Evolutionary Slurs, should they be punished? Options

[XoJennaoX]

Welcome to American Public Schools: Where science is a crime

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"We enforce 'zero tolerance' on a daily basis here whether it's for students who are bringing firearms to school or selling cocaine or chrystal meth on school property," says principal Hamlin. "Now we're going to take evolution-related slurs just as seriously. Be forewarned, if you're going to say that someone is related to a monkey here at Liberty you're going to pay a steep price."

What is going on?.... i think this is just crazy.

[Spirited Away]

*snickers*, hey the boy's drawing is rather good, crude, but good.

Next time, instead of throwing a sexual taunt or a nasty profanity, just say "your mother is a descent of the apes". It has a nicer ring to it but will still piss off people.

Okay, the school is rather discriminant against biology, and the Biology Club, and there is only one thing I can say about the Kansas State Board of Education: "stupid is as stupid does".

[sadolakced acid]

and i thought alabama was bad...

no evolution?

hmm... i think alabama didn't really teach that either...

anyways; about the evolutionary slurs; they should be treated as insults are. if a student gets two weeks suspension for calling another student a faggot (or anything that's meant to be an insult) , then it's fair.
but i doubt it.

it i were that kid, i'd give a press conference.

[[Mediocre]Artist]

I thought public schools taught evolution as a standard (< been using that alot today) Cute drawing.

[fameONE]

Thats humorous.

Although, I am a bit surprised that the focal point of the drawing is that the girl evolved from an ape rather than a crude drawing of her privates (boobies!!!). If anything, the punishment should for the derogatory and quite harsh artisitc depiction of a girl instead of 'evolution.'

As for evolution and schools. I just got done having a quick pep talk with my Business teacher about this article. I was caught a bit off guard when she said that his punishment was fair. Her justification was, "We can't talk about God, so they shouldn't be able to talk about evolution." Hmm, that rubbed me the wrong way.

Evolution is a scientific theory of coming into our very existence, religion is not. Furthermore, speaking of "God" in public schools implies Christianity, and not everyone is a Christian. My point being that you'd be arbitrarily putting Christianity as a supreme religion above all others.

This was blown out of proportion. The kid should've just been given detention for insulting the girl. And I thought Texas was bad.

[Spirited Away]

As for evolution and schools. I just got done having a quick pep talk with my Business teacher about this article. I was caught a bit off guard when she said that his punishment was fair. Her justification was, "We can't talk about God, so they shouldn't be able to talk about evolution." Hmm, that rubbed me the wrong way.

I'm sorry to say, your teacher is loco. One doesn't get suspended for merely saying that God is our Heavenly Father in public schools, however in this child's case, he got suspended for suggesting that his classmate evolved from the apes. Rather unfair actually.

[*xcaitlinx*]

I think that the school suspended the kid because of the PICTURE itself....(look at it! it's basically saying that the girl is smelly and ugly) not because of the whole idea of evolution. They did get a bit carried away. 2 WEEKS?????!!!! That's completely insane. People in my school get less than that when they get caught with pot or ciggys...

[jue]

LOLS; i think this should be part of humor.