Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the vast majority of the people on this forum are foaming at the mouth at the opportunity to step in and take the place of these teachers. Please, be a part of the solution. Instead of whining on these forums, quit your big law, tech, or sales job. Wake up at 6 am. Deal with 150 teenagers a day and their screaming parents. Coach a team and then drive 75 minutes home up 270 because your $60k / year salary can't buy you anything south of Germantown. The world needs you to step up and take the place of this man you demand be fired.

Don't come between a man and his meal.

There are individuals who have to deal with all of those things and don’t use blatantly racist language such as that. Let’s also recognize the fact that they chose that career as well.

As a Black B-CC alum, there have been many times where my classmates and I reported similar behavior and nothing was done. The teacher was probably warned multiple times. “Don’t come between a man and his meal”? How about not doing things (along with daily microaggressions) that make the people affected feel as though they don’t belong or they can’t succeed, because that line of thinking follows them for years and years. When these complaints are made, they should be taken with the highest seriousness. The drawbacks of the job or “can you do what they do” aren’t an excuse.

If we read the original post...

This morning parents received an email from the principal telling us that a teacher had told black students in his class that he could not tell them apart. The email, which of course was written or edited by the central office, further stated that they were "investigating," blah blah blah.

The email, and the lack of immediate action, made me want to vomit. Is this 2023? Have we somehow completely lost our way? The only solution, if this is true, is to fire the teacher. Do not send him to a DEI training, do not reassign him to a different MCPS school, do not pass go. No adult who interacts daily with CHILDREN should have such crap coming out of his mouth.

My kid just got home and said the teacher lacks a filter (based on DC's personal knowledge) and that teacher was, in fact, fired. I hope this is true.

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It's quite vague exactly what all of this means. I read this as a teacher, speaking to two students, said that he had trouble distinguishing one of them from the other. But again. I restate my original claim. The county needs teachers. Please, step up and take this man's spot. Do whatever he had to do to obtain the position necessary to teach this class (degrees and all) and then take a $60,000 / year job.

My argument is don't be overly critical of a job that sucks. People are nicer to service staff than they are teachers who give their child a bad grade.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the vast majority of the people on this forum are foaming at the mouth at the opportunity to step in and take the place of these teachers. Please, be a part of the solution. Instead of whining on these forums, quit your big law, tech, or sales job. Wake up at 6 am. Deal with 150 teenagers a day and their screaming parents. Coach a team and then drive 75 minutes home up 270 because your $60k / year salary can't buy you anything south of Germantown. The world needs you to step up and take the place of this man you demand be fired.

Don't come between a man and his meal.

There are individuals who have to deal with all of those things and don’t use blatantly racist language such as that. Let’s also recognize the fact that they chose that career as well.

As a Black B-CC alum, there have been many times where my classmates and I reported similar behavior and nothing was done. The teacher was probably warned multiple times. “Don’t come between a man and his meal”? How about not doing things (along with daily microaggressions) that make the people affected feel as though they don’t belong or they can’t succeed, because that line of thinking follows them for years and years. When these complaints are made, they should be taken with the highest seriousness. The drawbacks of the job or “can you do what they do” aren’t an excuse.

Anonymous wrote:My favorite high school teacher (had her for 3 years across multiple science courses) called me by a name that was slightly different than my own. Think of the commonly confused names common to white people (ya know where you change a letter or two). I was a white student and she was a white teacher, so let's assume racism wasn't at play here.

I never had the heart to correct her. She was caring, kind, energetic, patient, and put forth an incredible amount of effort every day. I could forgive this minor incursion because she had a heart of gold and was incredibly competent. She was my first AP teacher and I cruised to a 5 thanks to her lead.

WTF is wrong with everyone these days? Not everything is an intentional micro-aggression that demands someone be fired immediately. High Schoolers are tough creatures. They look for opportunities to disparage any teacher that makes them do work that they don't like. It is the wisdom of the county to succumb to their every demand because they video-taped something possible out of context and out of character? BCC has lost several competent and experienced teachers over the past decade as students have purposefully "baited" them into such situations. There is a sick power dynamic emerging where students can trap teachers into these discussions.

Seriously, think back to being a teenager? Remember trying to get the teacher off topic for the day so that you wouldn't have any homework? Oh boy was it fun! Find a trigger point for a teacher and get them going on that topic.

