Opus 2017-036: 50 Shades of Hate

Will I make it to retirement?  Sometimes I wonder if it will be worth it.

I came across a story about a teacher being fired for showing the Confederate flag in his classroom.  It wasn’t a case of waving it, singing Dixie and demanding secession.  It’s not like he was from California demanding to be set free from the nation.  Oh, wait.  I think he was in California, oh well.

No.  He was teaching a unit on the Civil War and on one wall he had a presentation that included the Stars and Bars.  On the other he had the Stars and Stripes.  Evidently this is a sign of hate and racism in his school district.  I played a newscast for one of my classes and we had a good discussion.  It always amazes me that children who have not been brainwashed by political correctness can often see the issues more clearly than the adults doing the washing.

When I got home that evening I began wondering about my walls and the next day when I went to class, sure enough, there was a confederate flag on the wall.  It was right next to a picture of Robert E. Lee.  I guess that makes me a hate monger.  The only problem is that the pictures were on a poster drawn by a student for a class presentation.  I am going to leave it up.  Maybe it will get me put on administrative leave.  Maybe I can retire early.  That should give me the chance to play more golf until my lawsuit cleans out the coffers of the district.

I hope the guy sues and I hope he gets a jury full of people from Georgia.

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