Reason 142 to Homeschool: Obama Teachers Won’t Bully Kids Who Support McCain
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This is a video of Diantha Harris, a lifelong democrat and avid Barack Obama supporter. She is also a lousy schoolteacher, as is evidenced by the mushmouthed kids in her class. And instead of concentrating on grammar and English, math and science, she abuses and ridicules any child who dares to speak up in support of John McCain. This video is part of a Finnish documentary on Obama fans, and it is shocking that you have to go to a foreign country to learn what goes on in our own classrooms.
See how she singles out the little white girl and mocks her for having an absent parent, who is off defending the country, and lies to her, saying her Dad would have to stay in Iraq for a hundred years? The little girl was ready to cry! Disgusting.
Diantha Harris: It’s a senseless war! [Stares at Kathy.] And by the way, Kathy, the person that you’re picking for president said [Harris shakes her head] that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to! [Kathy bites her lip, looks ashamed. Other kids stare at Kathy, laugh, smirk.] So that means that your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years!
[Kathy is on verge of tears.]
[In an interview later:]
Diantha Harris: Now I can support whomever I want to support, as long as I don’t browbeat another person for the candidate that they supported. Like I have some students that support John McCain, and when they told me that, I said ah … “that’s good’ and I just moved on. So, I think that everybody is entitled to their own personal opinion.
You know, the schools are banning kickball, dodgeball and tag on the playgrounds because they are afraid of bullies. Seems to me the bullies are the ones with the chalkboard erasers. Lots of thanks to Akira here for the video and the transcript.
Ken at TundraTabloid broke this story here.
UPDATE!
The school superintendent has launched an investigation. Here is what he wrote on the school website here about Diantha Harris’ classroom conduct.
I was shocked when I saw the clip of an interaction between a Cumberland County Schools teacher and her students as posted on YouTube. While neutral discussion of the political process is appropriate, at no time, particularly with elementary students, should a teacher infuse his/her political views into the discussion. Most disconcerting was the military slant that made its way into this discussion. We are a military community, serving over 15,000 military students and their families. We value the sacrifices, not only of the military parents but also those of their families.
We believe that military children are our children, military spouses are many of our employees, and military service men and women are our heroes. We proudly serve our military children and have received national awards for our support of military families.
I was particularly disturbed to see the uncomfortable position in which our children were placed due to the inappropriate actions of one of our teachers. Please be assured that the actions exhibited in this video are not consistent with the vision of the CCS. Moreover, the actions of one teacher do not represent the 7000 employees in our organization.
Once the video was brought to my attention, I immediately launched an investigation. Personnel laws prevent me from releasing information regarding individual employees and personnel action taken. I can assure you that upon completion of the investigation, I will take appropriate action.
Dr. William Harrison
CCS’ Superintendent
Fired her immediatley. and HOMESCHOOL your kids!!!
The very fact that most of these children chose Obama “because he is black” shows the complete lack of understanding on their part.
He is also white! He is a mulatto who grew up priviledged and went to Ivy League schools. He has not idea how many of the real African Americans were brought up, especially during the 50s and 60s when integration was just beginning in this country.
hah, bet she couldnt get a job in a private school on account of her stupidity.
She probably thinks shes smart because she has a degree that is degraded as a result of liberal policies much like the value of our currency at the hands of the same.
left has no compunction about indoctrinating our youth, neither did the kmer rouge.
maybe she can talk about the peace group hamas next.
What state does this woman teach in?
I sure hope it is not SC!!!
This disgusting and frightening. This “Teacher” should be fired. I am appalled.
and you know that this fat tub of ignorance got the job over someone of quality.
That was shameful. She took McCain’s words out of context and practically made that little girl cry. Has the school administration seen this? What about the parents? There was no teaching going on in that classroom.
My mother is a retired public school teacher with almost 40 years and has two master degrees. These videos that show teachers doing this to our kids angers her and horrifies her.
Angers her because these teachers make good teachers look bad, horrifies her because they can get away with this crap and brainwash our children.
I agree, home school your kids or find a good private school that you can afford.
Anglican, I think she’s in Asheville NC.
A quick google search seems to suggest that she’s a teacher in Asheville North Carolina.
On top of that, isn’t it racist to support a person strictly based on race? No answer required.
What a pity! She epitomizes so many southern people of color who belong to a group I like to call the “great unwashed masses”, who never really investigate anything and believe anything that the press throws at them either in the newspaper or on TV!!
I hope that the local school bard investigates this and terminates her for harassment!
The epitomy of racism…
I want an orange president. Think we can find somebody for next time?
Thanks. Horrifying, amazing, but all too believable.
I hope when daddy comes home from Iraq he attends the partent teacher conference and “educates” this woman. Does she not understand that he has offered to lay down his life to protect her stupidity?
How was this little episode filmed? Did a student have a camera ‘phone in the room and she didn’t know it?
Anglican said in November 6th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Read…It was a Finnish Documentary.
Yes… one more reason I home school my 11 year old. You know… that little girl needed one more reason to feel different in that classroom. We all need to feel like outcasts. It’s good for us and makes us strong, right? Give me a break! How would things have changed if the rolls were reversed in this situation. If this were a mostly white school and a white teacher preaching McCain, and she ridiculed the poor little black kid… It would have been an intro into the news on every station. No, no… this isn’t about race.
I live in Asheville. We call it the Berkeley of the East.
After watching this video, when I write the check for my son’s private school tuition next month I won’t be thinking about the money… I’ll be breathing a sigh of relief that he won’t have to deal with such blatant stupidity in his education.
Despicable and disgusting.
You’re “entitled to your own opinion” so long as it’s not different than mine.
As a mother, I wouldn’t put up with that. Period.
Homeschooling anyone?
More evidence that unions (esp. the NEA) by definition attract the lowest and least qualified.
And, right now, we the people have little recourse.
Your tax dollars at work, people!
Whacha gonna do about it?
VOTE SCHOOL VOUCHERS – VOTE SCHOOL CHOICE
~After all, who could be opposed to choice?
Sickening how these left wing teachers can get away with brainwashing our children, it’s happenning all over europe. BTW, it’s a Swedish documentary.
shell have a noose around her doorknob quickly i bet
Absolutely and positively unbelieveable, unforgiveable and disgusting. She should never teach another child. Ever. Period.