Nowadays, you don't even have to fish for these topics. The county provides them through consultants who present language so exciting that FOX news and CNN have to run specials on it. Gosh what I would've done with the opportunity to "poke the bear" of so many teachers with this wonderful set of ammunition. My inner child is elated just thinking about what I could have done!

Anonymous wrote:My favorite high school teacher (had her for 3 years across multiple science courses) called me by a name that was slightly different than my own. Think of the commonly confused names common to white people (ya know where you change a letter or two). I was a white student and she was a white teacher, so let's assume racism wasn't at play here.

I never had the heart to correct her. She was caring, kind, energetic, patient, and put forth an incredible amount of effort every day. I could forgive this minor incursion because she had a heart of gold and was incredibly competent. She was my first AP teacher and I cruised to a 5 thanks to her lead.

WTF is wrong with everyone these days? Not everything is an intentional micro-aggression that demands someone be fired immediately. High Schoolers are tough creatures. They look for opportunities to disparage any teacher that makes them do work that they don't like. It is the wisdom of the county to succumb to their every demand because they video-taped something possible out of context and out of character? BCC has lost several competent and experienced teachers over the past decade as students have purposefully "baited" them into such situations. There is a sick power dynamic emerging where students can trap teachers into these discussions.

Seriously, think back to being a teenager? Remember trying to get the teacher off topic for the day so that you wouldn't have any homework? Oh boy was it fun! Find a trigger point for a teacher and get them going on that topic.

Nowadays, you don't even have to fish for these topics. The county provides them through consultants who present language so exciting that FOX news and CNN have to run specials on it. Gosh what I would've done with the opportunity to "poke the bear" of so many teachers with this wonderful set of ammunition. My inner child is elated just thinking about what I could have done!

Anonymous wrote:My favorite high school teacher (had her for 3 years across multiple science courses) called me by a name that was slightly different than my own. Think of the commonly confused names common to white people (ya know where you change a letter or two). I was a white student and she was a white teacher, so let's assume racism wasn't at play here.

I never had the heart to correct her. She was caring, kind, energetic, patient, and put forth an incredible amount of effort every day. I could forgive this minor incursion because she had a heart of gold and was incredibly competent. She was my first AP teacher and I cruised to a 5 thanks to her lead.

WTF is wrong with everyone these days? Not everything is an intentional micro-aggression that demands someone be fired immediately. High Schoolers are tough creatures. They look for opportunities to disparage any teacher that makes them do work that they don't like. It is the wisdom of the county to succumb to their every demand because they video-taped something possible out of context and out of character? BCC has lost several competent and experienced teachers over the past decade as students have purposefully "baited" them into such situations. There is a sick power dynamic emerging where students can trap teachers into these discussions.

Seriously, think back to being a teenager? Remember trying to get the teacher off topic for the day so that you wouldn't have any homework? Oh boy was it fun! Find a trigger point for a teacher and get them going on that topic.

Nowadays, you don't even have to fish for these topics. The county provides them through consultants who present language so exciting that FOX news and CNN have to run specials on it. Gosh what I would've done with the opportunity to "poke the bear" of so many teachers with this wonderful set of ammunition. My inner child is elated just thinking about what I could have done!

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the vast majority of the people on this forum are foaming at the mouth at the opportunity to step in and take the place of these teachers. Please, be a part of the solution. Instead of whining on these forums, quit your big law, tech, or sales job. Wake up at 6 am. Deal with 150 teenagers a day and their screaming parents. Coach a team and then drive 75 minutes home up 270 because your $60k / year salary can't buy you anything south of Germantown. The world needs you to step up and take the place of this man you demand be fired.

Don't come between a man and his meal.

Anonymous wrote:Nobody should be fired for a slip of the tongue.

Anonymous wrote:This morning parents received an email from the principal telling us that a teacher had told black students in his class that he could not tell them apart. The email, which of course was written or edited by the central office, further stated that they were "investigating," blah blah blah.

The email, and the lack of immediate action, made me want to vomit. Is this 2023? Have we somehow completely lost our way? The only solution, if this is true, is to fire the teacher. Do not send him to a DEI training, do not reassign him to a different MCPS school, do not pass go. No adult who interacts daily with CHILDREN should have such crap coming out of his mouth.

My kid just got home and said the teacher lacks a filter (based on DC's personal knowledge) and that teacher was, in fact, fired. I hope this is true.

Anonymous wrote:I'm practically face blind. I can't recognize people I know well. I just don't say it in racial terms.