Comments on: Politics in the Classroom: How Not to Do It, Courtesy of Diantha Harris of Asheville, North Carolina

By: Doug Taylor

Doug Taylor — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:51:27 +0000

I just saw this situation. What has happened since November?

By: sirpatrick

sirpatrick — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:33:19 +0000

Matthew,
You say that this incident is the exception ; not the rule. However you also comment that teachers have been “largely silent” on the issue. I believe their silence reinforces “the rule” not “the exception”. Most teachers who view this video would probably think the teacher was a little clumsy in leading the discussion but, would have no problem with the thuggish ,blatant and belligerent Obama bias.
The only way we would have heard any outrage from teachers would be if this were a white “McCain” teacher mocking a black student who was supporting Obama .

By: TeacherMom

TeacherMom — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:00:59 +0000

This is from theapple.com website:

“Obama and Biden have big plans for what they call “Zero to Five.” This plan focuses on children from birth to five years of age and their parents. It supports early education and universal pre-school. They want to quadruple Early Head Start funding. Their efforts for this age group will be closely tied to their efforts to provide quality health care for this young age group. Obama’s health care program may make the funding for these early childhood programs difficult to carry out in the scope that they’ve planned.”

Remember…The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world…

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Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:23:31 +0000

[...] Ms. Harris teaches in Fayetteville, not Asheville, in the Cumberland County system. Not that it matters to me [...]

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:44:16 +0000

JL,

I don’t envy her principal, superintendent or school board right now. For a week, they’re going to have the media collapse on them. This is one issue where they simply won’t get any sympathetic responses.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the inboxes and voice mailboxes are full by now.

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:36:01 +0000

Glynn,

Thanks for continuing research on this – I think there’s more to the story than we know now, and I’d like to keep tabs on it. These incidents tend not to happen just once or in a vacuum.

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:34:55 +0000

Patrick,

Boy, is this blowing up – and thank God for that. I’m starting to see links everywhere, and I think some of the larger talk guys are picking it up [Glenn Beck, I heard?].

Oddly enough, there’s one demographic I’m *not* seeing outraged. Teachers. They should all be upset/disgusted with Harris’ approach because it demeans their profession and is clear malpractice. They are, right now, largely silent.

By: JL

JL — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:25:51 +0000

Thanks for this information. I wanted to double-check her email address (http://www.mmes.ccs.k12.nc.us/email/diathaharris.htm) since her name is spelled differently within the address than it is in other documentation.

I do hope that readers will express concern (in a reasonable, well-spelled manner, if possible) to the school and board for Harris’ treatment of a student. I’m surprised, also, by her having taken the Lord’s name in vain–hardly appropriate in a classroom setting.

By: Glynn

Glynn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:25:27 +0000

Here are the e-mails for the school board in Fayetteville where Harris teaches:

KimberlyPFisher@aol.com,
GregWest@nc.rr.com,
MacWilliams@nc.rr.com,
hfarrior@nc.rr.com,
DLaHuffman@nc.rr.com,
fkbarragan@nc.rr.com,
Royalme@nc.rr.com,
MackyH@nc.rr.com,
LolaW@ccs.k12.nc.us,
MicheleCain@ccs.k12.nc.us

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