Texas teacher to Muslim-American student: “I heard about your uncle’s death”

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A Friendswood mom says she was offended by what her daughter says happened Monday in ninth grade algebra.

She said, "The teacher told the student that 'I bet you're grieving.' And she basically looked at him and said what are you talking about? And he said I heard about your uncle's death and she said wow, because she understood that he was referring about Osama bin Laden being killed and was racially profiling her."

The remark was made to a classmate, an American-born girl of Muslim faith. It happened at Clear Brook High School in the Clear Creek Independent School District. The mom wanted to speak out about the incident but wanted us to protect her identity, saying she doesn't want any retaliation against her daughter or the girl who experienced the inappropriate comment.

The mother said, "The student ended up crying over what was said to her by the teacher and the teacher asked her why she was crying and another student said it was because of what you said earlier. And his response was, oh, OK, and just kind of smirked and giggled and walked away."

The Clear Creek school district was quick to respond, confirming what was said and issuing a prepared statement.

"In the Clear Creek Independent School District, we believe diversity strengthens our community and seek opportunities to celebrate the different cultures within our schools and neighborhoods. The sentiments allegedly shared by this teacher are not reflective of the staff at Clear Brook High School or anyone within the Clear Creek Independent School District. In accordance with CCISD policy, the teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a personnel investigation.

The student did the right thing and immediately notified an adult regarding the teachers' comments. The principal at Clear Brook High School notified the child's parents and has been in communication with the family." -Elaina Polsen, Director of Public Information, Clear Creek Independent School District

The Islamic Society of Greater Houston agrees with the action, saying they believe the incident is isolated. The group does not call for any further response.

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The mom says that the girl remains in class and she is grateful that her classmates stuck up for her.

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[Obama 2012 1,714]

Houston. Yup.

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[Ban Hammer 13,109]

what, a texas school did something that a leftie might consider to be the right thing? zomg!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

good grief

[Jenn! 918]

I wonder what subject he teaches - probably phys ed, or shop.

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I wonder what subject he teaches - probably phys ed, or shop.

A Friendswood mom says she was offended by what her daughter says happened Monday in ninth grade algebra.

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[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I wonder what subject he teaches - probably phys ed, or shop.

And what's wrong with those two classes ? They were my favorite in school...and kids learn good things in shop, and PE is good also seeing how we have too many fat pigs in the states as it is.

Those two classes were always guaranteed "A's".

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[thongd4me 69]

It's saddening that something like this can stil happen, bringing to mind

what Americans of German, Italian & Japanese descent must have

gone through during WWII.

It probably wasn't accompanied by physical harassment, but that doesn't make it right.

The teacher made conclusions & assumptions that were at least erronious

and at worst inflammatory. We have to practice a sense of fairness even if

we are treated unfairly when we are guests in certain foreign countries;

otherwise we lose many of the good values that we have created here

which set us apart from less tolerant places

The teacher was displaying weakness, not strength..

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

It's saddening that something like this can stil happen, bringing to mind

what Americans of German, Italian & Japanese descent must have

gone through during WWII.

It probably wasn't accompanied by physical harassment, but that doesn't make it right.

The teacher made conclusions & assumptions that were at least erronious

and at worst inflammatory. We have to practice a sense of fairness even if

we are treated unfairly when we are guests in certain foreign countries;

otherwise we lose many of the good values that we have created here

which set us apart from less tolerant places

The teacher was displaying weakness, not strength..

For christ sake...the teacher f'k up, the kid will live and that will be that. It's not like anyone got beaten to death or something. I mean there's selling crack in school, and this story makes the headlines ? I can think of a lot worse when I was in school. If anything it made this kid tougher.

[Nina~ 431]

I dont see why the kid would have cried for that.. Maybe the teacher has a history of bullying her?

[IndigoSkies 168]

It's pretty sad to see adults mis-behaving while children behaving maturely. There is hope for humanity, yet. It'll just take couple of decades before today's youth take control of rest of the country and sanity ensues.

[thongd4me 69]

For christ sake...the teacher f'k up, the kid will live and that will be that. It's not like anyone got beaten to death or something. I mean there's selling crack in school, and this story makes the headlines ? I can think of a lot worse when I was in school. If anything it made this kid tougher.

I also agree that it shouldn't make the headlines because this type of thing

fans flames that are better left to die (on both sides of the issue).

The fact is that it ended up in the media because it COULD; the press look for anything to sell copy.

It probably wasn't a case of the student just telling the school principal or director,

he probably called a press conference.

[Zero Sum 305]

It's pretty sad to see adults mis-behaving while children behaving maturely. There is hope for humanity, yet. It'll just take couple of decades before today's youth take control of rest of the country and sanity ensues.

A bit optimistic and perhaps overblown for this ridiculous incident, but I hope for our species' sake, you're right.

On this topic specifically- if proven to be true... teacher needs to be fired quickly.

[IndigoSkies 168]

I also agree that it shouldn't make the headlines because this type of thing

fans flames that are better left to die (on both sides of the issue).

The fact is that it ended up in the media because it COULD; the press look for anything to sell copy.

It probably wasn't a case of the student just telling the school principal or director,

he probably called a press conference.

I totally agree with you. You know what else shouldn't make headline news? Rape and rapist. These kinds of news just flames the flames. It's better to just sweep it under the floor. You see the media just wants to sell copies (although most of the news, I read are online, accessed freely) and they'll publish anything like reports of rape, serial rapists, etc. They media should just pack up their bags and not report anything.

-rolls eyes-

[Jenn! 918]

ninth grade algebra.

Dammit!!

And what's wrong with those two classes ? They were my favorite in school...

shocking