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Subscribe to RSSA 9-year-old boy was suspended from school for two days for sexual harassment last week after he called his teacher "cute," his mother says.
Chiquita Lockett of Gastonia, N.C., told WSOC-TV of Charlotte, N.C., which first reported the story, that her 9-year-old son, Emanyea, shouldn't have been sent home from Brookside Elementary School.
"It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way," Lockett told WSOC. "So why would he be suspended for two days?"
The Gaston County school district said it couldn't discuss the incident beyond confirming that Emanyea was suspended for "inappropriate behavior" after making "inappropriate statements."
Full story: Mother says son was suspended for calling teacher 'cute' (WSOC-TV)
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What a ball buster.
The 9 year old called the teacher cute; I hereby call the school administrators a bunch of mindless jackasses!
I couldn't resist saying it. I just couldn't.
I'm sincerely hoping there is more to this than we are hearing right now. Otherwise, these administrators really need to get their heads out of their asses with the "zero tolerence" policies.
What idiots!
zero tolerance = zero thinking. How are kids supposed to learn how to think if they never see any examples?
This PC sh!t is out of control. She should have just said thank you and continued with her supposed job, teaching. The TEACHER is at fault here for making a mountain out of a mole hill. If SHE hadn't reported it as inappropriate behavior, it would have just ended.
MINDY..You are not being politically correct! The proper term is CRANIAL RECTAL INSERTION DISORDER.
Way to ruin a very teachable moment.
Guess calling her a ugly bi**h is ok then... it's not sexual harassment.
Heck, Newt called his High School teacher cute and ended up marrying her.
Of course then he started messing around with another woman, failed to pay the bills on the house his wife and children were in. And then he divorced her because she had cancer and wasn't pretty enough or young enough for a president.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-25/opinion/op-12904_1_family-values
Never mind Kid if you are smart you'll forget about her, who knows you might want to get into politics some day.
This is truly disturbing. A normal person would feel gratitude by such a remark from a young person.
To the teacher who did this to your student, here's what I have to say, you are a butt ugly itch! (add the letter B) Especially on the inside!
Well, there's a little more detail in the locally-reported story, but not much. The thing that's really silly about this is that the kid didn't even say it directly to a teacher - he was merely overheard telling another student that he thought a teacher was cute.
Death penalty for all the politically correct .
Once again showing me that Political Correctness is out of control.
"I brought my pencil. Gimme something to write on, man!"
What a dyke. This bitch obviously has a chip on her shoulder the size of Texas and can't get over the fact that men will find her sexually attractive so she has to bust the nuts of an innocent 9 year old kid.
Fire her and the administrators.
Isn't this the second incident in less than a week to be reported of a 9 y/o (or was the other one just 7) being suspended for "sexual harassment" in NC? The one last week was a kid who defended himself from a bully choking him by kicking him in the balls. Way to go kids.
First, I agree completely that the admins. are idiots if all he did way say she's cute - to her or to someone else. It is beyond ridiculous. Seriously. Are there no adults with common sense out these anymore?
Which brings me to my second point. It's hard to take Chiquita seriously when she talks about her son Emanyea?????????????????????????????????
The picture accompanying the story shows a kid of color.
Is it possible that he made this comment to a white teacher and that white teacher secretly belongs to the KKK ?
I am just trying to figure out the reason behind this bizarre overreaction.
TorpedoYou thank you for setting everyone straight!! I was getting dizzy from all the non politically-correct comments! whew!
thanx for the laugh!!!
If we are talking about a "union" teacher no further explanation is necessary. Know that all teachers unions have been infiltrated by the Democrat/communists/zizlamists and the only people that they are concerned about is their own stinking selves................
TO: spider-737231 who wrote:
Well, hey, this one goes down into the history books --
On Monday, December 5, 2011, Spider and American Girl agree on something.
Folks, this will probably NEVER happen again!
Sexual harassment or the loss of his freedom of speech? Tough call huh?
I thought of that song too Stan :)
Oh come on, American Girl, never say never!
PS. Glad you liked the comment, and that you have a sense of humor.
why are there petitions & protests over things like this? i think this country is litigious enough, but in this case i think a point needs to be made. i highly agree w/mindy123456 & also w/the blogger who pointed out that this is the 2nd incident in a week from the north carolina school district over a child's behaviour. obviously the school administrators need to learn something about children before they become policy makers.
