The Raleigh News and Observer recently reported on a teacher in trouble for blogging about her troubles with her Chemistry students. It seems that the teacher has name consistent with her possibly being Muslim. Apparently the students are not enthusiastic about having a teacher that they believe is not Christian.
The students sought out ways to show their displeasure. These delinquents sang Christian Hymns in their chemistry class, they made a point of giving the teacher Christmas gifts, they wore Christian advocacy tee shirts and they would act like they were reading the Bible during Chemistry.
I fully support the rights of the children to wear any tee shirt that they want and to read anything they want outside of class. I also recognize that these kids are not looking to learn Chemistry they are looking to show that they are smarter and better than their teacher. These efforts to un-nerve the teacher occur everyday; what is different here is that the kids actions are based on religion and the parents interviewed in the article actually supported their kids in their acts of harrasment.
It is disgusting that a parent would pass off signing hymns in class as acceptable behavior. How can a parent argue that if their kid was reading a bible in chemistry class it might be appropriate? These parents are either bigots, hateful, or ignorant.
Multiple writers supported the teachers behavior, yet no one called out these parents for their part in this mess.
What are we learning about some of our Wake County parents with this incident and with the recent school board elections? The citizens of this county should be scared by this upsurge in zenaphobia, religous bigotry and hate. Those with open minds should make sure that it can't be acceptable to harass your neighbor, your teacher or your classmate because of their faith or their place of national origin.
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