Teacher in trouble after students don white robes

[Liberal_in_LA]

Teacher in trouble after students don white robes

Monday, May 24, 2010

Lumpkin County Schools superintendent Dewey Moye told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that teacher Catherine Ariemma made a poor decision.

Administrators say four students in Ariemma's advanced placement history class donned Klan-like outfits while filming historical reenactments. Moye says students saw them Thursday and parents of a black student complained.

Moye says Ariemma is on leave with pay. Reached by The Associated Press Monday, Ariemma said she didn't regret the project, but that it was poor judgment to allow them to film at school.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/05/24/national/a143818D09.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0otV87mcf

[liberal N proud]

1. It's graduation season, don't a lot of schools use white robes?

:sarcasm:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. What part of history were they reinacting?

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. If it was really a re-enactment I don't see the problem

But I can also understand why this would upset parents.

[katzenjammers]

4. Lucky thing Jesus has never been portrayed wearing a white robe.

:eyes: :silly:

[Obamanaut]

5. More responses at one of the earlier threads

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8408130

eta another du link, also on the first page http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8408759