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hedgehog

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42. I see your point, but my suggestion is that the young student may have initiated the incident by

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:15 AM

Jun 2014

voicing "Yes, sir" with an intonation or physical gesture that implied "Yes, sir, Master"

BTW - thank you for a serious comment rather than a knee jerk condemnation of me!

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White Iowa Teacher Tells Black Student To Respond To Him Saying, “Yes sir, master” [View all] doxydad Jun 2014 OP

Why, because racism is so rare in the midwest? Recursion Jun 2014 #1

This is true JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #6

No, but everybody knows abouta Mississippi, God Damn! merrily Jun 2014 #10

God damn that is an awesome performance! Vattel Jun 2014 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #2

I just wanted to say hi before you're gone. bravenak Jun 2014 #3

And, even if you are pining to be called "Master," for some reason (and a teacher is not even a merrily Jun 2014 #11

Every teacher knows this. bravenak Jun 2014 #15

Did some digging beyond this story JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #24

Same song different day. bravenak Jun 2014 #26

can you help merrily out? JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #31

Yes Master. bravenak Jun 2014 #34

Aww - uh - er JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #35

Oh ... I wouldn't say it "never" sounds right. ieoeja Jun 2014 #67

Ha! bravenak Jun 2014 #68

I didn't care much for that show when I was a kid. I was more a fan of Samantha Stevens! ieoeja Jun 2014 #69

Aw, shucks. merrily Jun 2014 #54

i don't think he should be teaching at all, how does one end up a teacher and not know JI7 Jun 2014 #72

Exactly JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #73

Fired would be more suitable. nt valerief Jun 2014 #28

I agree, but if they are not going to fire him, let him teach 12th grade and say it to a black Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #39

Agree! He is unfit to be a teacher and is a failure! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #47

ha, I kept waiting to see the jury results on that guy iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2014 #14

He posted in the Barack Obama Group about Bergdahl. bravenak Jun 2014 #16

I can think of maybe four possibilities. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #29

Perfect answers. bravenak Jun 2014 #33

Erich - you win today! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #37

ok - tell us your scenario where that comes off as, say, a good idea Skittles Jun 2014 #4

Pizza for breakfast? nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #7

I LOVE leftover, room temperature pizza for breakfast, merrily Jun 2014 #12

You're not very good at this. Feral Child Jun 2014 #8

I would need to know JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #5

Please see Replies 3, 11 and 4. merrily Jun 2014 #13

Ahh - I agree JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #23

I don't understand. merrily Jun 2014 #25

People like to alert on posts made by AA members. bravenak Jun 2014 #32

I understood the bit about alerts (and hides). But that does not answer my question. merrily Jun 2014 #36

Check your pm's JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #38

Sarcasm or irony? That I TOTALLY get. merrily Jun 2014 #40

follow up on bravenak's post #41 JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #44

You are preaching to the choir, except that I don't think merrily Jun 2014 #48

Fair point JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #49

+1000 heaven05 Jun 2014 #53

If we call it racist it invites a pile on and accusations of reverse racism. bravenak Jun 2014 #41

Cussing? LOL! Should I not have called the Taliban shits on another thread this merrily Jun 2014 #46

Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #51

I have zero filter, but I am not ready to be banned or silenced. Besides, I respect that this merrily Jun 2014 #64

Awesome gif! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #52

you are just heaven05 Jun 2014 #56

I should go back to school and become a psycologist, i think it may be my calling. bravenak Jun 2014 #58

you'll find the right answer to your self examination heaven05 Jun 2014 #61

I feel your answer heaven05 Jun 2014 #43

I really don't think my answer did all that. I simply said that I did not understand. merrily Jun 2014 #59

ten four heaven05 Jun 2014 #60

I'm really not looking to be anyone's enemy. And neither are you. merrily Jun 2014 #62

"Some of our teachers are wrong in every way!" merrily Jun 2014 #9

The story is a bit more informative than the headline - hedgehog Jun 2014 #17

I think so. B Calm Jun 2014 #18

If "racially-tinged" remarks (to use the modern euphemism) or homophobic remarks merrily Jun 2014 #27

+1 nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #30

I see your point, but my suggestion is that the young student may have initiated the incident by hedgehog Jun 2014 #42

your 'take' on this situation heaven05 Jun 2014 #50

I have no idea of what the relationship was before this incident - hedgehog Jun 2014 #66

the student said, at the link, that the teacher heaven05 Jun 2014 #70

OK - I see the problem - I was going by the written article only, hedgehog Jun 2014 #71

I understood your point. I just think the teacher said something about the way the teacher thinks. merrily Jun 2014 #55

This could be PowerToThePeople Jun 2014 #45

+1 B Calm Jun 2014 #63

Some teachers shouldn't be teachers...nt SidDithers Jun 2014 #19

A better link to the actual story would help significantly. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 #20

A teacher should be educated TNNurse Jun 2014 #21

Shawn McCurtain must be a fan of Steve King. muntrv Jun 2014 #57

Pay no attention to the McCurtain Blue Owl Jun 2014 #65