His Teacher wasn't told by HIM. It was a Nosey ass wannabe that overheard 2 KIDS talking to each other. She's trying to get Brownie Points, ON IGNORANCE, She should receive 1000 STUPIDITY POINTS. This Kid probably doesn't Know what He did that was soooo WRONG. Sounds to Me like they NEED to Send the Teachers BACK to School for , The PROPER way to handle Situations . Before Anything was done, His PARENTS should have been Notified. HE'S 9 Not 19. I guess we are teaching how to SUE People now instead of the ABC's. FIRE ALL INVOLVED.
RE: message # 1.19, by Mr India
The very first thought I had when I read this was EMMETT TILL.
In 1955, fourteen year old Emmett Till --who was black-- had the audacity to whistle at Carolyn Bryant --who is white-- and he wound up in the Tallahatchie River. His hate-filled murderers were never brought to justice.
I think the school board should take a long, hard look at this teacher - maybe there is nothing to it but, then again, maybe there is.
Looking at the posts...bi-partisan agreement! How often does that happen?????????????
As far as I can see, those school officials are suffering from a severe case of Capitus Supra Anus!
You go, Playa!!
"Chiquita" is no chiquita.
Better delete that "Hot For Teacher" ringtone or you're history!
So most people here don't beleive the kid could've been making up the "cute" remark?
<thumbs up>
This is ridiculous. When I was a lad, I use to call my teachers pretty, cute and sometimes an azzhole if they acted like one. WTF is wrong with America when a little boy cannot complement a teacher.
This is just wrong, dumb, stupid, and if the teacher thinks it's sexual harassment, then maybe she shouldn't be teaching in the first place if she can't tell the difference between a little school boys complement from sexual harassment.
I say its time to get rid of the cute teacher, and get a teacher that has a brain.
Apparently the kid deserves the DEATH penalty <sarcasm>. This is getting ridiculous when kids get sent home from school because they were overheard saying someone was cute. How stupid are these imbeciles?
Maybe he was suspended for lying - a fat ass with no tits?
I dont care if the 9 year old told her she had a nice axx. Harassed by a 9 year old, really? her job was threatened? The 9 year old created a hostile work environment?
If she has such thin skin they should do her a favor and point her away from teaching.
If she can't handle an overheard compliment, what will she do when the little kids get snotty as they often do and call her stupid and such ( as she no doubt may be)? Will she file a suit with ACLU that says it's discrimination? Pullleez, give me a break! Maybe she should find another job that she can be as tight - - fill in the blank as she wants to be. How about a government job that she can punish people at, perhaps a judge or DCFS job? Just saying. Not saying all DCFS workers and judges are all like that, in case anyone thinks I'm knocking them, which I'm not.
Did he say she was cute, or did he say it in the ebonic dialect. I can hear it now...da ho is bangin' mofo.
Good thing he didn't use the "B" word, they would have thrown him under the jail. But since I'm not in her class, I'll say it. Bitch!!
Feminist would be proud. Just another man sexually harrassing a poor defenseless woman. Bad!
theirs more to this than being said u dont get suspended just for calling teacher cute
the teacher is related to Mary Kay Letourneau......so she wasn't taking any chances
Suspended for making a compliment is that what we want to teach our kids ... She should be glad ... that's better then an insult.
school marms these days...are just too hott...
It's always those nine-year-olds. You just can't trust 'em, nosiree.
According to the locals the kid said a couple of mouthfuls more than his mom said. Don't know which is right.
Moms always stick up for their kid. She brought it to the news station on a 9 yr olds word and they ran the story knowing it would cause outrage. There is more to it I bet
liberally developed politically correct public school edumacation...hahaha...
and attorney...can get them some money... if they stage a photo shoot...how silly ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0XLKcMoXRE
kungfu_amanda2 and MrIndia - You total, complete, bigoted fools! There are virtually no details given in this article. You don't even know if the teacher is white. No one knows exactly what happened because the Gaston County school district said it "couldn't discuss the incident". So, don't try turning a story with next to no details into a race issue.
Wow, what the hell would have happened to me when I was in the 5th grade. I would have been expelled for sure.
In the 5th grade I was totally in love with my teacher Miss Malcom. She was a cute blonde. I would hold her hand and kiss it whenever I could. Good thing the statute of limitation is up on that crime.
If I acted this way there is not a dinner in the country that I could go to.
ps. I'm to old to be cute.
freedman1 -- Interesting observation/comments. This whole case is beginning to sound nasty. Had I been that teacher and been called "cute," I would have thought it was pretty funny and kind of sweet. As it is, assuming good old Becca took offence and squealed, I'd say "get a life lady." I cannot believe the teacher and those morons on the school board reacted this way. Does a 9-year old even know what sexual harassment is?
