Jefferson County geometry teacher uses "assassination" of Obama to teach angles...

[posty]

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/jeffer...metry_teac.html

 

A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Bar­ack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geome­try students.


 

Someone alerted autho­rities and the Corner High School math teacher was questioned by the Secret Service, but was not taken into custody or charged with any crime.



 

"We did not find a credible threat," said Roy Sex­ton, special agent in charge of Birmingham's Secret Service office. "As far as the Secret Service is concerned, we looked into it, we talked to the gentleman and we have closed our investigation."

 



Sexton said he generally doesn't discuss threat cases, but confirmed his of­fice investigated the inci­dent. No federal charges followed the probe.



 

The teacher was appar­ently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.



 

"He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,' " said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class.



 

Efforts to reach the teacher for comment Mon­day were unsuccessful.

 Superintendent Phil Hammonds said the teacher remains at work, and there are no plans for termination.

 



"We are going to have a long conversation with him about what's appropriate," Hammonds said. "It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words."

 



Caroline Polk, the parent of a ninth-grader at the school, said she doesn't be­lieve the teacher ought to be fired.



 

"We all make mistakes, and we should be able to learn from our mistakes," she said. "What he said was just wrong and inappropri­ate. Everyone's got their own opinions, but we have to be aware of our sur­roundings. At this point, it just needs to be handled in a way that it won't be re­peated."

[bpwallace49]

What a moran. Like there isnt a million other ways to teach about angles . . .

[westvirginia]

What a moran. Like there isnt a million other ways to kill politicians . . .

 

[bpwallace49]

 

"Calling secret service on WV right now"

 

[westvirginia]

"Calling secret service on WV right now"

 

 

Dude, they'll just add you to the list.

[bpwallace49]

Dude, they'll just add you to the list.

 

[TimC]

A DVD wouldn't have done that.

[Azazello1313]

pretty dumb of the teacher, but....seriously? they have to send in secret service to question the guy? what a dumb situation all the way around

[bushwacked]

Is this how you do it?

 

 

pretty dumb of the teacher, but....seriously? they have to send in secret service to question the guy? what a dumb situation all the way around

 

When has the secret service ever been known not to take something like this seriously? At least initially anyway.......

[WaterMan]

Some people love to be in the news.

[SEC=UGA]

It's a public school teacher, what do you expect, intellignet decisions?

[bushwacked]

It's a public school teacher, what do you expect, intellignet decisions?

 

[SEC=UGA]

 

LOL!!!!

[westvirginia]

Is this how you do it?

 

 

 

 

When has the secret service ever been known not to take something like this seriously? At least initially anyway.......

 

I'm actually in agreement, here. I WANT the SS to have no sense of humor when it comes to something like this.