Alabama Teacher Gives Lesson Using Assassination As Example

[RedCoffee]

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo...as-example.php

The Secret Service investigated an Alabama high school teacher for using the example of shooting President Obama while teaching a geometry lesson.
The Secret Service spoke with the man, a teacher at Corner High School in Jefferson County, but decided not to arrest him.
"We did not find a credible threat," Roy Sex­ton, of Birmingham's Secret Service office, told the Birmingham News. "As far as the Secret Service is concerned, we looked into it, we talked to the gentleman and we have closed our investigation."
A student in the class described the lesson: "He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president.'"

Interesting. I think if he said 'kill the president' then it's no big deal. If he said "kill president obama" then it's a more serious issue.

I am reminded of this. I am dating myself here but anyone go to Western Canada HS and have Wiedman for Chem in the late 80s, early 90s? Every question involved killing a cat!

[SeeBass]

whatever it takes to get kids to learn

[CrusaderPi]

I had a physics teacher that would use a catapult launching animals (or out of a cannon) in examples. It sort of kept us interested.

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

I had a physics teacher that would use a catapult launching animals (or out of a cannon) in examples. It sort of kept us interested.

Me too, he'd use dropping or throwing cats off buildings for examples.

[CaptainCrunch]

Most awesome teacher ever.

"My teachers say, I have a 12th grade killing level. I graduated highschool with my degree and a sniper certification"