He might as well said " HEY SUGAR TITTS HOW ABOUT GIVING UP SOME OF THAT BOOTY"
Obviously the boy was way off base . The teacher wasent cute , the teacher was in fact .............a c#*t .
Susi - Becca may not have had much to do with anything. Apparently it was a substitute teacher that overheard a conversation between students. It was the substitute that reported the incident, and from there things escalated.
p.s. - besides saying Ms. Taylor was cute, Emanyea Lockett also described her as 'fine'.
UmGator - As i mentioned in my post ...i am indulging in pure speculation. Trying to think of a reason behind this bizarreness ...
IDK, freedman...she looks like she could eat apples through a picket fence.
Hope this young man ends up in a classroom with a teacher that that has more between her ears than some gelatinous muck.
pam ...LOL...
dirtydog200
OMG, I'm lMAO here...
I knew someone would get in trouble for that, yes it is stupid. This teacher is an idiot. It's not like he cursed her out. I have a nephew who is 4 yo and I do hope he doesn't do stuff like this at school. He is always calling me cute, cupcake, sweetie, anything to get his way. I think it is adorable, but someone may not like it. This was just a matter of time before a child got into trouble.
Obviously the goals of the educational system are not in proper order. And it appears the new goal is to start preparing our kids, who go to public schools, to be emotionless little drones. My daughter got in to trouble 15 years ago for kissing a boy on the playground(((she was 5))), The asses were going to suspend her for it. I argued, very loudly I might add, in the principals office and we agreed that a stern warning was "appropriate", B--- SH!T... But she didn't have to get suspended.
Now here we are 15 years later and this 9 year old boy is overheard by another "grown up" teacher, saying his teacher was cute to another kid. Regardless if even it was more she was hot or anything sexually driven..... you still don't suspend the kid ~ Educate them like your paid to do, mold that child, instead you reject him, seperate him, punish him for an act that is so simple to teach from....
That is our society people, sad as it is, but we do not have to be drones about it either - blogging and posting are a good start but we all know the way to actually change anything.
Peace and Good Will towards all!
What happened to the good old visit to the principals office? Educate the kid on appropriate behavior, maybe a detention or something. Sexual harrassment is a workplace term. The kid doesn't f'n work there. Ugh, he is just a baby. People suck sometimes. Great way to show a young mind how to deal and learn from an adult social situation. It's like we the adults are the children in this scenario. Poor kid. Embarassing.
RE: message #643.34 by Bob Martinez...
Of course that is a possibility!
This article doesn't explain a whole lot - seeing that the school handed down punishment of a two-day suspension, I hope they know more than what was reported here.
It would be nice to know what was said, and by whom... and how it got to the principal in the first place?
Did Emenyea say something worse than he, and his mother, are admitting to?
If a student overheard the comment and told a teacher, why did the teacher forward the comment to the principal?
I truly hope there is more to this story than what has been reported. With a two-day suspension, I hope the comment was not quite as innocent as what's being portrayed by the kid and his mother. Because, if 'cute' really is ALL that was said, I have to wonder about the people running this school. If that was ALL that was said, someone should look into why that is such a problem for these people.
we have the feminist movements (the later ones) to thank for these nonsense.
dirtypuppy never responds to any comments directed to him/her, yet cruises the posts looking for an opening to toss in inane stupid denigrating comments. What a pathetic way to entertain oneself. Why don't you go put your head in the oven and entertain everybody?
@freedman1
haha...nice link...ugly as the face of sin itself....homey needs some entitlement provided free glasses
Sheeesh, the 9 yr old told a FRIEND a teacher was "cute" and he gets suspended for two days.
If this is what Gaston schools are teaching children, then I would recommend that ALL parents keep their kids at home until the School officials publicly apologize on NATIONAL T.V. for their action.
What on EARTH? This teacher... how in heaven's name could she do that?! The kid is nine!
Of course "she's cute" is mom's version of the story. While the administration references "inappropriate remarks". Which one is pushing the bigger agenda? I'm guessing the one that broke the story to the media.
I would have a pretty big agenda too if my son was suspended from school for calling a teacher cute.
RE: message #1.52, by UMGator - You might try simmering down. There's no need to blow a gasket - especially since you COMPLETELY missed the actual point of what was said. I don't expect you to actually understand this, but, when you call names and make baseless accusations about people who you do not know anything about, it actually reflects far more poorly on YOU than it does the other person or people involved.
The article doesn't explain a whole lot - it certainly doesn't explain enough for me, personally, to form an opinion about who is right and who is wrong. However, for a student to be suspended for two days for saying that he thinks his teacher is 'cute' does not sound very rational to me.
