'Brokeback' Hits the Classroom
One thing we never run out of is outrageous incidents that prove, again and again, that a public school is no place for Christian children.
In this latest example, a substitute teacher at Ashburn Community Elementary School, Chicago, inflicted Brokeback Mountain on her class of 12-year-olds. We know about the incident because the grandfather and guardian of one of the children has sued the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000.
Brokeback features graphic scenes of two men having sex. According to the lawsuit, the child was traumatized by being forced to watch these scenes.
A substitute teacher, of course, is supposed to follow the lesson plan left for the day by the regular classroom teacher; but in most cases there is no one on hand to make sure she does so. There is nothing to stop a substitute from bringing in a movie from her own private collection and showing it in class. So, just because Brokeback Mountain appeared nowhere on the published curriculum didn't prevent it from being added at the whim of a substitute.
We keep wondering how many of these outrages it will take before faithful Christian parents finally understand that such incidents are rife within public schools. What will be the straw that finally breaks their backs?
~ by Lee Duigon
In this latest example, a substitute teacher at Ashburn Community Elementary School, Chicago, inflicted Brokeback Mountain on her class of 12-year-olds. We know about the incident because the grandfather and guardian of one of the children has sued the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000.
Brokeback features graphic scenes of two men having sex. According to the lawsuit, the child was traumatized by being forced to watch these scenes.
A substitute teacher, of course, is supposed to follow the lesson plan left for the day by the regular classroom teacher; but in most cases there is no one on hand to make sure she does so. There is nothing to stop a substitute from bringing in a movie from her own private collection and showing it in class. So, just because Brokeback Mountain appeared nowhere on the published curriculum didn't prevent it from being added at the whim of a substitute.
We keep wondering how many of these outrages it will take before faithful Christian parents finally understand that such incidents are rife within public schools. What will be the straw that finally breaks their backs?
~ by Lee Duigon
