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  • Teacher Allegedly Called Kyle Kashuv ‘Next Hitler’

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    Daily Wire reports that a situation regarding Greg Pittman, the history teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who allegedly called student Kyle Kashuv “the next Hitler” in class, became more serious as the school district confirmed that the incident is now under investigation.

    In a statement to The Daily Wire, Broward County Public Schools official Nadine Drew wrote:
    School leaders take all matters involving students and staff seriously. They are aware of the allegations and are looking into the matter.

    The alleged incident occurred on Wednesday, when two students claimed that the American History teacher told students that Kashuv was “the next Hitler,” and stated Kashuv was “dangerous” and “something needed to be done about him.”

    Pittman, who also has attacked Kashuv multiple times on Twitter, initiated the situation when he attacked Kashuv for posing in a picture with a gun he had shot at a range with his father. Pittman allegedly accused Kashuv of being the only student in the school not “smart enough” to know not to post pictures like that, and accused him of taking the photos because he wanted to pick up Twitter followers.

    Kashuv rejected Pittman’s accusations, informing The Daily Wire that it was his first time ever shooting a gun and that he was invited to go, indicating that it was not something that he sought out.

    The Daily Wire reached out to school officials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, whose only response to the allegations against Pittman was “no comment.”

    Things are seriously wrong at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and somehow I don’t think an in-house teacher’s investigation is the answer. And for the record, the Broward County police union voted “no confidence” on Sheriff Israel yesterday.

  • University of Utah’s cry closet

    University of Utah’s cry closet

    Someone sent us a link to the UK’s Daily Mail which wrote about the “cry closet” installed in the University of Utah’s library by senior Nemo Miller who will graduate this Spring with a a major in ceramics and a minor in sculpture. So, I think he might have peaked with this project;

    The ‘Rules of the Closet’ displayed on the door invite students to knock before entering alone and spending up to ten minutes inside before turning off the lights and leaving.

    The Cry Closet looks as if it was pulled straight out of a wall, with what appears to be jagged drywall surrounding the door frame.

    The inside of the closet is decked in soft materials and the floor is littered with soft stuffed animals.

  • Florida boy meets Baker Act and Sheriff Grady Judd

    Associated Press reports that Polk County, Florida Sheriff’s deputies found an inebriated 13-year-old boy sleeping on a sidewalk. He claimed that he drank an entire bottle of liquor that he snagged from his parents’ liquor cabinet and that he planned to shoot up his junior high school in retaliation for being suspended for threatening to kill classmates, so the authorities used the Baker Act to involuntarily put him in the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation;

    Investigators searched the boy’s PlayStation at his home in Davenport, which is between Orlando and Tampa, and said they found pictures of the suspected Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz as well as images of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado.

    They said the boy also made troubling statements — including that he wanted to die and see God, and that he wanted to kill students who had “snitched” on him before he was expelled. He also said he had buried a handgun in a neighbor’s backyard to keep his mother from finding it. The Polk Sheriff’s statement said a gun was not found, but they did learn that the boy had made similar statements in Osceola County, where deputies accused him in an affidavit of making written threats to kill.

    The problem with school safety isn’t guns, it’s the culture that tells folks that it’s OK to shoot up your school to retaliate for perceived slights to your so-called honor.

    Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd doesn’t play when it comes to the safety of Polk County residents. We at TAH are familiar with Sheriff Judd for locking up Kyle Barwan last year. Here are some of his more quotable moments;

  • Salcido canned

    Salcido canned

    Gregory Salcido, the teacher at El Rancho Unified School District in Pico Rivera, California who expressed some pretty vile opinions about folks in the military has been canned by the local school board, according to Board of Education President Aurora Villon as reported by Fox News;

    “His comments do not reflect what we stand for, who we are,” Villon said, adding that “the classroom should never be a place where students feel that they are picked at, bullied, intimidated.”

