Teacher fired for saying China, Mexico and the UN exist

Reported on RockyMountainNews.com [1]:

A seventh-grade geography teacher at Carmody Middle School was suspended with pay today when he refused to take down three foreign flags on display in his classroom.

Eric Hamlin said the flags of China, Mexico and the United Nations were relevant to the unit on the fundamentals of geography he teaches during the first six weeks of the semester. He’s used the same display for most of the nine years he’s taught in Jefferson County, Hamlin said.

The foreign flags are in addition to the standard U.S. flag found in all classrooms.

Hamlin said principal John Schalk escorted him from the building Thursday before classes began. He was handed a letter saying the matter is under investigation and warning him to remain off school property.…

Er., 9 years, 50 flags per year – so that’s 450 foreign flags that have come through this educator’s classroom. And suddenly we have an administration who has deliberately and systematically ushered in an era of xenophobia against, hmmm – China, Mexico and the United Nations! Bet hey, no coincidence there, I’m sure this dude really had it comin’ for all his fancy liberal talk of ‘geography’ and ‘symbolism’. “Hamlin” isn’t even his real name – it’s his Operative handle. His real name is “Special Agent Fernando Wong-Anan”. And he’s doing his part to turn all your little children into pinko-commie socialists – huh-moo-ha-ha! (yeah, I can spell an evil laugh this way if I want)

 

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