NC Teacher Suspended For Yelling At Student Over Comments About President Obama

Associated Press ^ | May 21, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

SPENCER, NC -- A North Carolina high school teacher has been suspended following the release of a YouTube video in which she is heard yelling at a student in class and telling him it's wrong to criticize President Barack Obama.

The Salisbury Post reports that Tonya Dixon-Neely's class at North Rowan High School was discussing Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney when the conversation turned to accusations that Romney bullied someone as a teenager.

[MtnClimber]

That teacher sounded stupid. She should be suspended and sent back to 1st grade in private schools to start over.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

If Obama had a sister...

[Sir_Humphrey]

We know they teachers will defend her. We know some dope at the NYT, WP or MSNBC will defend her.

But we shouldn't be quite about this. This crystallizes everything that is wrong with public education, the teachers unions and the left in general. This teacher should be made the poster child for what is wrong with the left and nobody should be allowed to rest until she is fired and the student receives a full apology from the school.

Don't be afraid of what we will be called. It's time to fight back.

[bill1952]

What ethnic group is Miss Tonya?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

LOL. Good one.

[elkfersupper]

Well, it's a start.

I think it is a great thing that nearly everybody these days is walking around with video and audio recording capability. This may be the only way to expose what the dirtbags in our society have been getting away with for decades.

It is astounding that the student who recorded this knows more than the teacher about the way things are supposed to work in this country.

[House Atreides]

What ethnic group is Miss Tonya?
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Post 24 has it correct.

[House Atreides]

Oops.. I meant Post 22 had it correct.

[elkfersupper]

What ethnic group is Miss Tonya?

Based on the grammar, inflection, accent and attitude; I would guess that she came straight out of the Amish ghetto.

[robowombat]

Hmm, I think the phrase ‘talking smack’ is another of those delightful additions to American English along with ‘well, you know’ and ‘m-—— f———’ that the Amish have given us.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

This little AP story is full of bull shit. The teacher told the boy asking a question that he was slandering the president, that Bush jailed people who spoke out against him, and that the student had no right to criticize the president. Huh?

Obviously this dumb bitch never heard of the First Amendment. Now you know why certain parts of North Carolina are such crapholes. Their teachers are racist ignoramuses who are Obama toadies and asskissers. I guess this teacher is one of Obama’s “troops”, like the great uneducated BlackShirts of Hitler.

I love North Carolina. A great state, unfortunately led by Democratic fools and Obama fanatics. Time to clean the the crap out. By, by, Perdue, you chickenbrained food.

[HMS Surprise]

Here's an email and the response I got from the superintendent... I take my job very seriously! We do not support or condone this type of behavior in our teachers. We have an excellent school system with excellent students and excellent teachers. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2012, at 8:49 PM, "Jim Funkhouser" wrote: Ms. Grissom, I listened, like countless millions I'm sure, to the vid/recording of your inept soc. studies teacher today. Question: When you hire someone there is a vetting process, is there not? Someone in charge, maybe a principal, actually talks to the candidate, right? I could have spent five minutes with the "teacher" in question and have easily determined that she was a moron. Does actually being able to speak English and form coherent sentences matter in Salisbury? The only honorable thing for you to do Ms. Grissom is to step down from your position of responsibility. The children deserve better than this. Agree? Failure to educate our children is placing our Country at risk. Please take your job more seriously. Jim Funkhouser

[43north]

When I was a science major at Wayne State University many years ago I soon learned that the only major that was easier than “education” was “journalism”.

Nothing has changed.

[mrsmel]

One of my personal "favorites"-"nomsayin” accompanied by much emphasized smacking of the lips.

[Tupelo]

Suspended with pay until the story quiets down. Then back on the job with full benefits and tenure. Then this unqualified, ignorant “teacher” can dumb down another generation of kids.
Affirmative action at it's best.

[jmax]

Freeze, mother....drop it and put 'um up. Up against the wall......spread 'um, scum ball. Keep your hands on the wheel. If you as much as move, we'll have to call the coroner. On the ground face down.....hands behind your back, hairball. Blink and you're a dead, a$$hole. This ain't Lassie, $hithead....Rin-tin-tin, here, will take your arm off if you even breathe. You're going to be an old man before you get out of the slammer, turd breath. Shut the eff up,,,,you don't have any rights. Book 'em, Danno.

Now, kid....why did you disrespect president Obama and say he looks like a sissy when he throws a baseball?

[andyk]

Token suspension - nothing will come of it except some paid time off.

[dennisw]

Very good.... unfortunately these idiots have well padded public sector sinecures and don’t give an f what you or I email to them. They have kids to feed and send to college and could care less about the what the public says beyond issuing a few greasy apologetic statements

[Mark17]

NC Teacher Suspended For Yelling At Student Over Comments About President Obama

My college student son is an unbelievably great debater. His logic would have twisted her into a pretzel, and sent her away, talking to herself.

[BIV]

“Nomsayin” is quite funny if you “axe” me.