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LiberalArkie

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12. I high school I had a trig teacher and an electronic teacher that would always

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:00 PM

Sep 2015

write on the black board, covering up the writing and then ask me a question with there backs turned so I could not see them talk. For ever I thought something was wrong with me until I found out I had a pretty bad hearing loss. (Kept me out of the draft though). The would ask e a question, I could not hear them or see them talk. Then they would yell "MR. JOHNSON ARE YOU ASLEEP OR JUST STUPID". I always loved math and electronics despite those two, but I flunked both of the classes for "Intentionally not paying attention".
This was in 1965, so it has been going on for a long time. I never thought about why most of all my other teachers had me sit up front after the first or second week. But I know now why. My trig and electronics teacher moved me to back after the second week or so. Power trips. A lot of teachers are like cops, then enjoy having authority over others.

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Professor Won’t Wear Device to Accommodate Deaf Student Because It Violates Her Faith [View all] KamaAina Sep 2015 OP

Disturbing. louis-t Sep 2015 #1

Between organized religion in America and guns in America, I am amazed there is any of us left randys1 Sep 2015 #27

Newfoundland is in America? Who knew. yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #63

I did. Lots of people do. Mexico is also. Thor_MN Sep 2015 #74

You know that the story is foreign and not the United States? yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #78

Oh come on now. Next you're going to try telling us that Europe isn't a state in the US. PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #87

It must be, because there are Georgians over there, and everyone knows GA is in the US. Yo_Mama Sep 2015 #98

No one said it was part of the UNITED STATES. Thor_MN Sep 2015 #93

Yes, me too, but freedom of religion is glorious. You know, we have NO idea Hortensis Sep 2015 #33

It is a glorious club awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #58

Agree they're frightening - always, but their successes are in direct Hortensis Sep 2015 #82

She's not following an organised religion Recursion Sep 2015 #79

Then she should find another job nt nichomachus Sep 2015 #2

Why? Didnt the student have other options like tape recording class for later review? cstanleytech Sep 2015 #11

The student shouldn't have to nichomachus Sep 2015 #14

Surely there are other options than forcing the teacher to wear an FM transmitter though? cstanleytech Sep 2015 #23

Yeah, she can get a new job nichomachus Sep 2015 #32

Yes I am sure you sway many with that kind of attitude. nt cstanleytech Sep 2015 #49

If you can't fulfill the requirements of a job, get a new job. nichomachus Sep 2015 #60

I'm willing to guess 'wear a transmitter' was nowhere in her job description. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #84

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #89

It is a tiny device that has to be worn close to the body because snagglepuss Sep 2015 #42

Thank you, that makes sense then. nt cstanleytech Sep 2015 #48

Don't forget that flight attendant who refused to serve booze on her flights. Glassunion Sep 2015 #3

That one is a little bit easier to understand. KamaAina Sep 2015 #6

She's not allowed to drink it. Warpy Sep 2015 #7

Well then... To her point, I do need to be a bit tipsy before I get on a plane... Glassunion Sep 2015 #13

There's a world of difference between tipsy and blotto Warpy Sep 2015 #16

For me it qualifies as a phobia. Glassunion Sep 2015 #25

I suppose it involves the complete loss of control Warpy Sep 2015 #46

The good news for her is I'm not muslim Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #31

That's rather my point Warpy Sep 2015 #47

A flight attendant won't server you ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #53

Here is what the EEOC's website says about this . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #21

Not necessarily... joeybee12 Sep 2015 #40

You may well be right about that . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #57

I think the accommodation was revoked because co-workers complained. NutmegYankee Sep 2015 #64

It's easy to find out that they use 5 types of aircraft all short flights. 3 aircraft types use just Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #88

WHere is the Koran does it say not to touch a bottle containing alcohol? snagglepuss Sep 2015 #45

That is probably correct, but . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #56

Point taken. Religious accomodation snagglepuss Sep 2015 #68

You'd have to put that question to the EEOC! markpkessinger Sep 2015 #69

Your question, of course, points precisely to the problem inherent in the Hobby Lobby ruling n/t markpkessinger Sep 2015 #70

What about the Christian pharmacist that refuses christx30 Sep 2015 #37

Scotch, we know quite a few male Muslims and Sikhs who imbibe daily, heavily and with pleasure. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #43

Doesn't say a thing about SERVING alcohol. That's a fundy invention. MADem Sep 2015 #67

what about a clerk or cashier touching a package of pork? Mosby Sep 2015 #92

They aren't "touching the pork" though--that's another stupidity. MADem Sep 2015 #94

I read somewhere recently that the one food Mosby Sep 2015 #95

Bacon is delicious. Not good for us, so we should eat it just occasionally...but it IS goooooood!!! MADem Sep 2015 #97

Oh no you didnt randys1 Sep 2015 #29

Neither will most pilots. Quackers Sep 2015 #62

Mythbusters #101 - not all teachers are Dems or liberal or secular. Rex Sep 2015 #4

I high school I had a trig teacher and an electronic teacher that would always LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #12

+1 appalachiablue Sep 2015 #44

And I will add their political views also .... Person 2713 Sep 2015 #30

That is messed up underpants Sep 2015 #5

What is she? Jehovahs Witness? Ilsa Sep 2015 #8

Hindu KamaAina Sep 2015 #15

*snort* madinmaryland Sep 2015 #26

Apparently she is not ALL that interested in human rights after all. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #28

"Panjabi's reason..based on...her personal spirituality and commitments." snagglepuss Sep 2015 #50

Interesting. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #75

Yeah, those dang Canadians and their "so-called religious freedom laws" Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #19

Sorry, my brain dropped the foreign reference. Ilsa Sep 2015 #20

Under U.S. law . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #22

Right there in your post kcr Sep 2015 #24

I didn't say it wasn't required to. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #39

Clearly god made her student hearing disabled.... brooklynite Sep 2015 #9

Does she use a telephone, listen to radio or watch television? csziggy Sep 2015 #10

I don't get it olddots Sep 2015 #17

Not her. Image is a stock photo from Shutterstock. SomeGuyInEagan Sep 2015 #55

That happened with my daughter's first-grade teacher frazzled Sep 2015 #18

:sad: elleng Sep 2015 #52

hard to believe someone like that would even want to be a teacher Skittles Sep 2015 #77

It was God's will that the student not be able to hear BlueStreak Sep 2015 #34

Hindu's believe in many gods GummyBearz Sep 2015 #51

Some kind of "cat" god JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #54

Whichever god was on duty during that class period. BlueStreak Sep 2015 #65

It "interfered with her personal karma" starroute Sep 2015 #35

Does she carrying a cell phone or use a computer or any kind of electronic device? sarge43 Sep 2015 #38

Personal karma's gonna get you... KamaAina Sep 2015 #73

what bullsh*t. 6chars Sep 2015 #36

What is ludicrous is that it is her own brand of spirituality snagglepuss Sep 2015 #41

There's a slight Constitutional problem with that . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author snagglepuss Sep 2015 #71

This thread is about Canada, and in terms of your US theory, ask the Rastas and the Church of Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #90

Retired, Texas public school teacher here. narnian60 Sep 2015 #59

lol. thanks for the laugh. snagglepuss Sep 2015 #72

This is why religious beliefs deserve to be mocked. Deadshot Sep 2015 #61

Which religion Aerows Sep 2015 #76

pretty much all of them Skittles Sep 2015 #81

This claim appears to be CYA bullshit from Panjabi Scootaloo Sep 2015 #80

She's just using the religious excuse because she's a total smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #91

Well, you know, the words are 'reasonable accommodation'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #83

Does this university have an engineering department? KamaAina Sep 2015 #85

Interesting. One of the colleges I taught at had a similar prob with a Muslim prof years ago. Xithras Sep 2015 #86

The problem began when "faith" and "conscience" were added to the "Must Be Accommodated" list. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #96