Children of Maine Guard unit taunted by teachers

Washington Times ^ | 2/27/03 | Robert Stacy McCain

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Members of the Maine National Guard, called up to prepare for an attack on Iraq, have asserted that their children are being harassed at school by teachers who oppose the war.

Guard members say their children are "coming home upset, depressed, crying," said Maj. Peter Rogers, a spokesman for the Maine National Guard. "This was based on some incidents that were happening in school, both in the classroom and on the playground."

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Email the tv station at: wabi-tv.com

I think we should demand these cruel teachers and administrators be fired. It is unconscionable what they've done to these children on our tax dollars.

[Marauder]

I remember my teachers as people I could look up to and trust when I was a kid. Is this the best a damned Utopian can do?
To me this proves that liberals have the morals of a snake, or really less than that, because when a snake bites you, it's nothing personal.
Not so with a drooling idiot liberal. They intend to hurt you and will even attack children. What scumbags.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Just another example of why we need education vouchers for ALL children in ALL areas of the country. I wish George W. Bush would climb on board this concept, instead of his liberal tax-and-spend approach that allows vouchers only for the poorest of the poor who attend schools that are deemed "failing" by the federal government.

It's common sense that children will learn more and perform better in a comfortable environment, instead of a hostile one. I wonder if the RINO Bangor Sisters, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, will muster enough courage to speak out against this outrageous scandal within their state's teaching profession.

[WolfsView]

If some F'in lefty teacher ever sent my little girl home crying by bad mouthing her I would go down to that school with a ball bat and split his damn head open right in the middle of his class room.

[dts32041]

I don't know what school this occured at, but I bet it was the William S. Cohen School for Wayward girls.

[roadcat]

"If some F'in lefty teacher ever sent my little girl home crying by bad mouthing her I would go down to that school with a ball bat and split his damn head open right in the middle of his class room."

Bet it'd be the hardest heaviest one, too.

[Tax Government]

Members of the Maine National Guard, called up to prepare for an attack on Iraq, have asserted that their children are being harassed at school by teachers who oppose the war.

I'd call those teachers "contemptible piece-o-crapts." Someone, we, perhaps, should start a nationwide database of such people. We have a right to do this.

[VaBthang4]

FReep'em!

Maine Dept. of Ed., 23 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333. Phone is 207-287-5114.

duke.albanese@state.me.us

[Nucluside]

I agree. These teachers/administrators are child abusers. I think charges should be brought against them. Children of military parents have a lot to worry about besides this kind of s--t. Such as, is my Dad coming home?
Former Army Brat

[TigersEye]

Looks like the national press has picked this up. : )

[TigersEye]

Previous thread here.

[John Valentine]

I'm with you.

Some conduct puts people beyond the normal protections that a civil society affords.

These teachers deserve concussions.

[dts32041]

Yesterdays Bangor Daily News 26 FEB 03.

Still no school or teacher named.

Wonder what the b rats are a afraid of.

Bet it occured in Lewiston with the "Ranger Killers."

Teachers urged to be sensitive to military kids

AUGUSTA (AP) ? The state's education commissioner on Tuesday urged all school employees, regardless of their views about a possible war with Iraq, to be sensitive to the emotions of students in military families. J. Duke Albanese sent a letter to every superintendent and principal in Maine after receiving reports that some school employees have been sharing anti-war sentiments with students, the Morning Sentinel of Waterville reported. In the letter, Albanese urged educators and other school employees to create supportive climates that are sensitive to all children. ?I am asking you to remind school personnel that these are difficult times for our nation and that the families of military personnel need our sensitivity,? the commissioner wrote. The education department has received reports of children showing stress and anxiety because of their perceptions that fellow students or school employees have been insensitive to their beliefs or to the potential dangers of war, the commissioner wrote. These situations have strained certain military families' feelings toward their children's schools, he wrote. Maj. Peter J. Rogers, spokesman for the Maine National Guard, said complaints have been fielded at assistance centers for families of National Guard members in Augusta, Bangor, Calais, Caribou and Portland. ?Children are coming home from school very upset at things that are being said,? he said. ?They're suffering the pain of losing somebody already, and it's causing a trauma at this point.? Albanese and Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Tinkham II, the state's top military official, have discussed the situation, Rogers added. ?The advisory is to let superintendents know this is unacceptable behavior,? he said.

[steelie]

In 69 I stood up to a whole year of 8th grade in Berkeley California with a communist teacher. He would put us though reenactments of vietnam villagers being threatend by our solders. It was always a bad outcome for the villagers

I never backed down and never gave up trying to show true american values. One day I let on at the dinner table what was going on. The next day to my complete embarasment my mother read him the riot act after school.
As I told her at dinner that night "mom,I can fight my own fights"

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This is good news, TigersEye. Thanks so much for the ping! Maybe this story will develop some REAL legs now!

[DAnconia55]

If some F'in lefty teacher ever sent my little girl home crying by bad mouthing her I would go down to that school with a ball bat and split his damn head open right in the middle of his class room

Yep. And that's what will stop this.

But most people are too cowardly now.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Get your kids out of these LIBERAL hell-holes.

[Joe Brower]

Nice to see that the national media has finally picked up on this sordid affair.

These "teachers' are the lowest form of cowardly scum. If this happened to my kids, there would be holy bloody hell to pay. I would see to it personally.

[Bottom_Gun]

Oh boy, stories like this make me feel so good, seeing that My wife just recieved orders to Brunswick NAB, for shore duty. All I can say is that if my son or daughter comes home with something like this happening, that teacher is sure going to have not to fondle memories of my children's parents *L*