    Salcido faced a severe backlash after a student secretly recorded him asking his government class why they would want to serve in the military, calling those who serve “dumbs???s.”

    “Think about the people who you know who are over there. Your freaking stupid Uncle Louie or whatever. They’re dumbs???s,” Salcido can be heard saying in the Jan. 25 tirade.

    “They’re not like high-level thinkers, they’re not academic people, they’re not intellectual people. They’re the lowest of our low.”

    Well, obviously, Salcido isn’t a “high-level thinker” otherwise he would have kept his opinions to himself. He was trying to bully a group of boys to avoid military service.

    Salcido is still a member of the city council, where his apology doubled down on the dumb;

    “I don’t think it’s all a revelation to anybody that those who aren’t stellar students usually find the military a better option. … That’s not a criticism of anybody. Anything I said had nothing to do with their moral character,” he said, the paper reported.

    During a break, he told reporters that he believes the military is the not the “best option” for his students, but added “that does not mean I’m anti-military, because I’m not.”

    Yeah, he’s not anti-military, he’s just anti-soldier. Stank-ass hippie.

  • Victor Quinonez; Salcido’s student honored

    Victor Quinonez; Salcido’s student honored

    According to the Daily Breeze, Victor Quinonez, the 17-year-old student who recorded his teacher, Gregory Salcido, on a disparaging rant about members of the military, was honored by American Legion Post 61. The presentation of a certificate of recognition was made aboard the USS Iowa;

    A humble Quinonez said he appreciated the recognition. “It means the world to me because I’ve always seen these veterans as my heroes, and now that they’re telling me they see me as their hero, I feel very honored,” he said.

    The teacher, Gregory Salcido, has been placed on paid leave by the school district and the incident remains under investigation. On the recording, Salcido is heard telling students in the classroom that members of the military are “the frickin’ lowest of the low.” He mocks those who go into the military as “desperate” and having “no other options.”

    I wonder what Salcido thinks of military members past, future and present these days.

  • Ryan Sawyers is a moron

    Ryan Sawyers is a moron

    I don’t often engage in name calling (that’s not true) but this fellow, Ryan Sawyers, really deserves it. He’s the Chairman of the Prince William County School Board – the County which includes Marine Corps Base Quantico. For some reason, he sent out a Tweet this week;

    “Your are not required to stand for the national anthem or pledge. There will be no action taken against you for choosing to not stand or participate. Our President is a bonafide idiot but you are safe in PWCS.”

    The implication, misspellings notwithstanding, of course, is that the President is going to force students to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem and the only thing to protect them from Trump is Ryan Sawyers.

    Sawyers is running as a Democrat in the upcoming Congressional primary election, by the way. He was also the subject of a failed recall vote last year.

    But, Sawyer isn’t protecting his students from Trump – if Trump was even interested in the School District or the habits of the students there. The Supreme Court decided in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, in 1943, that Americans can’t be forced to stand and recite the Pledge or salute the flag during the National Anthem. Sawyer is creating controversy where there is none – simply grandstanding for his own political gain.

    And the word is “You” not “Your”, Chairman of Education Sawyer. And you are a bonafide idiot.

    Thanks to Bobo for the link.

  • Should Veterans Be Banned from…Universities

    Should Veterans Be Banned from…Universities

    An article from a newsletter for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS – outside the Fort Carson gates) Social Justice Collective Weekly is making the rounds on social media. According to KKTV, the article, entitled “Should Veterans Be Banned from UCCS and Other Universities” written by Terry Steinawitz (according to the media, no one by that name is registered at the school or lives in Colorado), tries painfully to make the case that veterans are a hindrance to the snowflakes’ education;

    A four-year, traditional university is supposed to be a place of learning, of understanding, of safety and security. However, there is an element among us who may be frustrating those goals: Veterans.

    UCCS is known for its number of veterans who are full and part-time students. But these veterans of much of the school prides themselves on may be hurting the university.

