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High school teacher tells a student he can be arrested for speaking ill of President Barack Obama
- Published_at:2012-05-21
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:MediaLube
- tags: Obama, President, Classroom, Debate, Barack, College, Barack Obama (US President), News, Teacher, Election, Lesson, Lessons, Learn, Clinton, North Rowan, President Barack Obama, Student, Analysis, Education, Students, Teachers, School, Tube, Most Recent, Most Popular, Politics
- description: SPENCER — After reviewing a video in which a North Rowan High School teacher tells a student he can be arrested for speaking ill of President Barack Obama, the Rowan-Salisbury School System said it can be a learning experience. Meanwhile, an expert on politics at Catawba College says the social studies teacher just doesn't have her facts straight when she insists speaking your mind about a president can get you charged with a criminal offense. Although two students provided the name of the teacher, we are not publishing it because officials within the school system would not confirm her identity and she could not be reached for comment. The video captures audio of the dispute but does not show the teacher or anyone else. It appears to have been shot with a phone or other device as the camera pointed at the ceiling the entire time. Rowan-Salisbury spokeswoman Rita Foil confirmed the teacher is still employed with the district and has not been suspended for disciplinary reasons. One student asks, "Didn't Obama bully someone though?" The teacher responds: "Not to my knowledge." In response to the Romney story, conservatives have recently been pointing to a passage in Obama's book, "Dreams from My Father," in which the president writes that while in grade school he shoved a little girl, the only other black student in his grade, after other students called him her boyfriend. When the student tells the teacher that Obama admitted to bullying a girl in school, the teacher goes on the defensive. "Stop, no, because there is no comparison," she says. Romney, she says, is "running for president. Obama is the president." When the student says they're both "just men," the teacher continues to argue that Romney, as a candidate for president, is not to be afforded the same respect as the president. The teacher tells the class Obama is "due the respect that every other president is due." "Listen, let me tell you something, you will not disrespect the president of the United States in this classroom," she says. The student replies that he'll say what he wants. "Not about him you won't," the teacher says. Later in the conversation, the teacher tells the class it's criminal to slander a president.
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