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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/teacher-student-terrorist-texas.htmlTexas Teacher Who Gave Student Most Likely to Become a Terrorist Award Is Out of a Job
By CHRISTINE HAUSER JUNE 7, 2017
A teacher at a Texas middle school is out of a job after she gave mock awards to students that included designations like most likely to become a terrorist and most likely to blend in with white people, the school district and local media reports said.
We have concluded our investigation, and the teacher responsible is no longer employed by the district, the Channelview Independent School District said in a one-sentence statement when asked on Wednesday to confirm reports that the teacher was no longer working at the school, located in Channelview, near Houston.
A spokesman did not reply to questions about whether the teacher had been fired or had resigned.
The teacher was not named in the district statement, but the certificates were signed by Stacy Lockett, who handed out the awards last week as part of a ceremony to celebrate the end of the term at Anthony Aguirre Junior High.
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A mock award given to Lizeth Villanueva last week as part of a ceremony to celebrate the end of the school year. Credit KHOU 11, via YouTube
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Another Texas school award: "Most likely to blend in with white people" (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jun 2017
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NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)1. OMFG
What kind of sick mind does that to little kids? Just for pure meanness.
JHan
(10,173 posts)2. ........
Initech
(100,076 posts)3. When you have bullies in charge, there's a trickle down effect.
Parents, educators, employers, and even kids are getting into Trump based bullying. I think we need to put the whole damn country in an assembly that promotes diversity.
trentwestcott
(83 posts)8. Stacy Lockett is black.
Also, while I support your aim, what you describe could be construed to be a re-education camp.
Initech
(100,076 posts)9. Yeah going there would probably not be a good idea.
But we definitely got to do something - the hate in this country is getting out of control. How do you fight a war on terror when most of your terrorists are home grown?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. WTF?
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)5. It reminds me of this
Gothmog
(145,264 posts)6. It is tough living in Texas at times
suffragette
(12,232 posts)7. Her eyes say it all.
What a hurtful thing to do.