Substitute teacher rips hijab off 8-year-old Bronx student’s head (2015, first amendment)

[Tokinouta]

Glad he was fired. I guess she and other students were acting up with the sub there. She wouldn't get out of the chair when told so he first threatened to do it, and then did it when she didn't listen.

There were hundreds of other methods this teacher could have used instead of this. Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher. Lesson learned.

[shanv3]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Muslims are getting to be a pretty large voting block in NYC as they had two Islamic holidays added to the school systems calendar.

New York public schools to have Muslim holidays off - CNN.com

Thus the quick reaction of the DOE.

Did the Jews also get a holiday as they are already a big voting block in NYC???

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by shanv3

Did the Jews also get a holiday as they are already a big voting block in NYC???

Did? Many decades ago. They got Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana and Passover (or did you not notice that Spring recess lined up exactly with it?).

2016-2017 Holidays and Key Dates - Calendar - New York City Department of Education
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/...lyFriendly.pdf

[Moe Howard]

What's going on in this country is that the politically-correct, social justice crowd is ruining it. I'm beginning to see why Mao and Stalin lined these types up and disposed of them after their slave revolution occurred.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by Moe Howard

What's going on in this country is that the politically-correct, social justice crowd is ruining it.

Yes. substitute teachers not being able to physically rip students' clothing off is ruining the country.

[Informed Info]

Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese

Christians have Good Friday and Christmas off. Jews have Yom Kippur and Rosh Shanna off and Muslims have Eid and another holiday off. Fair enough.

Every public school student has all of those holidays off.

[Informed Info]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Did? Many decades ago. They got Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana and Passover (or did you not notice that Spring recess lined up exactly with it?).

2016-2017 Holidays and Key Dates - Calendar - New York City Department of Education
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/...lyFriendly.pdf

Yeah, for Easter.

[boneyard1962]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Change "racist" to bigot then


So what?
I had a teacher physically kick me. I got over it.
That in no way justifies the behavior.

So is it worthy of a headline? That's my point. So a muslim student was offended, it happens to everyone at some point. Ripping ball cap off a students head wouldn't earn a mention , but because the student was muslim it's a crisis.
The teacher was wrong and was punished for it.

[boneyard1962]

Originally Posted by Tokinouta

Glad he was fired. I guess she and other students were acting up with the sub there. She wouldn't get out of the chair when told so he first threatened to do it, and then did it when she didn't listen.

There were hundreds of other methods this teacher could have used instead of this. Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher. Lesson learned.

bear spray? That would absolutely send a message. lol

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by pknopp

They didn't.

They did indeed, unless the 'no headwear' rule was scrapped for ALL students. It wasn't. Discriminating against an Atheist, e.g., is religion-based discrimination.