Perhaps the kid's comment wasn't as innocent as he and his mother are claiming? Depending on what was said a two-day suspension could be entirely rational. This seems like a very likely senario given that similar things happen all the time - one person's word against anothers, a parent upset that there child is disciplined at school, etc... It happens!
Perhaps the person who reported the comment has a problem with the kid for some reason? I hate to think of that possibility, but there are plenty of instances where people have been vindictive and petty toward someone they don't like, or overreacted to something so innocent or insignificant. This, too, happens!
I took it that MrIndia was trying to think of potential reasons for what could be going on - so was I. Key word: *potential* reasons.
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
jason
Bravo!!! Finally someone with some common sense out of this group of losers. No one here knows all the facts and they automatically jump to the race card. People like most of these comments are the very reason the race card even exists. Raace or color shouldn't be a basis for anything and anyone that plays the Race card should be told to get over it and jailed or deported. The country has enough problems without these crybabies using a word the should have been banned 50 years ago.
What happened to COMMON SENSE???????
Jason ...really ?
The race card exists because of racists pigs like you. @!$%# !!!
Calm down folks. This is probably a typical MSNBC story, half the facts are not being reported. Just enough to be "sensational."
Isn't there some kind of testing for common sense in our education system? Whoever is behind this stupidity needs to be removed.
Agreed, someone who thinks being called 'cute' by a 9y/o qualifies as a sexual / inappropriate advance has serious unresolved issues.
My father always told me that the least common thing in the world is common sense.
I've experienced this with other teachers. When surrounded by 9 year olds all day, some teachers revert to a 9 year old mentality.
Well, with a 9 y/o mentality, one would think "cute" equating to sexual advance would be the last thing they'd think of.
At this kid's age, of course he thinks his teacher was cute. Who didn't have a crush on a teacher at that age.
No! Sorry we're removing common sense from the American Workforce: Teachers, Nurses; add your own!
He called a teacher cute. I'll bet the little sleazeball thinks kittens are cute. Or that baby penguins are adorable. WHAT A DIRTY MINDED LITTLE JERK. (sarc)
Common sense is politically incorrect and it has to be dealt with swiftly.This is America,and that's how we roll!
I guest they are trying to teach kids that looks ain't everything! A pretty package may contain some ugly contents!!!!!!
What if, "Yea, she's cute." wasn't his full statement? What if it was, "Yea, I'd do her. She's cute."? Does that constitute as sexual harrassment?
Don't judge. You don't know the entire story.
Perhaps the teacher was a butt-ugly biatch and took offense to being called cute. What a load of crap.
There's definitely more behind this story. And if I was the parent I wouldn't have gone to the news, I would have gone to the teacher. Kids lie to get out of being in trouble. Get her side of the story and then make a judgement call as a parent.
Everyone knows COMMON SENSE PASSED AWAY 25yrs AGO. Now it's just, "Let's see how far we can twist a rule to make it DEGRADING to INNOCENCE".
Meghan Herr
What if, "Yea, she's cute." wasn't his full statement? What if it was, "Yea, I'd do her. She's cute."? Does that constitute as sexual harrassment?
Don't judge. You don't know the entire story.
NOR DO YOU. Are you a Teacher with a Chip?
I had a huge crush on my 2nd grade teacher! And I think I became a very good student as a result, to try and impress her. She had my mother and I over for milk and cookies one day, and I still remember her fondly.
Too bad this story couldn't have ended differently.
This is local news for me and a total embarrassment. Our teachers are so underpaid that most of the good one's leave for other professions where the pay is better. Most of what is left are neurotic like this woman.
What kind of grown ass woman would take offense to a 9 year old calling her "cute."
After following the links in this story, apparently the boy had made other comments to students and had been warned about making inappropriate statements before this incident. It doesn't specify exactly what he allegedly said, but she got a letter that stated the boy had been warned of calling other kids bad names. I'm not entirely sure there isn't more to this than the "cute" comment. Might be a rush to judgment going on here. Maybe not. I don't think cute is a harassing statement either. Just saying......
Megan Herr or him is it ? You are just making stuff up that makes no sense everybody else is commenting on the news clip ...What the hell are you doing besides totally making up hypothetical situations....Maybe you should keep your little wild comments to yourself until you know somewhat of what you are spouting otherwise you are just spewing crap all over this thread that is as worthless as torn up old confederate money.....
