assignment for a racy novel, "The Rules of Attraction" by Bret Easton Ellis. Parental outrage abounds.
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