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Thread ID: 3339 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2002-10-31
2002-10-31 19:18 | User Profile
"The mandate at the state level is that everybody must learn at the same level and same rate,' Phelps said. "I am simply pointing out that people don't learn at the same level or rate and perhaps we need to take a look at their behavioral patterns to find out why.'
The letter, made public last week, immediately caused a controversy.
School board member Ed Honowitz called it "disturbing.'
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2002-11-01 05:17 | User Profile
We know why. But, of course, we'll ignore the obvious answer and waste massive money and effort finding the best wrong answer or just whatever answer bashes whites the most.
2002-11-02 11:30 | User Profile
**Teacher reinstated after saying most misbehaving kids are black **
A teacher in the US has been reinstated despite saying most of the badly behaved students in his school are black.
Scott Phelps's statement caused uproar at Muir High School in Pasadena, California, with some critics calling for his dismissal.
Mr Phelps was placed on paid leave last week for making the following statement in a letter to his fellow teachers.
It read: "Overwhelmingly, the students whose behaviour makes the hallways deafening, who yell out for the teacher and demand immediate attention in class, who cannot seem to stop chatting and are fascinated by each other and relationships but not with academics ... are African American."
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*Knock yourself out Teach! One day silk-purses will fall like snowflakes from a generous sky, a beneficent g-wd... *