I've got to say, people, that if the kid said he'd do her, it's not all that uncommon. He's breathing, and knows a cute woman or girl when he sees one. It is natural for a young kid for that to not censor what comes out of his mouth if it is in his thoughts. Kids are getting to be a teen about that time, and that is when their hormones start to kick in. Knowing that, if I was a teacher, I would take his comment with a grain of salt. I wouldn't punish him for being a natural pre-teen!
No wonder our country is on a decline, what we need is more qualified teachers that has some common sense of what is appropriate or not, this kid will be confused by this unwarranted punishment ....
the same goes for our government...
I think the boy has been watching to much of Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer.
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
Mystic1 - No, I am not a teacher. I would go crazy if I had to deal with children all day long. I'm actually a 23 year old psych student.
sw philly - 'Herr' is my last name. It's German. My "wild little comments" consisted of saying, "You don't know the full story. Wait to proclaim judgements."
My comment was valid, and I stand by it. This isn't the full story, don't rush judgement. Your comment is not valid because all you are doing is saying how worthless my comment is. Mine stays on topic, yours does not.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/135086853.html
It is interesting how there is more to this story on other websites.
Unbelievable! What in the hell is this country coming to?? What's next? I'm flabbergasted on this one. lol.
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
This has got to be one of stupidest things I have ever read. When will the madness stop. Not knowing the entire "inappropriate behavior" after making "inappropriate statements." puts the caviot on it but good lord. Is this really that serious. The sad part is that they actually suspended someone over nothing. Worry if the kids come to school and bully someone. All hell and brimstone if you actually say something nice about someone. What's next getting a days suspension for saying something or someone is nice?
It'll come to that I'm afraid. People are so sue -happy and me-centered these days.
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
Someone needs "counseling" and it sure ain't the 9 year old.
Yeah, but it might be the mother...Why report this to the media before she even knows what the kid was warned about in the past?
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
Unlike most of you that are so quick to judge without all the facts,I would tend to think the school administrators considered the auto Race card being played and wouldn't have made this ruling without a lot more to it.Probably another trash talking kid that needed a little desciplin,shouldn't matter if the child was black or white correct them now or jail them later. I'm betting the mother is the real person at fault
We get it Jason. Posting the same inane comment over and over and over doesn't make it any more valid.
This is the most insane thing I've ever read.
1st all u idiots ragging on the teacher for comming down on this ignorant little stain need to go back and read the article again. the teacher that this little punk was talking about had nothing to do with the supension of the little turd, it was a sub and the principal who enforced the school policy and stopped another injustice from being allowed simply because the offender was a minority. it is about time that someone said NO MORE and stood their ground refusing to let these people get away with inappropriate behavior simply because they play the race card when they are caught acting like animals .
and 2nd, the statement made by the ignorant little brat's mother,
( "It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,")
just goes to show that she is just as freaking ignorant as her little future felon. sexual harrasment is far from just putting ur hands on someone in an inappropriate manner.
Oh, for Pete's sake .... the child is 9 ,,,, not 15!!!! This is ridiculous!!
whats sad is calling a teacher cute to another student even at 15 i wouldnt think is sexual harassment... lol so sad
The worst part is now he is on the sex offender registry for 10 years....
Not true. Use your brain. He is a child.
Yeah it is true Tom,
So he will be consdiered a sexual offender until he is 19! I'd say fire the teacher and the principal for failure and causing potential damage to this child's emotional, social and mental well being!
Stop thinking on an adult level with kids
He was (wrongly) suspended; he was NOT charged criminally.
Hopefully, the details will be clarified and the parties involved will modify policies and reaction if it turns out to be the simple comment from a young child.
Come on folks, Sadmoron was only joking.
Thanks, OhIbelieveher. I thought my facetiousness was pretty clear.
That is why I teach my kids to get suspended for Something!
A product of the lefts anti-hate speech laws and propaganda. Nice job morons, is this what you were shooting for?
Stupidity has no politics. As evidenced by your post.
Hobgoblin-392509 - Most stupid comment I've seen all day. Hobgoblin seems to be a good handle.
HOGOBLIN YOU ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF "CRANIAL RECTAL INSERTION DISORDER." Please seek treatment at your local shrink...They are MD's doncha know.
Right....because North Carolina is such a Liberal State.....
Hobgoblin,
Political correctness is a direct result our country's conservative religious beliefs. Last time I checked, conservatives are far more aligned with the right.
tombones: PC is definitely to the left. Remember Clarence Thomas and Senate Hearings over the "pubic hair on a Coke" scandal? In the case of a school-boy crush, with a nine year old boy calling his teacher cute being suspended on harassment charges, this sounds more like feminists gone wild.
