Would you trust a "birther" to teach your child?

Call your local TV station...this must be stopped!

I wouldn't worry about it. I would check to see if evolution is being taught in your school, however. Some teachers will tell students it's just one of many theories, which is crazy.

"Would you trust a "birther" to teach your child?"

no. fvck no. nor a creationist. nor someone who cannot pronounce the following words: realtor, jewelry, nuclear.

This is a good troll... I would say it shouldn't matter unless the teacher is truly unprofessional in class. If they were teaching only Social Studies (or whatever it is called nowadays) I would be a bit worried.

A good teacher should be able to give info from multiple perspectives. If they can't, they need to keep their views to themselves.

As a teacher, I do try not to touch the birther topic. I've got kids that believe both ways and trying to change their minds is useless because they believe what their parents believe. There's nothing to gain from talking about the topic anyway.... especially in 6th grade(world history in texas where I teach).

I grew up with teachers who thought the world was only 6,000 years old and I turned out OK.

you teach world history in texas? i feel sorry for you. do your state-purchased school textbooks have the story of the great flood and noah in them?

concerned mom wrote:

Just found out my son's 6th grade teacher is a birther. Should I be worried? I always felt those people were either racist or a few fries short of a happy meal.

You should praise the Lord. Better a birther than an having one whose religion is environmentalism.

Ha! This made me laugh. I'm going to use it freely. /Nucular/ indeed. Although my wife's entire family says /realator/ ...

ignorant turd wrote:

no. fvck no. nor someone who cannot pronounce the following words: realtor, jewelry, nuclear.

I've never liked the idea that teachers should necessarily hold the same views as the kids and the kids' families. Having your views challenged is an important part of learning and growing. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that any belief that you hold that has not been challenged and adequately defended isn't really a belief at all, but rather just a thought that has not yet been evaluated.

If this teacher does tell your son things that go against what he believes, he should be able to argue against those things. If he can, he can walk away more confident in his own beliefs. If he cannot, he needs to think about whether he really believes what he purports to believe. This goes for any topic, not just the "birther" issue.

concerned mom wrote:

Just found out my son's 6th grade teacher is a birther. Should I be worried? I always felt those people were either racist or a few fries short of a happy meal.

The question I have is how did you find out the teacher believes the "birther" story? From a discussion with her? From someone else telling you? Or, more importantly, from your child? If you found out from your child, then the teacher is probably putting her own ideology onto the classroom. That is not acceptable professional behavior from a teacher. Like the person above said, a good teacher can stimulate discussion and have students come up with ideas and discuss current ideas without interjecting their own. Of course, this is 6th graders we're talking about here, so I'm not sure what kind of intelligent political discussion will happen. Who knows, I could be surprised.

If you're finding out because someone else told you, oh well, so what.

If you're finding out because the teacher told you, you could go two ways. If you were having a political discussion, well the teacher is free to offer her opinion to you. If she was just dumping it on you without preface, then the possibility exists that it will find its way into the classroom and soon you'll be hearing about how Obama is illegally sitting as US President from your child.

America is retarded.

concerned mom wrote:

Just found out my son's 6th grade teacher is a birther. Should I be worried? I always felt those people were either racist or a few fries short of a happy meal.

Anyone who isn't a "birther" is either a racist or few fries short of a happy meal. It is like finding out teachers are required to have degrees, etc., but your child's teacher has never been required to show any proof of such before being hired, and has spent a small fortune in legal fees resisting showing said proof, I'm sure you racist liberals would have nothing but love for a white male straight teacher in those circumstances. You wouldn't let such a teacher teach you kids, but you blindly support such a President.

Why would we ever need to ask the President to show his birth certificate to the public?

If a parent ever asked to see my teaching certificate, I wouldn't take it out and show it to them. Does that mean I'm not certified? No, it means that parent is an ignoramous and doesn't deserve my time.

should be concerned wrote:

concerned mom wrote:

Just found out my son's 6th grade teacher is a birther. Should I be worried? I always felt those people were either racist or a few fries short of a happy meal.

Anyone who isn't a "birther" is either a racist or few fries short of a happy meal. It is like finding out teachers are required to have degrees, etc., but your child's teacher has never been required to show any proof of such before being hired, and has spent a small fortune in legal fees resisting showing said proof, I'm sure you racist liberals would have nothing but love for a white male straight teacher in those circumstances. You wouldn't let such a teacher teach you kids, but you blindly support such a President.

That was extremely incoherent. That home schooling didnt work out too well for you. Put down the Budweiser, spit out the chewing tobacco, turn down the volume on Sarah Palin's Alaska and try to articulate your views in a matter in which normal people can understand.

should be concerned wrote:

Anyone who isn't a "birther" is either a racist or few fries short of a happy meal. It is like finding out teachers are required to have degrees, etc., but your child's teacher has never been required to show any proof of such before being hired, and has spent a small fortune in legal fees resisting showing said proof, I'm sure you racist liberals would have nothing but love for a white male straight teacher in those circumstances. You wouldn't let such a teacher teach you kids, but you blindly support such a President.

And don't go railing on factcheck. This info is all over. Copies of the birth certificate can be found very easily.

In response to the OP, yeah, I'd be concerned since it's an example of personal ideology winning out over facts, which shouldn't happen in school. That said, it's impossible to divorce personal ideology from an interpretation of facts (all of us do it, right, left, middle), so that in and of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. But that would just mean I'd keep a close eye on what my kid's learning. If he comes home saying that Obama wasn't born in the United States, it would be a good lesson in all of the above, and I could teach him how to do research to find out the truth.

What the heck is a "birther?"

Nat Turner wrote:

should be concerned wrote:

Anyone who isn't a "birther" is either a racist or few fries short of a happy meal. It is like finding out teachers are required to have degrees, etc., but your child's teacher has never been required to show any proof of such before being hired, and has spent a small fortune in legal fees resisting showing said proof, I'm sure you racist liberals would have nothing but love for a white male straight teacher in those circumstances. You wouldn't let such a teacher teach you kids, but you blindly support such a President.

That was extremely incoherent. That home schooling didnt work out too well for you. Put down the Budweiser, spit out the chewing tobacco, turn down the volume on Sarah Palin's Alaska and try to articulate your views in a matter in which normal people can understand.

lol

I dont like your views but that was kind of funny.

duuuude wrote:

What the heck is a "birther?"