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PowerToThePeople

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45. This could be
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:24 AM
Jun 2014

Though I still would not have come back with an awful response such as he did.

Personal story of how I almost got upset about something (kind of similar). Several weeks ago I was driving home from the grocery store. Got to the alley-way that I drive up and there an AA male and female standing on the sidewalk right in the middle of the alley. Put on my turn signal and waited. Several seconds went by. They looked over at me. I smiled and waved. They moved over out of the alley-way on the sidewalk. I turned and pulled in. AA male bowed to me as I pulled past. Truthfully, right at that second I got pretty pissed. I did not see myself as "above" them in any way, yet seeing his reaction made me believe that he did think that I thought that way. I almost stopped and said something, but just calmed down and moved on. Still, if they had stood on the sidewalk 2 feet either direction, not right in the middle of the alley, the whole incident would have been avoided. Cars do go in on out of the alley fairly regular. I do not know what he was thinking, but the situation did not sit well with me.

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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
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