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Teacher linked to gay slurs at school
ROGERSVILLE School district officials are investigating allegations that a Lauderdale County High School teacher made slurs in the presence of students regarding first lady Michelle Obama and gays. Superintendent Jennifer Gray confirmed the investigation concerns the schools head football coach, Bob Grisham, who also teaches drivers education and psychology.
The investigation includes a 1-minute, 24-second audiotape of Grisham asking who knows who is behind the 600-calorie school lunch.
Fat butt Michelle Obama, he said. Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. Shes overweight.
Male voices interject comments during the discussion, at one point referring to Michelle Obama as a fat gorilla.
Later in the tape, Grisham referred to the U.S. as going in the wrong direction and tells the students they can get pissed off at me or not. You can go tell the principal, call the superintendent and tell her. I dont believe in queers. I dont like queers, I dont hate them as a person, but what they do is wrong and an abomination against God. The tape was reportedly recorded by a student Monday and took place on school campus during the school day.
More here including the audio: http://timesdaily.com/stories/Teacher-linked-to-gay-slurs-at-school,201960
I taught in this system for 15 years and I wish I could say that I'm shocked.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)And this guy teaches psychology.
Michelle could probably beat the crap out of him in sports.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)No? This crap needs to stop.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)No action has been taken against Grisham by the districts administration or the school board. He was not at school Wednesday, and Gray said he has family obligations that were expected to keep him out of school the rest of the week.
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The boards range is to recommend doing nothing to termination, Irby said. And, of course, they have everything in between, such as suspension with or without pay or merely a warning.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)Time to make an example of clowns like this.
Countdown to "MY FREE SPEECH RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED!!1!1!!!!"
orwell
(7,775 posts)strong beautiful black women...
Keep talking "coach"...
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)This bigot needs to be fired. There are better qualified and less bigoted people out there who would happily take his job.
frylock
(34,825 posts)PhysicsProf
(8 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)pepperbear
(5,648 posts)Has he even seen her?
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)Just for the sheer, sick entertainment of it all...
dballance
(5,756 posts)I'd love to hear some of what I'm sure are his completely unbiased lectures in his class.
LeftinOH
(5,358 posts)maybe there are some exceptions.. but I've never encountered one.
jsr
(7,712 posts)I have no hatred toward anyone or any group. People that know my heart, they know that.
Yeah. LOL.