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May. 28th, 2008 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwyn*sigh*
There are days when I really kind of wonder about the state of Florida.
Florida schoolteacher, faced with child under evaluation to determine whether or not he has Asperger's syndrome, has the rest of the class tell the boy what they think of him, then vote on whether or not the child should be allowed to stay in the classroom.
Newspaper article on the incident
Follow-up article
Very, very sane discussion of the situation on Daily Kos
I'm sorry to those of you reading this who're from Florida. I've never really felt entirely comfortable there, and lately I've run across news articles about things in the Florida education system or justice system that make me want to staple my palm to my face. I'm sure it'll pass eventually and next thing I know I'll be hearing about the egregious wrongs of the state of New Jersey, but after the 'OMG I WAS FIRED FOR WIZARDRY!!!!' teacher fiasco that turned out to be 'uh, actually, sir, you were fired for cursing in class and putting a student in charge; the fact that someone accused you of wizardry for doing a magic trick was purely secondary', I get all twitchy whenever the state's education system comes up in the news.
There are days when I really kind of wonder about the state of Florida.
Florida schoolteacher, faced with child under evaluation to determine whether or not he has Asperger's syndrome, has the rest of the class tell the boy what they think of him, then vote on whether or not the child should be allowed to stay in the classroom.
Newspaper article on the incident
Follow-up article
Very, very sane discussion of the situation on Daily Kos
I'm sorry to those of you reading this who're from Florida. I've never really felt entirely comfortable there, and lately I've run across news articles about things in the Florida education system or justice system that make me want to staple my palm to my face. I'm sure it'll pass eventually and next thing I know I'll be hearing about the egregious wrongs of the state of New Jersey, but after the 'OMG I WAS FIRED FOR WIZARDRY!!!!' teacher fiasco that turned out to be 'uh, actually, sir, you were fired for cursing in class and putting a student in charge; the fact that someone accused you of wizardry for doing a magic trick was purely secondary', I get all twitchy whenever the state's education system comes up in the news.
