Teacher forced to resign after parents freak out over recent trip to Kenya

[davidn3600]

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov 3 (Reuters) - A teacher at a Louisville, Kentucky, Catholic school has resigned rather than take paid leave after parents raised concerns about her trip to Kenya, half a continent away from the Ebola epidemic in western Africa, WDRB Channel 41 TV reported.

Susan Sherman, a religious education teacher who is also a registered nurse, was recently on a mission in Kenya in eastern Africa. When she returned, St. Margaret Mary school requested she take a precautionary 21-day leave and produce a health note from her doctor, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Louisville.

Sherman, who taught religion to seventh- and eighth-graders, chose to resign instead, according to WDRB.

It was not immediately possible to reach Sherman for comment. Officials at St. Margaret Mary referred questions to the Archdiocese.

Cecelia Price, chief communications officer for the Archdiocese, said the decision to request the leave came from the school itself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/03/kentucky-teacher-resigns-ebola_n_6096824.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

[JI7]

1. and people wonder why it's tough to win an election there for some

[davidn3600]

4. Exactly...how do you expect progressives to win in that environment?

[Fumesucker]

13. There were a bunch of "progressives" freaking out just about that hard here on DU a week ago

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Where? I certainly didn't see it.

Maybe you could show me a post where a DUer was advocating quarantine for someone who was in an African country where there has been no Ebola. I'd be very curious to see where these "progressives" are.

[TransitJohn]

2. Jesus Fucking Christ

The panic and scientific illiteracy in our Idiocratic nation disgusts me. Fuck those school administrators.

[Fred Sanders]

3. They will claim that the parents legitimately were terrorized by the media Freakout, so they had to

cave to the comforting lies rather than expose the terrifying truth that they are all idiots.

Logical, scary as hell, but logical. The teacher has resigned, and I hope is suing their cowardly asses off....instead of using this to teach the parents about science they chose the cowards way out and caved to the fear.

[bluedigger]

5. They gave a teacher in Maine 21 days paid leave...

For going to Dallas.

[Crunchy Frog]

17. That makes more sense than the Kenya thing.

At least they've actually had Ebola in Dallas.

Besides, I don't really mind seeing Texas get treated as a pariah state.

[LeftyMom]

18. Three weeks free vacation? I'm surprised every other teacher didn't book a flight when they heard.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. I don't see 'forced to resign' in that excerpt.

I see 'chose to resign'.

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. Good grief. I wouldn't be able to deal with the stupid either and just quit.

[uppityperson]

8. She was told to do 21 day quarantine and dr note, not forced to resign.

That said, no need for a quarantine or dr's note.

But no need either to exaggerate by saying "forced to resign".

[True Blue Door]

9. This is why I can't be a politician.

I have zero patience for morons like these parents. None at all. I would be shoving maps in their faces and asking them in my most condescending possible tone to point out where Kenya is, where Liberia is, and asking how far apart they are based on "the little line thingee at the bottom with the distances on it - you know, the Dumbfuck Bar, for people like yourselves."

[JI7]

10. the media whores should be doing that but they don't

[Art_from_Ark]

11. But you have to be careful, because

some media whores themselves can't correctly identify countries (or states, for that matter)

[JI7]

12. true, cable news whores seem to be more Kardashian celeb types

than serious news reporters.

these days the most i learn from tv news is from a chef who does shows on food around the world.

[Ms. Toad]

14. How about modifying your title to accurately reflect the content.

The teacher chose to resign, rather than accept a 21-day paid leave.

Disagree with whether you believe she should have had to make a choice of that nature all you want, but it was a choice - not a forced resignation.

[Crunchy Frog]

15. More evidence that Kentucky is the land of the insane.

As I was reminded in an earlier post today, this is the state where people have no objections to toddlers shooting each other dead because it's "God's will". http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025752045

[Cha]

19. Said she choose to resign. I do not see why she wouldn't take the 21 days paid leave if she liked

her job.

[Dorian Gray]

20. Stupid is as stupid does

Seriously? Parents, read a newspaper and look at a map.