On Dec 18, 3:18 am, johac <jhachm...@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:

The teacher tells it like it is and gets sued.

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High school history teacher is sued over alleged anti-Christian remarks

ASSOCIATED PRESS

December 17, 2007

MISSION VIEJO - A history teacher has been sued for making what one
student calls anti-Christian comments in the classroom.

The case has sparked a debate about the role a teacher's convictions
should play in their lessons.

Capistrano Valley High School sophomore Chad Farnan and his parents
filed the lawsuit against James Corbett last week.

They allege that Corbett's remarks during an advanced European history
class violated a clause in the First Amendment that prohibits the
government from promoting religious intolerance.

Court papers cited tape-recorded classroom comments that allegedly
included Corbett saying, ³When you put on your Jesus glasses, you can't
see the truth² and other remarks that troubled Farnan.

Farnan claimed Corbett's lessons were one-sided.

But Capistrano Valley junior Doug Kalagian said Corbett, who has taught
at the school for 19 years, was being sarcastic ³to help prove a point.²

Supporters said Corbett routinely uses tactics in the classroom that
question the merits of religion and force students to think about their
convictions and faith.

The lawsuit set off passionate reactions from both sides. More than 260
comments were posted on The Orange County Register's Web site,
OCRegister.com, in response to the ongoing story.

³Corbett has been a powerful reminder to me that we 'Christians' do not
have the monopoly on truth,² Capistrano Valley High geography and
history teacher Tom Airey wrote in the Register's opinion section. ³In
an age where there is probably too much emphasis on teaching to the
standards and getting 'the facts' right, Corbett is training young
students to think critically.²

Federal and district guidelines don't ban teachers from discussing
religion, especially in a history class where discussion of religious
historical events is common. But teachers are expected to be fair and
neither promote nor denigrate religions in their treatment of the topics.

³All of his opinions would have been fine with us if he had invited
opposing points of view and the class was actually debating,² said
parent Birgit O'Hearn, 46, of Mission Viejo, who pulled her daughter out
of Corbett's class this year.

School officials were more reserved about passing judgment.

³Obviously, the district will be looking into everyone's rights and
responsibilities and the safety and welfare of the kids,² Capistrano
Unified school board President Mike Darnold said.
---http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071217/news_1n17sued.html
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John #1782

I wonder why Christ has to sue theteacher, doesn't he have better ways
to handle the problem, like turning the other cheek?

JohnN

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:53 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:

The teacher tells it like it is and gets sued.

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High school history teacher is sued over alleged anti-Christian remarks

ASSOCIATED PRESS

December 17, 2007

MISSION VIEJO ?A history teacher has been sued for making what one
student calls anti-Christian comments in the classroom.

'Merka once again pulls the chain and flushes itself further down the
sewer.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:53 -0800, johac wrote:

Supporters said Corbett routinely uses tactics in the classroom that
question the merits of religion and force students to think about their
convictions and faith.

Hmmm . . . is thinking about your convictions and your faith a bad thing?
Only if they can't stand up on close inspection.

Supporters said Corbett routinely uses tactics in the classroom that
question the merits of religion and force students to think about their
convictions and faith.

Hmmm . . . is thinking about your convictions and your faith a bad thing?

Only if they can't stand up on close inspection.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:53 -0800, johac wrote:

Supporters said Corbett routinely uses tactics in the classroom that
question the merits of religion and force students to think about their
convictions and faith.

Hmmm . . . is thinking about your convictions and your faith a bad thing?
Only if they can't stand up on close inspection.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:53 -0800, johac wrote:

Supporters said Corbett routinely uses tactics in the classroom that
question the merits of religion and force students to think about their
convictions and faith.

Hmmm . . . is thinking about your convictions and your faith a bad thing?
Only if they can't stand up on close inspection.

johac wrote:

The teacher tells it like it is and gets sued.

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Speaking the truth has never been easy.

JAM

johac wrote:

The teacher tells it like it is and gets sued.

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Speaking the truth has never been easy.