    First off, many veterans openly mock the ideas of diversity and safe spaces for vulnerable members of society. This is directly in contradiction to the mission of UCCS. Many veterans utter the mantra that they, “do not see color”. But the problem lies in their socialization into the military culture that is that of a white supremacist organization. They have been permanently tainted, and are no long fit for a four-year university.

    Second, many students are frightened by the presence of veterans in their classrooms. Veterans usually have an overwhelming presence in the classroom, which can distract other students. This is usually true for vulnerable individual such as LGBTQQI2SAA, who have been known to be the butt of insensitive jokes made by veterans.

    Finally, veterans usually are associated with extremists right-wing groups such as the tea party and the NRA. In order to provide a safe place for all students, extremist right-wing groups must be suppressed on campus. This would include their followers: veterans.

    That is not to say that veterans should not be allowed an education. Veterans should be allowed to attend trade schools, or maybe even community college. But, in order to protect our academic institutions we must ban veterans from four-year universities.

    The university claims that the letter is not reflective of their official policy, but that it’s an expression of free speech.

    I’m not going to get exercised over it, because it must be a hoax. If it’s not a hoax, it’s only the opinion of a student with no life experience. He/She has probably never had to pay a bill, nor had a lasting impression on anyone’s life. “Student” means they’re still learning, even though they think that it means they know everything.

  • An Update on Everyone’s “Favorite” Berkeley Alumnus

    Now, don’t jump to conclusions – the “fine individual” I’m referring to doesn’t seem to comment here.  (smile)

    It looks like our “favorite” Frank Zappa/Leon Trotsky wannabe lookalike is getting the attention he apparently craves.  But as is often the case, perhaps he should have heeded the old proverb:  “Be careful what you wish, you just might get it.”

    Drexel professor and self-proclaimed      leftist idiot     “actual communist” George Ciccariello-Maher is in the news again.  In case anyone’s forgotten, this is the      moronic jerk     tool made famous by his “white genocide” and “want to vomit” Tweets over the past few months.  Jonn’s written about him before.

    Well, it seems as if Drexel University caught a bit of heat over the “fine professor’s” commentary – which apparently also includes a Tweet where he urges people to “off the pigs”.  At least two prominent Drexel donors have withheld promised donations to Drexel, apparently due to Ciccarielo-Maher’s commentary.  Numerous other prospective students have recently apparently told Drexel, “Um, thanks . . . but no thanks” as well due to the guy’s idiocy – and have elected to go to school elsewhere.

    Nonetheless, it also appears that Drexel’s leadership may be “getting the message”.  Cigarillo-Moron      Ciccariello-Maher reputedly received an email earlier this month (3 April) from Drexel’s Provost expressing concern regarding his “extremely damaging conduct.”  The email also advised him that “a special committee of inquiry” had been formed “to investigate your conduct and provide findings and recommendations.”

    Yeah, the professor had the right to speak his mind.  But unlike Ivory tower academia or some mythical Progressive Utopia, in the real world actions have consequences.  And Drexel is a private university – so they have the right to fire someone who’s costing them money without worrying about Free Speech or civil service issues.  I’d personally be overjoyed if the Drexel leadership decided to let this tool go ASAP.

    Yo, “professor”:  free speech doesn’t equate to “zero consequences for anything you say”, dipstick.  It only means the government can’t regulate what you have to say.  Employers outside the government can and often do take note of what you say – and sometimes take action when your public words hurt their reputation.

    A private employer can fire your stank-ass if what you say costs them mucho dinero or damages their reputation; I’m thinking you might be about to find that out fairly soon.  And even government agencies can discipline employees who violate internal policies relating to offensive speech.

    But I’ll say this about free speech:  as you’ve proven here, free speech certainly does make it easier for idiots to identify themselves to the rest of the world.  (smile)

     

    (Hat tip to TAH commenter Bobo for the original version of the last phrase.)