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In reply to the discussion: Teacher who can't speak Spanish sues after failing to get Spanish teaching post [View all]The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)6. Doesn't mention whether she has a lawyer
and whether that lawyer is getting paid.
I'm guessing that the real reason is that she is on thin ice for the rest of her job and is preempting by making up this bullshit in anticipation for getting fired for general incompetence. This way she can say it is retaliation for bringing a frivolous suit.
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Teacher who can't speak Spanish sues after failing to get Spanish teaching post [View all]
NWCorona
Jul 2016
OP
Tracy is a little unclear on the concept of teaching a language she doesn't know.
hobbit709
Jul 2016
#1
You're wrong, she requested a job in the EFL track that requires a second language
Tempest
Jul 2016
#29
It says 'a teacher of any subject who is language profficient can teach the foreign language'
bravenak
Jul 2016
#58
Would you really want someone that can't understand this to be teaching your kids?
tonyt53
Jul 2016
#5
Thought for sure this was Wisconsin, where teachers are no longer required to be graduates of
AllyCat
Jul 2016
#7
Pay for an extra teacher so I can teach physics even though I m not qualified!! Requirements none
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#65
The Guardian has been sounding more and more like the Daily Torygraph or the Whore Street Journal.
forest444
Jul 2016
#12
The claim of “employment discrimination on the basis of race and national origin”
Cal Carpenter
Jul 2016
#34
Yes the claim of racism is ridiculous. Speaking Spanish has nothing to do with race. nt
alphafemale
Jul 2016
#56
As a teacher I get the impression that she is not a good teacher and needs the job more
kimbutgar
Jul 2016
#41
Why would she want to learn Spanish? She believes she is in a country where the offikal
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#66
I have subbed as a non-Spanish speaker in Spanish classes. It is ridiculous to think that she should
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2016
#75