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This is some REALLY scary shit from a schoolteacher: (Original Post) Blue_Tires Jun 2019 OP
Apparently, she has a history of being an asshole: Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #1
Dunno about scary, but definitely improper... TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 #2
"Scary" in the sense that I was thinking Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #9
She has a history of this it seems. redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #3
No doubt she'll be defended at the next MAGA rally jcgoldie Jun 2019 #4
That POS should have been fired a long time ago. Solly Mack Jun 2019 #5
OMFG. "The Mexicans do not honor the flag"? Holy shit. Initech Jun 2019 #6
Mercy! gratuitous Jun 2019 #7
ICE needs to deport Georgia Clark ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #8
This woman has some serious problems. nolabear Jun 2019 #10
Also putting her phone number out there thinking trump was going to call her? WTH? maryellen99 Jun 2019 #11
Some people think aliens are talking to them from their cornflakes. nolabear Jun 2019 #12
I wonder if she has a crush on the Dotard. Nt raccoon Jun 2019 #13
Outs herself on Twitter as MAGA-t struggle4progress Jun 2019 #14
Fort Worth ISD to discuss firing teacher struggle4progress Jun 2019 #15
School board should fire teacher struggle4progress Jun 2019 #16
She's just angling for the job of Trump's Secretary of Education... hunter Jun 2019 #17
FIRED! Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #18
Obviously she's not very intelligent. Aside from her racism and bigotry, ooky Jun 2019 #19

Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
1. Apparently, she has a history of being an asshole:
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 11:56 AM
Jun 2019
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article231117988.html

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Clark was suspended without pay and reassigned in 2013 after referring to students at Western Hills High School as “Little Mexico” and “white bread.”

During the 2013-14 school year, Clark worked at Western Hills High School as a reading teacher, but was recommended for termination by a review committee after she was accused of using racist language toward students. She was kept by the district after the United Educators Association helped her find a resolution with the district, the records state.

Eighteen student witnesses made statements in that case. A co-worker on campus also told the district Clark used racist language when referring to students. That internal review began Nov. 7, 2013, and closed on Jan. 3, 2014.

In November 2013, Clark was accused of calling a group of Hispanic students “Little Mexico.” She also reportedly called a Caucasian student “white bread,” and separated the class by race, according to the reports.

“The Mexicans on one side and the white and black people on another side,” one student told the district’s Office of Professional Standards in 2013. “She had told the Mexicans that (they’re) Mexico and that the white and blacks are America.”
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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. Dunno about scary, but definitely improper...
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 11:57 AM
Jun 2019

Seems she has a history of this crap, so maybe it's time to fire her.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
9. "Scary" in the sense that I was thinking
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jun 2019

Last edited Wed Jun 5, 2019, 02:19 PM - Edit history (1)

she'd find some end-around method to tip off ICE about the illegals in her own classroom...

(since it technically isn't legal for her to do it directly)

redstatebluegirl

(12,827 posts)
3. She has a history of this it seems.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 11:59 AM
Jun 2019

Lots of this in Texas schools. I was recruiting in a Texas high school once, when a woman came up to me with her daughter. She sat down and said "Oklahoma is pretty much a white state right?" I said I didn't quite know what she meant, she continued saying "I don't want my daughter in class with them". So I did the first thing I could think of. I said "you might want to look into a Christian school down here in Texas I hear most of them are pretty white". She got pissed, grabbed her daughter by the hand and stormed off. I emailed my Dean about the altercation and told him what I said, he emailed me back "I have your back".

Initech

(108,783 posts)
6. OMFG. "The Mexicans do not honor the flag"? Holy shit.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 12:41 PM
Jun 2019

Wow, they never cease to find new lows to which they will stoop.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Mercy!
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jun 2019

It's just so odd that all these racists and bigots seem to find a kindred spirit in the not-racist-at-all-just-ask-Jared person of Donald J. Trump. But, since this is the Washington Post, they may tut-tut the teacher's appeal to Trump, but because we knew or should have known that Trump is a bigot and he was elected anyway, there's no way Fred Hiatt's editorial page will say anything negative about Trump.

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
10. This woman has some serious problems.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 01:37 PM
Jun 2019

Bigotry and ignorance are just the beginning. Stupidity (literally) looks like a real possibility. Where did she get the idea you could personally tweet the president and just get them to do what you want? And who was trolling her, responding as an assistant? Damn, woman...

struggle4progress

(126,147 posts)
14. Outs herself on Twitter as MAGA-t
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 05:06 PM
Jun 2019

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

... “Mr. President, Fort Worth Independent School District is loaded with illegal students from Mexico,” Clark wrote May 17, on her now-deleted Twitter account, @Rebecca1939, The Washington Post reports. “Anything you can do to remove the illegals from Fort Worth would be greatly appreciated,” she wrote in another tweet.

Clark, not realizing that she was showing her inner “Make America Great Again” hat, asked that her identity not be revealed so that she could be protected when the action was taken.

“Texas will not protect whistle blowers. The Mexicans refuse to honor our flag,” she wrote ...

According to the Post, Clark’s tweets were being investigated as “inappropriate behavior” in violation of district regulations. She was placed on administrative leave with pay on May 29, two days before the last day of school ...

https://www.theroot.com/texas-teacher-outs-herself-on-twitter-as-maga-t-who-wan-1835244448


struggle4progress

(126,147 posts)
15. Fort Worth ISD to discuss firing teacher
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 05:08 PM
Jun 2019

Fort Worth ISD will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss a teacher who was placed on leave after allegedly sending anti-immigrant tweets to President Donald Trump ...

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fort-Worth-ISD-to-Discuss-Possible-Firing-Teacher-Who-Tweeted-to-President-Trump-510809801.html

struggle4progress

(126,147 posts)
16. School board should fire teacher
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jun 2019

BY THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD
JUNE 04, 2019 12:58 PM, UPDATED 2 HOURS 19 MINUTES AGO

... Tuesday night brings one of the easiest calls the Fort Worth school board will face: The trustees should fire teacher Georgia Clark ...

... because district investigations have documented a history of racially charged comments, trustees are justified in terminating Clark ...

... Teachers have First Amendment rights like anyone else, and they shouldn’t be punished for expressing mainstream opinions, even ones that might be unpopular in their communities.

But Clark’s behavior has gone far beyond that. Her comments betray not just bias against many of the students on her campus, where Hispanics make up nearly 90 percent of those enrolled, but ignorance about the school’s and teachers’ roles in ensuring that all children get the education they deserve.

No matter how frustrated you are .. don’t take it out on kids ...

https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article231159898.html

hunter

(40,690 posts)
17. She's just angling for the job of Trump's Secretary of Education...
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 05:22 PM
Jun 2019

... should Betsy DeVos retire.

ooky

(10,922 posts)
19. Obviously she's not very intelligent. Aside from her racism and bigotry,
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 02:38 PM
Jun 2019

I'm curious how someone this colossally dumb ever got a job teaching our children.

Its disappointing, the sheer lack of intelligence in our American population.

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