Oh pul-eese. Your comment is as dumb as this situation. I won't even get into the politics of this. Anyone who does is a fool becuase this is not politics-and if you can't see that you ARE as dumb as the teacher who reported it.
Speaking of morons...you lead the pack!
SpokaneWA, unfortunately NC has turned into a liberal @!$%# hole. These types of things did not happen in this state until the left wing extremist took over this state. Our last 2 liberal governors have turned North Carolina into Massolina. Both Governors are now in trouble for taking illegal funds, both who are left wing nut jobs.
Hobo is right on the money, this is all a result of the Political Correctness gone wild in our country. The liberal left wanted this country to be PC and now that they have it, this is what happens.
When I was in school we would knock our pencils off the desk and ask our teacher if she would pick it up. Bending over and showing us her cleavage... I guess that would be considered rape by today's liberal standards.
On a side note I love the mothers name Chiquita - That is priceless~
This can be easily solved by firing the school superintendant.
it can easily be solved by kicking that rude little piece of crap out of school permanantly also.
This can be solved by hiring people to our schools who know how to work with children. Sorry Jason you are out.
I'm 70 now, but remember that I had a crush on my 4th-grade teacher. I was 8. She was married. Should I turn myself in to the law?
I had a serious crush on Father What-A-Waste when I was in high school and probably said he was cute on many occasions.
We should probably both be doing hard time!
When I was 5 I had a crush on an M.P (military police) who was married and had a baby. I thought he was dreamy. I never talked to him because I was shy, but I would follow him to the park when he was with his family and hide in the bushes if they came too close. This would be stalking now a days, but it was just puppy love 50 years ago.
One of my students asked me to marry him (he was a senior, football player, popular type). I laughed and told him 'absolutely not.'
He answered back with, 'It's because I'm black, isn't it?' I laughed again and told him it was because he was too young. His reply was that he was 17 already. I answered with a dramatic, 'It's even worse than I thought! Go sit down.'
No harm, no foul, I thought. Apparently, he should have been expelled and put in a juvie ward. :eyeroll:
Sorry, but this just sounds too pat for me to swallow. I think there is more going on here than "cute." This boy had been warned before and the mother objected because she was not notified of the "other" comments he has made to other kids. Might be that this is not as simple as it appears on its' face...Maybe, I am dead wrong, but I have a hard time wrapping my mind around just a "cute" statement. Something more was said and the school isn't saying what. You all might be right about this, but let's consider all alternatives before we jump to conclusions and try to fire someone.
You dirty, awful person! Having a crush on your teacher is so offensive! JK
I think it would be very flattering to be called cute. He could have called her a old bat.
"See what unions do. they allow shi* like this continue to teach for 50 years!"
tomorrowsnews,
unions also protect teachers who enforce school rules and codes of conduct that little stains like this punk violate and also protect them from blacks and other minorities spewing the same tired old B.S. about being the victims of discrimination/racism! truth be told, most of the time these days, the only time race IS actually a factor is WHEN minorities are playing the race card to take the heat off of themselves for something THEY did.
Can I now sue the entire school district because they have called my kid "cute" numerous times ? Maybe a class action lawsuit for "cutesy" harassment is in order.
Jackie ....................well said and well articulated! This is a crock of crap!!!
In the story itself ...
If this is accurate (and complete) then these teachers (and their administration) have lost sight of reality.
So he didn't even say it to the teacher -- someone else overheard him make the comment to another student.
Idiocy abounds. And it's not the kid.
And YES this is HERESAY in A COURT OF LAW!
What a biased assinine sub teacher----how pathetic of system there is in the south!
Let's narrow it down even further with your profiling SILLY. Is it a Republican't or Democrap problem? Maybe Teabag?
Hopefully someday the South can catch up with those higher educated areas in the north like West Virginia or maybe Montana.
Silly Shrinks: The South has come a long way although no one with any common sense would support this school's action. The PC movement is sadly everywhere, and especially in the large metro areas around the country... and it's based in liberal thought...like ACLU, etc... and I do feel there's alot more common sense in the South than most Outlanders would know about. Gastonia NC is in the Charlotte NC metro area...
Which BTW, Isn't in the SOUTH. It was in the NORTH. Go back to History Class.
Oh sure numb nuts, only liberals are PC. Get real please.
Mystic1: Yes, you're so right! NC was the Old North State, but today is considered part of the South.
Mystic -- please look at a map to see where North Carolina is located. It is, indeed, in the south.
North Carolina (despite its name) is indeed a southern state. It seceded from the Union and everything. It is just as much a southern state as South Carolina. The division between North and South Carolina happened in the early 1700s, I believe and had nothing to do with slavery, secession, etc. The US hadn't even been formed at that time.
