djones520
05-01-2009, 05:23 PM
A Michigan high school is investigating allegations that one of its teachers berated and belittled a student for taking part in what the teacher considered an unacceptable activity: reading FOXNews.com.
A young man who identified himself only as Mitchell, an 18-year-old senior at Traverse City West Senior High School, called in to Rush Limbaugh's radio show Thursday and said he was yelled at in front of his classmates for reading the "wrong" news.
The teacher of his video production class saw what he was looking at and "proceeded to give me a 10-minute lecture on why I can't read FOX News ... and that I can only listen to BBC and other news venues," the student said.
James Feil, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools, told FOXNews.com that any attempts to pressure students politically would go against his schools' policies.
"It would be inappropriate. I would clearly tell you that is not something that we would do anything to indoctrinate students here," he said. "That would clearly be a violation of our policies and guidelines, written or non-written."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518636,00.html
I spent a semester at TC West before moving to the next school district. I wasn't really involved in politics then, or even really staying current with up to date events, so I wouldn't have noticed any actual bias. But I'm not really suprised. Traverse City is something like the San Fransisco of Michigan. And I doubt it's gotten any better since Michael Moore decided to make it his home.
A young man who identified himself only as Mitchell, an 18-year-old senior at Traverse City West Senior High School, called in to Rush Limbaugh's radio show Thursday and said he was yelled at in front of his classmates for reading the "wrong" news.
The teacher of his video production class saw what he was looking at and "proceeded to give me a 10-minute lecture on why I can't read FOX News ... and that I can only listen to BBC and other news venues," the student said.
James Feil, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools, told FOXNews.com that any attempts to pressure students politically would go against his schools' policies.
"It would be inappropriate. I would clearly tell you that is not something that we would do anything to indoctrinate students here," he said. "That would clearly be a violation of our policies and guidelines, written or non-written."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518636,00.html
I spent a semester at TC West before moving to the next school district. I wasn't really involved in politics then, or even really staying current with up to date events, so I wouldn't have noticed any actual bias. But I'm not really suprised. Traverse City is something like the San Fransisco of Michigan. And I doubt it's gotten any better since Michael Moore decided to make it his home.