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Investigation closed on Florida teacher who showed Disney film

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The final report from Hernando County says, “The investigation was completed regarding the parent complaint. You had the PG(-rated movies) approval forms for all of the students and had connected the movie to the curriculum being taught.” The school system maintained Barbee violated the staff handbook, saying, “You are reminded … that you must seek and receive administrative approval before showing a film or video.”


The teacher, Jenna Barbee, who was in just her first year of teaching, stated:

“If there was such a policy or procedure in place, I am unaware of it ever being followed by my fellow teachers. This is not an excuse but I am a first year teacher and learn something new every day.”

Indeed, the policy had previously been limited to kindergarten third grade and had only been extended to grade 12 only a month previously by recent Florida law.

The conclusion of the investigation ended with an admonition to Barbee to get permission for all films in the future. Barbee had, however, already submitted her resignation a week before the incident due to “politics and the fear of not being able to be who you are” in the public school system.
 

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The teacher, Jenna Barbee, who was in just her first year of teaching, stated:

“If there was such a policy or procedure in place, I am unaware of it ever being followed by my fellow teachers. This is not an excuse but I am a first year teacher and learn something new every day.”

Indeed, the policy had previously been limited to kindergarten third grade and had only been extended to grade 12 only a month previously by recent Florida law.

The conclusion of the investigation ended with an admonition to Barbee to get permission for all films in the future. Barbee had, however, already submitted her resignation a week before the incident due to “politics and the fear of not being able to be who you are” in the public school system.
I hope that she will finds another job, maybe in a more tolerant part of the country.
 
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The teacher, Jenna Barbee, who was in just her first year of teaching, stated:

“If there was such a policy or procedure in place, I am unaware of it ever being followed by my fellow teachers. This is not an excuse but I am a first year teacher and learn something new every day.”

Indeed, the policy had previously been limited to kindergarten third grade and had only been extended to grade 12 only a month previously by recent Florida law.

The conclusion of the investigation ended with an admonition to Barbee to get permission for all films in the future. Barbee had, however, already submitted her resignation a week before the incident due to “politics and the fear of not being able to be who you are” in the public school system.
People being hounded out of their jobs for disagreeing with the status quo is becoming an American institution.
 
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People being hounded out of their jobs for disagreeing with the status quo is becoming an American institution.
She didn't get hounded out of her job. She wasn't fired. She wasn't asked to quit. She got investigated on the possibility that she broke a rule. She was found guilty of breaking the rule and warned not to break it again...which very clearly indicates an expectation that she would stay on the job.

More people are being "hounded out of their jobs" across the nation these days by the left than by the right. Let a university professor "disagree with the status quo" of the left and see what happens.

The right will, at least, let you keep your biases as long as you don't display them in public. The left wants to change how you think even in private.
 
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She didn't get hounded out of her job. She wasn't fired. She wasn't asked to quit. She got investigated on the possibility that she broke a rule. She was found guilty of breaking the rule and warned not to break it again...which very clearly indicates an expectation that she would stay on the job.

More people are being "hounded out of their jobs" across the nation these days by the left than by the right. Let a university professor "disagree with the status quo" of the left and see what happens.

The right will, at least, let you keep your biases as long as you don't display them in public. The left wants to change how you think even in private.
She didn’t feel safe to be herself. So common when the Right are involved.
 
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She didn’t feel safe to be herself. So common when the Right are involved.

It was confirmed by the Supreme Court back in the 70s that public school teachers are agents of the government. And that was a decision in favor of the Left, back when school teachers were promoting conservative values upon left-leaning students.

So, no, agents of the government are not allowed to "be themselves" while serving in that capacity.

I was fine with that in all the years I was an agent of the government. I'm still fine with it. In fact, I insist on it.
 
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It was confirmed by the Supreme Court back in the 70s that public school teachers are agents of the government. And that was a decision in favor of the Left, back when school teachers were promoting conservative values upon left-leaning students.

So, no, agents of the government are not allowed to "be themselves" while serving in that capacity.

I was fine with that in all the years I was an agent of the government. I'm still fine with it. In fact, I insist on it.
So a gay teacher would have to pretend to be straight? I’m not sure what you mean.
 
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So a gay teacher would have to pretend to be straight? I’m not sure what you mean.
No, no, no. Sexuality is a private, personal matter. If a person is gay, or "trans", they do not have to announce it to anyone. I came up in the 60's, and there were gay teachers at my school, darn good ones at that. But they did not announcing it.They just taught the subjects to the students that were assigned. My civics teacher was gay.
 
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So a gay teacher would have to pretend to be straight? I’m not sure what you mean.

So agents of the state are constrained not to use the inherently coercive power of the state to forward their own agendas.
 
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No, no, no. Sexuality is a private, personal matter. If a person is gay, or "trans", they do not have to announce it to anyone. I came up in the 60's, and there were gay teachers at my school, darn good ones at that. But they did not announcing it.They just taught the subjects to the students that were assigned. My civics teacher was gay.
How did you know they were gay?
 
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No, no, no. Sexuality is a private, personal matter. If a person is gay, or "trans", they do not have to announce it to anyone. I came up in the 60's, and there were gay teachers at my school, darn good ones at that. But they did not announcing it.They just taught the subjects to the students that were assigned. My civics teacher was gay.
Teachers announce it, when they are called Mr. and Mrs. Kids ask questions. Kids want to know about it. They see gay or transgender people. They want to know about it. It's a part of life and education. I'm not getting the part, that kids shouldn't know their teacher or have friends. They have to fear if they are going to get into trouble if they have a healthy conversation with their teacher or friends. That's very un-healthy. Florida is trying to turn grownups, and everyone bubble. Lack of history or intelligence. Grownups have to live in fair, if they say something that the moral police don't like. The business and people of Florida are going to fail big time. People visit Florida for fun. They can't enjoy themselves and relax, if they fear, that might say something people aren't allowed to talk about. Or the moral police are up in their business,
 
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No, no, no. Sexuality is a private, personal matter. If a person is gay, or "trans", they do not have to announce it to anyone. I came up in the 60's, and there were gay teachers at my school, darn good ones at that. But they did not announcing it.They just taught the subjects to the students that were assigned. My civics teacher was gay.
I was more thinking of how oppressive it could be if you had to work in a place that would be hostile to you.
 
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So agents of the state are constrained not to use the inherently coercive power of the state to forward their own agendas.
That's not happening though. Which teacher is being coercive?
 
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That's not happening though. Which teacher is being coercive?
It was happening in the 70s, which is why there ended up being a Supreme Court decision about it.

EVERYTHING the teacher teaches is coercive in essential nature. That is the implicit-yet-inherent nature of being an agent of the state. The fact that students are required to listen and regurgitate the lesson, the fact that the students cannot effectively disagree without consequences...all that makes it coercive.

 
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