If this kid were white he never would have been suspended. I question if a 9 year old even knows what sexual harassment is let alone be able to form intent.
My white blued eyed kid was on one year of weekly $25 a pop Court mandated 'sessions' because he asked a girl if he could kiss her. He was 12. That race card is Phucking BS! ENOUGH!
But the teacher also probably wouldn't have felt as threatened.
Liz-561790
"If this kid were white he never would have been suspended. I question if a 9 year old even knows what sexual harassment is let alone be able to form intent."
LIZ-561790 you are right, but not just because of his skin color.
if this kid were white he never would have been suspended for this because he would have been raised properly and been taught respect for others and been taught how to treat people ESPECIALLY women. if he were white he would have been taught that sexual harrasment is not something that is ok, and if he were white he would not be encouraged to express himself by being rude or rewarded for inappropriate conduct. and i bet with the upstanding black male role models in his life his intent was crystal clear to him.
jason, take your racist and hateful comments somewhere else. I have flagged every one of your comments as inflammatory.
And the common-sense is still being sucked out of the United States by the PC a holes. I hope the parents sue for trauma and win.
They won't sue if they're smart and they won't win if they do sue. The District has all the State lawyers it can possibly ask for and they can label anything sexual harrasment nowadays!
Good grief!!!!! If he was suspended for two days for saying she was cute, what would have happened if he thought she was ugly???!!! I guess there is not intellect qualification for the administration in that school district. This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard!
Glad i read the comments before putting mine in. You took the words right out my mouth. And about the 12 year old asking a girl for a kiss incident. If this scene was put into a movie script. Everyong would see it as innocent, and romantic for a 12 year old kid, But it happens in real life and it's a crime. What a Crazy world we live in. What happend with Freedom of Speech?. That is what they teach children in school.
And now it is wrong to compliment someone, there has got to be something "huge" missing from this story.
Someone bitch slap this teacher.
Maybe he got into daddy's blue pills but yeah something's missing or worse it's the new norm.
There IS something missing from this story. The mom is full of it. She just won't admit it.
Some one called my Jack Russell cute. I'm gonna sue! (sarcasm)
I'm gonna sue all my neighbors for saying my cat is cute.
LOL- "Cute", the other four letter word our parents warned us about...
Next time just call her "bytch".......(see how many vacation days that gets ya.....)
It looks like we need to eliminate the immunity from lawsuits for school teachers and officials. How much more absurd then this can it get?
This is an irresponsible headline. WHen you read the story there are no facts present other than the mother's version of the story. Of course she will side with her son.
Jose, that is because the school district refused to talk about the incident. The one sided story is THEIR fault.
LIZ,As far as the race thing, it does not say the race of the teacher, she could have been black, white, Asian, Latina. And the mother's last name is Lockett. So the boy could have been half Latino, and black or white, not necessarily full Latino. But that doesn't matter anyway and should not be an issue. In my younger years, I helped out at a day care and was told by a couple of children that I was pretty. It was a well integrated day care, but I did not feel threatened or harassed. I just said "Thank You" and felt good about the compliment. It is just a sign of the ignorance of many of our protected "teachers" ( I use the term loosely).
Texana, the school district is obligated to keep this confidential. It's not their fault, it's a legal issue and we will never know their side. We only know one side of the story because Mom took it to the press. I am willing to bet there is more here than we know.
"A normal adult parent could resolve this incident without issue. A moron calls the media. A coward home-schools." from Please Understand #220-1
Texana Deb--The school system CAN'T talk about it. Student privacy laws forbid them.
That's the problem with stories like this. The mother can say anything she wants, and no one involved on the other side can say anything at all. If they do, they are violating the student's rights under FERPA and can be sued and/or lose their licenses.
I suppose the LETTER she received wasn't enough evidence from the School District."IT IS WHAT IT IS"
Maybe, but if you follow the links to the whole story, the news media sat down with her and read the letter and it said that he had been warned before of calling other students bad names. Maybe, it is what it is, but maybe it isn't as simple as it appears.
BTW...Why wasn't she at the school asking what he had said after she got the letter rather than with an NBC reporter? That is where I would be. I would want them to tell me exactly what he has said in the past that warranted a warning. She just asked the boy during the interview and he denied it. When my son was suspended for fighting, I was at the principle's office that day. He has been bullied for years and shoved the guy into a locker after he clocked on the jaw--the bullying stopped. I had previously reported the bullying to the school. It only made it worse. So, I got his homework. Told him to do it and then enjoy his three days off. Strange things happen at school that parents often are not aware of--and my kid NEVER lies--right? (sarcasm)
I don't side with my son when he gets in trouble and has it coming to him. It's a foolish notion to think all peop-le are alike, and all are dishonest for someone they love. Perhaps you are basing this assumption on your traits? Most people base their assumptions on what they are made of, and I base that knowledge on observation.
