Teacher Refuses to Display American Flag

[Vi-Jay 218]

I don't need a fan.

I know, Sorry.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is vijay Eric?

He hasn't mentioned his ####### yet. I think it's Ewok.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Is vijay Eric?

no

[_Simpson_ 250]

He hasn't mentioned his ####### yet. I think it's Ewok.

no

I see.

[Vi-Jay 218]

Is grandiose a "big word"?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is grandiose a "big word"?

Only for the pedantic.

[Peikko 1,575]

"Can't be arsed" is not a cockney saying, it's generic English vernacular.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Is grandiose a "big word"?

It is when you choose words simply for effect, that serve to obscure a meaning that would be better communicated in other ways. The word "Grandiose" has a place, just not in the sentence you tried to use it in.

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Controversy over child's flag drawing

Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture

ORANGE, Mass. (WWLP) - A civil rights controversy is brewing at an elementary school in the Town of Orange, and it all surrounds an11 year-old's drawing of the American Flag.

The family of Frankie Girard is claiming that their son's civil rights were violated after a teacher allegedly told him that hanging his picture of the American flag would offend another student.

The Butterfield Elementary School is at the center of controversy for the incident on Monday. According to Frankie Girard's father, John, the boy was in art class drawing a picture.

"He was denied hanging the flag up. And, he asked if he could just even hang it on his desk, and he was told no. He could take the picture that he drew and take it home and be proud of it there," Girard said.

According to his father, the teacher told Frankie that his drawing of the American Flag would offend one of his classmates. "We're allowing him to display his civil rights and be proud of who he is, but we're denying Franklin those same rights," Girard said.

22News tried to contact the Superintendent, Dr. Paul Burnim. He refused to go on camera, but told 22News over the phone that nobody ever told Franklin the drawing was offensive, and said the only reason it wasn't hung was because Franklin was supposed to be doing other work; not drawing a picture. In a statement he said: "Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week."

http://www.wwlp.com/...7s-flag-drawing

Why would it offend another kid, isn't the other kid Living in America, eating in America, studying in America, and probably will become an American too, there is no much details but it doesn't seem offending to hang the flag.

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... nobody ever told Franklin the drawing was offensive, and said the only reason it wasn't hung was because Franklin was supposed to be doing other work; not drawing a picture. In a statement he said: "Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week."

Once again.

[Samoray 165]

Once again.

According to his father, the teacher told Frankie that his drawing of the American Flag would offend one of his classmates. "We’re allowing him to display his civil rights and be proud of who he is, but we’re denying Franklin those same rights," Girard said.

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According to his father, the teacher told Frankie that his drawing of the American Flag would offend one of his classmates. "We’re allowing him to display his civil rights and be proud of who he is, but we’re denying Franklin those same rights," Girard said.

It seems AJ wants to focus on just one part of the story.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The teacher's story against the kid's. Only one of them is going to be true. Is it worth finding out?

Nah.

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It seems AJ wants to focus on just one part of the story.

This part of the story is the most credible part of this entire story.

"Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week."

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Controversy for the sake of it coupled with an almost ocd obsession with it from people who lap it up, the way a dog laps up anti freeze.