re: #452 RhymesWithRight

To answer the questions of several folks here, I won’t disclose the school in question out of a desire to not speak ill of my employer — especially because of how the matter was handled by my principal and superintendent. Suffice it to say that the situation was confirmed by multiple students in the class AND my colleague when I asked her about it.

When the matter was taken to our building principal, he took action to ensure that the students were not penalized for engaging in the legitimate classroom action of asking questions. When the teacher in question went to the district level, the superintendent backed the principal. On the other hand, it was also made clear that students who answered questions about what evolutionary theory states would lose points on assignments and/or tests for filing to properly answer, regardless of whether or not they personally hold to those views.

Oh, I see. We’re just supposed to take your word for the whole thing.

Gotcha.