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Old 12-15-2009, 02:32 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and came up with what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child's father said Tuesday.

Chester Johnson told WBZ-TV that his son made the drawing on Dec. 2 after his second-grade teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of the holiday.
Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_re_us/us_jesus_drawing - broken link)
good grief.
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Old 12-15-2009, 02:38 PM
 
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really???? WTF is happening to this country?!?!?
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Old 12-15-2009, 02:56 PM
 
Location: S.E. US
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Yes, I heard that story today. It's the teacher who should be evaluated.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:09 PM
 
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A psyche evaluation? That's what a bunch of ****ing half-brain Massachusetts liberals do. No surprise there. I've never met a person from Massachusetts that I particularly like that much. With this kind of mentality floating around, no ****ing wonder.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:09 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Did you see the part in the article that said: "...Johnson said the teacher became upset when his son said he drew himself on the cross"...? You are trying to turn this story into a religious bias case when it wasn't about banning or disapproving of religious icons at all.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:12 PM
 
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That's what a bunch of ****ing half-brain Massachusetts liberals do. No surprise there. I've never met a person from Massachusetts that I like. With this kind of mentality floating around, no ****ing wonder.
Sigh, where does it mention anything about the teacher's political affiliation? It sounds like the teacher was disturbed about it because the boy said it was himself in the drawing. Sure, she overreacted but maybe she thought the boy had mental problems & may hurt himself, who knows.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:13 PM
 
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Sigh, where does it mention anything about the teacher's political affiliation? It sounds like the teacher was disturbed about it because the boy said it was himself in the drawing. Sure, she overreacted but maybe she thought the boy had mental problems & may hurt himself, who knows.
I don't need to know one particular individual's political affiliation to know the culture of Massachusetts. Look it up. Liberalism breeds in that state. This is more evidence of that.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:15 PM
 
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The teacher may have overreacted. Just like some of the posters here.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:15 PM
 
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A psyche evaluation? That's what a bunch of ****ing half-brain Massachusetts liberals do. No surprise there. I've never met a person from Massachusetts that I particularly like that much. With this kind of mentality floating around, no ****ing wonder.
Goodness. I don't speak "Asterisk." Could you communicate more directly, per chance? So that I may know your explicit opinions on these Massachusetts liberals?
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:17 PM
 
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I don't need to know one particular individual's political affiliation to know the culture of Massachusetts. Look it up. Liberalism breeds in that state. This is more evidence of that.
Great, yet how are you so positive that this had anything to do w/her being liberal? What, you think the teacher is anti-religion?
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