Put Jay Bennish Back In The Classroom
...and give him a raise.
Jay Bennish is a social studies teacher at Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado, where a student recorded him in class observing (among many other things) "eerie similarities" between George W. Bush and Adolf Hitler. Personally, I think a comparison between George W. Bush and King Leopold II of Belgium works on many more levels, but it's not my class, it's Bennish's.
Said student, 16 year-old Sean Allen, gave the recording he made in class to his father, who didn't like what he heard either, and promptly called the principal, who suspended Bennish from the classroom. Unbelievable. In response, over 150 students at Overland High School walked out of their classes in support of Mr. Bennish today. Very believable.
Looks like Overland High School has an administrative crisis on its hands.
I listened to Bennish's lecture, and you can too, here: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3562969?source=rss. It was engaging and provocative discussion, and in my estimation, a productive learning environment. The student, Sean Allen, even tried to challenge Bennish at a few turns, and Bennish responded as an educator, not as an idealogue nor a propagandist. He encouraged the student's participation, and congratulated him on his engagement. That said, the kid had very little knowledge of what he was talking about, and as an educator, Bennish tried to help him put his ideas into a more informed context. That is the point of an education after all, though many believe it should merely reinforce the beliefs that are transmitted to us in between commercials on television.
I can only hope my kid has a teacher as passionate and informed as Mr. Bennish someday. My suspicion is that Mr. Allen and the administration at Overland who suspended Mr. Bennish would rather have some disinterested gym coach teaching Sean and his fellow students about the complexities of the world he lives in. Not me. If you agree or disagree, write to the Jana Frieler, principal of Overland High School at this address: jfrieler@cherrycreekschools.org.
Jay Bennish is a social studies teacher at Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado, where a student recorded him in class observing (among many other things) "eerie similarities" between George W. Bush and Adolf Hitler. Personally, I think a comparison between George W. Bush and King Leopold II of Belgium works on many more levels, but it's not my class, it's Bennish's.
Said student, 16 year-old Sean Allen, gave the recording he made in class to his father, who didn't like what he heard either, and promptly called the principal, who suspended Bennish from the classroom. Unbelievable. In response, over 150 students at Overland High School walked out of their classes in support of Mr. Bennish today. Very believable.
Looks like Overland High School has an administrative crisis on its hands.
I listened to Bennish's lecture, and you can too, here: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3562969?source=rss. It was engaging and provocative discussion, and in my estimation, a productive learning environment. The student, Sean Allen, even tried to challenge Bennish at a few turns, and Bennish responded as an educator, not as an idealogue nor a propagandist. He encouraged the student's participation, and congratulated him on his engagement. That said, the kid had very little knowledge of what he was talking about, and as an educator, Bennish tried to help him put his ideas into a more informed context. That is the point of an education after all, though many believe it should merely reinforce the beliefs that are transmitted to us in between commercials on television.
I can only hope my kid has a teacher as passionate and informed as Mr. Bennish someday. My suspicion is that Mr. Allen and the administration at Overland who suspended Mr. Bennish would rather have some disinterested gym coach teaching Sean and his fellow students about the complexities of the world he lives in. Not me. If you agree or disagree, write to the Jana Frieler, principal of Overland High School at this address: jfrieler@cherrycreekschools.org.
posted by MK | 10:42 AM
3 Comments:
Bennish is supposed to teach GEOGRAPHY, not spout off a Lef Wing Liberal tirade against the might and wisdom of our President, George W. Bush.
He should be stripped of his teacher's certification for this transgression and crimes against the American Educational system.
George W. Bush is a wise and just leader. He will be a key advisor when his brother, Jeb Bush, assumes the Presidency in 2008. The Bush Dynasty shall continue well into 2016!
JEB BUSH IN 2008! WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN PEOPLE!
I have personally searched the presidential speech archives for any reference to ANY of the quotes Bennish made of George Bush. Im sure most of you won't be surprised that there are NO quotes from Bush that say these things?
Jay Bennish has the freedom to speak, just like we all do, however Jay Bennish does not have a right to stand up in a movie theatre and yell fire, when there is no fire.
The analogy is that Bennish literally made up the Bush quotes. Therefore he does NOT have a right to push these lies as facts in the classroom.
The only thing that Bush said even remotely "about the world", is that the world would be better off if every country was free and democratic.
Bush has never said that we, the USA, should take over the world, or that we, the USA, are better than the rest of the world.
As a matter of fact, I have heard Bush say on many times, that as the democracies emerge, the new governments will NOT LOOK LIKE the USA at all, and will represent the native peoples traditions, and beliefs.
So there, it is proved, jay bennish if full of crap.
Also, on a seperate note, why is Jay Bennish allowed to hang a Rastafarian flag in his class room, when it is against the seperation of church and state to hang any personal religious symbols up at a public school?
Maybe this is why all the ultra-brainwashed students like him so much, because he puffs tough on the green stuff... jah rastafari
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