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exboyfil

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1. There was a teacher that brought a cotton plant to school that was suspended

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2022, 03:32 PM

Apr 2022

I defended the teacher and got push back on this board.

This is way beyond being acceptable to actually force students to participate in this. Touching a cotton plant should be optional. I still think showing a cotton plant is a valid approach and any child who wants to touch it should be allowed to do so. For the shackles I would make it optional for students to even see them, but I would be a bit more uneasy about it.

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There was a teacher that brought a cotton plant to school that was suspended exboyfil Apr 2022 #1

that's crazy Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #2