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18. That happened with my daughter's first-grade teacher

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 04:23 PM

Sep 2015

Not on religious grounds, but still. My daughter has a moderate to severe bilateral (both ears) sensorineural hearing loss. The district's audiologist met with her first-grade teacher to request she wear the transmitting device, and to specify that my daughter should always be sitting at the front of the class, and that the teacher should avoid talking with her back to the class while writing on the board. Not all that difficult.

The teacher refused to wear the device, claiming she had 20 other students and had no time for that (it took no time). The audiologist was shocked, and told me she never had had a teacher who refused to cooperate that vehemently. She finally acceded to wear the device (I don't know who intervened), but she was truly mean to my daughter the entire year. We took it on the chin and told our daughter to buck up, but with many years' retrospect, I wish we hadn't.

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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