Texas Teacher Suspended for 'Go Back to Mexico' Comment

[Honeycombe8]

85. Teachers are human. Her comment was a response to his comment and not racist.

That's how I interpret it. If there wasn't a pattern of her saying things like that, or if she just sprang forth with that comment for no reason, but she was frustrated with that kid's disruptive tactics which involved HIM making a big deal out of his being Mexican and not American.

I'd give her a pass this one time. Teachers are only human, which means that sometimes they screw up.

And I'm guessing that disruptive kid is the one who "reported" that supposedly racist comment, furthering his disruptive tactics. He was interfering with the rest of the class' education, too.

The kid needs to be taught that he's American, not Mexican (unless he really is a citizen of Mexico here with his parents on a work visa or something). The teacher could've used that as a teaching moment, but that would've been considered racist, too. Maybe the kid can get a tutor after school to teach him English. If he wants to be a productive citizen, he's going to need it. Or else he'll end up just digging ditches.