News: Teacher FORCED to Resign After Controversy - Page 2

Terre$uxx

Thank you bby ^^^

Priyanka Chopra

I don't understand. What did she do wrong? Allow the student to read his work?

TikiMiss

people are so oversensitive my gawd. even if she had let them write stories about the benefits of METH, it's a creative writing class for dog's sake

Terre$uxx

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Guarascio said it was not made clear to her why she was put on leave, which she said was frustrating. She said she was reprimanded for having students read each others’ work – peer review is a writing and editing process that is part of the class – and for having former students who were still at Cleveland as Facebook friends.

The district said the student’s story was not the administrators’ primary concern.

“We would note that the primary concerns raised with Ms. Guarascio were not focused on the written product produced by students but on other issues, including the fact that students were required to read other students’ essays and comment on content they found objectionable,” read a statement issued by the district.

Superintendent Sue Cleveland, for whom the school is named, said Tuesday that the topic of peer review has been a controversial one in Rio Rancho. She said some parents don’t like the idea that other students will read their children’s work, while other parents like peer review.

Cleveland said the issue has been raised in the courts before and it’s important that if teachers use peer review they let students opt out.

But Guarascio said her students were never forced to read each other’s work and they could always choose whether to do so.

Guarascio also said she sent a course description for her creative writing class home with students to show their parents. In it, she said she would not censor their creative writing in the elective class and that students would be asked to read each others’ work. She provided the 21-page description to the Journal on Tuesday.

After she came back to the school, administrators asked Guarascio not talk to students about why she was gone for three weeks, she said.

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Pretty much after she came back from leave they said, change your class or leave. So she left after they kept bothering her and suggesting she leave.

Stantasea

Ridiculous how they put this woman's whole career into shambles because one ignorant and thoughtless tosspot of a student was butthurt.

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Help my gurl out

Signed.

Miles.

Really sucks! She sounds like a good, PROGRESSIVE (so important these days with the backwards education system) teacher that the school needs.

Hope y'all are able to get things back on track.

Speezy

why wasnt the student removed instead

rac7d

I hope everyone pick on the girl who told her parents then got the teacher reported. This always happens suck it it up kids not everything is targeting you, I hope yu feel guilty and are ostricised

Minajesty

What a whiny kid, how is this at all the teacher's fault

as926

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Originally posted by Terre$uxx

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Help my gurl out

Signed.

This is such ********. In a time when it is more and more difficult to retain arts programs in public schools, a district like this pounds one more nail in that coffin by pushing someone out like this who seems to have been an amazing supporter of this and its influence in her students' lives.

M A R C

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Originally posted by Speezy

why wasnt the student removed instead

Right.

Yarotska

Peer review is literally the worst thing ever.

BS that the teacher was fired, though.

RomanNavy

What kind of censorship

If he believes the bible is a fairytale he has the legal right to believe that.
And what does the teacher have to do with it

Georges

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Originally posted by Speezy

why wasnt the student removed instead

That's the best solution to be honest

Rigalo

Wow Freedom Writers who???? Get mama back behind ha desk!

Mezter

How is it her fault?

madonnafan18

She didn't do anything deserving to be fired!

like2throw

so this is the thought process of the principal.

"Hey boss, a student just read an inappropriate story about drugs in class"

"Lets fire the teacher!

"

"Really, instead of suspending the student?"

"yep"

who ever is in charge of this decision should be pulled, seriously, what message does this send out to the other teachers working at that school? How are they supposed to control their class? They cannot micromanage every single student in it, thats not how it works.

I hope the principal gets his position re-evaluated over a decision like this.

.:Allen:.

There is no reason she should be fired