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Old 10-05-08, 03:06 PM   #1
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Middle school teacher suspended for Obama comment -- OrlandoSentinel.com

The Associated Press
7:10 PM EDT, October 2, 2008

MARIANNA - A Florida middle school teacher has been suspended after students said he used a racial epithet directed at presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Seventh-grade social studies teacher Greg Howard reportedly wrote the word CHANGE as an acronym on the board and wrote an expletive with the letter 'N.'

The phrase he wrote has alternately be reported as "Can You Help A (expletive) Get Elected" and "Come Help A (expletive) Get Elected."

The incident happened last Friday at Marianna Middle School.

The Jackson County School Board said Thursday that Howard has been suspended without pay for 10 days and will be transferred to the Jackson County Adult Education program. He is also required to submit a letter of apology to his students and attend diversity and sensitivity training.

Marianna is near Florida's border both with Alabama and Georgia.

A message left for a Greg Howard in Marianna, Fla., was not immediately returned

It's hard to believe that anyone this stupid is allowed out unsupervised!
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he should be fired at the least.
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he must not have liked the VP debate
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Bring him to Texas, we can use a straight shooter like him.
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for 10 days and will be transferred to the Jackson County Adult Education program. He is also required to submit a letter of apology to his students and attend diversity and sensitivity training
That is way to easy a punishment. A teacher using the "N" word in that context should be fired.
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hell yea...especially in a middle school environment? with a bunch of impressionable young kids...that guy needs to get fired. As a teacher and a professional he should know better.
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