HShaver...I base my assumptions on the totality of circumstances after hearing both sides of the story. It is then that I make a decision regarding if my son was right or wrong. Sometimes he was right and sometimes he was disciplined. Today, he is a good man--honest and hard working, but the years of bullying left their scars. I am glad that it ended, but how he ended it was against the school's rules of conduct and I let the suspension stand. I just didn't punish him further for his actions because it needed to happen....It just didn't need to happen on school grounds. The other kid was not seriously harmed--just a bruise on his jaw and his ego.
I guess calling her "Ho" would be out of the question..........
According to the school's code of conduct....he could have called her 'happy' instead of cute, and he still would have gotten the same punishment. There wasn't anything in the code against the term he used or his tone. It was because she took it, as a disruption. That's all.
Wow, and some say teachers don't have control in the classroom, HA.
And people still wonder why I (and 10,000's of others) have chosen to homeschool.
No they don't. They realize that it's because you're incapable of interacting with the rest of society in a mature and reasonable way, so you go off and hide from the rest of the world.
A normal adult parent could resolve this incident without issue. A moron calls the media. A coward home-schools.
Well said please.
@Please Understand - A bit prejudice and judgemental, are you? A coward homeschools? How exactly did you come up with that incredibly stupid conclusion? I will tell you who homeschools - A parent who is fed up with the PC, bureaucratic BS of the public school system and their subtle indoctrination of homosexuality, Islam, and any and everything else that is against our country's foundation and value system; A parent who wants to have more control over his/her children's education. A homeschooling parent and homeschooled children are as capable, or better capable, of interacting with society and are absolutely more capable of becoming valuable, contributing members of society because they don't have the distraction and stress of trying to "fit in", deal with bullies, pressure to try drugs, or have sex. They are at home in a safe environment with a teacher that genuinely loves and cares for them, one who isn't going to play favorites, or report the kid for something as innocent as saying "you're pretty/cute". Our public school system is garbage. It either dumbs down the students OR they require so much of the students that they can't possibly keep up and excel in any area. Not to mention the fact that there are 27-32 kids to ONE teacher and pretty much zero individual attention for any student that needs additional help. I myself am not a homeschool mom, but if there were any way in our current economy that our family of five could survive on my husband's one income and afford to homeschool, I would do it in a second. I do, however, know several homeschooling moms and they, along with their kids, are wonderful, intelligent people who functions and associates with everyone around them with more maturity and reason than you have exhibited.
In response to "Please Understand": And now WE all realize that you are ignorant and bigoted. Plenty of normal parents homeschool their children.
A moron has no clue that their way is not the ONLY right way. A coward makes hateful comments without taking the time to actually research or try to understand others....
I wouldnt go so far to say a coward home schools, that is the one thing wrong with your post. Otherwise you are right on. The unions and liberal teaching has hurt public schools and that is a big part of why we are where we are right now in this country. We are pretty much screwed, as this article infers on the reader.
This punishment must have been administrated under the Jim Crow Laws. WoW!!!!
My response was directed toward Mom of Many, who made it seem as though a situation like this one would cause a person to homeschool.
Responding to a situation like this by running away to a "safe" place like home is the definition of cowardly. Not everyone who homeschools is a coward, or doing it for cowardly reasons.
Sounds like a lot of the homeschool defenders have a serious problem with reading comprehension. Good luck to your antisocial, brainwashed offspring.
okay i would totally sue that b!tch a$$ teacher okay the 9 year old should have called her an ugly m0ther@!$%#en b!tch its not like he went up to her slaped her a$$ n said hey there sexy i mean what the he|| what is her point
Hey, if a 9-year-old told me I am cute, I'd be flattered, there's nothing filthy about that, besides, who is the adult here? What a stupid thing to suspend a child over, I don't understand why the teacher felt the need to remove the kid from school. He should have called her an idiot instead.
Is that your real picture or Megan Fox? Cute! Oh shi!, I'm sorry, please don't take it the wrong way...
how bout if I called u a naughty little vixen??
then she might call you a perverted old geezer ....
So don't ! :-)
I get the feeling the 9 year-old said something a little harsher than "you're cute" to the teacher and lied to his mother, but there's not enough info in the story to confirm or disprove my theory.