Student humiliated over having to wear a Broncos Jersey
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I wouldn't have taken the damn thing. Kid should've grown a pair, thrown the test on the teacher's desk, and walked out.
Skunkwourk
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Topic Title: Student humiliated over having to wear a Broncos Jersey
where in that article does it say that he was forced to wear a broncos jersey?
All i read was this "Vannoy was wearing a No. 7 Broncos jersey on Friday, because he is a fan of John Elway, the Broncos' retired Hall of Fame quarterback."
where in that article does it say that he was forced to wear a broncos jersey?
All i read was this "Vannoy was wearing a No. 7 Broncos jersey on Friday, because he is a fan of John Elway, the Broncos' retired Hall of Fame quarterback."
Erm... why would a teacher do that?
sorry, i might have missed something but i missed the part where the teacher forced him to wear the jersey... or why.
sorry, i might have missed something but i missed the part where the teacher forced him to wear the jersey... or why.
HamburgerBoy
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Who cares if it's just the students? Even if it was, that's completely unacceptable at any time, let alone during a test. That kid should've started a fight. From the sounds of it he's a pansy though.
What you expect, when the team members are scum ( See Bengals Game), the fans start to emulate the players and act like scum too.
HamburgerBoy
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I wouldnt have bitched, I would have turned into a bull in a china shop and wrecked that teachers desk and anyone throwing paper at me
Then again, im a steelers fan, GOOOOO STEELERS!
Then again, im a steelers fan, GOOOOO STEELERS!
I can't believe that none of you read that this was an ETHNICITY CLASS. :roll:
What in the hell is that?
The teacher sounds like he was trying to get a point across by getting other students to pick on him - trying to make him feel like someone who is "oppressed," I guess.
Oh well.
The kid sounds like a first-class millie. He needs to sack up and be a man.
The problem with today's generation is that no one can take being offended anymore. Just look on these forums. Any time there is any off-color statement about anyone, people spin out and go nuts.
What in the hell is that?
The teacher sounds like he was trying to get a point across by getting other students to pick on him - trying to make him feel like someone who is "oppressed," I guess.
Oh well.
The kid sounds like a first-class millie. He needs to sack up and be a man.
The problem with today's generation is that no one can take being offended anymore. Just look on these forums. Any time there is any off-color statement about anyone, people spin out and go nuts.
datalink7
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Hold on a second there... Off-color? What do you mean by that? Are you
assuming that there is a certain color that is "off"? Probably anything but white :roll:
How you can speak such oppressive language is beyond me,
and I dare you to defend your actions.
If you want to contact the teacher (John Kelly) the phone number is 724-843-7470 EXT 1764
The number comes from the school website.
The number comes from the school website.
Teacher's true colors definitely not orange, blue
By Julianne Bentley
Denver Post Staff Writer
Joshua Vannoy, 17, says he was humiliated in class. (Courtesy of Vannoy family)
Embracing diversity and practicing tolerance had been mainstays of Joshua Vannoy's Pittsburgh-area high school ethnicity class - until the student wore his Denver Broncos jersey to school.
A die-hard Steelers fan and teacher at Beaver Falls High School made Vannoy, 17, take a midterm test on the floor because he was sporting a John Elway No. 7 jersey. The honors ethnic relations teacher had Vannoy sit in a circle of desks, then instructed his classmates to throw paper at him.
The treatment wasn't part of any classroom lesson, his teacher says. He had warned students before not to wear another team's jersey in his classroom.
"I was humiliated and shaking. I couldn't finish my test," said Vannoy, a Broncos fan even though he's a native of Pittsburgh Steelers country.
Teacher John Kelly thought he was "just messing around" with Vannoy, telling him he couldn't sit at any desk in his class Friday.
Vannoy said Kelly grabbed him by the neck of his jersey when he tried to sit in his chair and told him he would give him a zero on the exam if he didn't sit on the floor. Kelly told the 12 other students that part of their midterm was that they had to throw paper at "the stinking Denver fan" - or lose points, he added.
"Some threw the paper at me, some threw it at the ground," Vannoy said.
Kelly said he didn't threaten Vannoy's grade or grab his shirt. He said that he told students to do those things but that nobody took it seriously.
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"When you are joking and everyone's laughing, it's obvious," Kelly said.
And it's not the first time Kelly has employed the tactic. "I did the same thing last week with one of my ninth-graders who wore Peyton Manning," Kelly said of the Indianapolis Colts quarterback.
Principal Thomas Karczewski said a concerned Vannoy later came to his office. Although Vannoy is probably "the only Denver fan in the entire school," Karczewski said he was sure Kelly had no intent to harm him and that it was a joke that went too far. He plans to talk to the teacher Monday, Karczewski said.
"If he felt uncomfortable, then that's a lesson; that's what (the class) is designed to do," Kelly said. "It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."
Vannoy's mother, Virginia, is worried her son will get a lower grade in the class. She wants him to be able to retake the exam.
By Julianne Bentley
Denver Post Staff Writer
Joshua Vannoy, 17, says he was humiliated in class. (Courtesy of Vannoy family)
Embracing diversity and practicing tolerance had been mainstays of Joshua Vannoy's Pittsburgh-area high school ethnicity class - until the student wore his Denver Broncos jersey to school.
A die-hard Steelers fan and teacher at Beaver Falls High School made Vannoy, 17, take a midterm test on the floor because he was sporting a John Elway No. 7 jersey. The honors ethnic relations teacher had Vannoy sit in a circle of desks, then instructed his classmates to throw paper at him.
The treatment wasn't part of any classroom lesson, his teacher says. He had warned students before not to wear another team's jersey in his classroom.
"I was humiliated and shaking. I couldn't finish my test," said Vannoy, a Broncos fan even though he's a native of Pittsburgh Steelers country.
Teacher John Kelly thought he was "just messing around" with Vannoy, telling him he couldn't sit at any desk in his class Friday.
Vannoy said Kelly grabbed him by the neck of his jersey when he tried to sit in his chair and told him he would give him a zero on the exam if he didn't sit on the floor. Kelly told the 12 other students that part of their midterm was that they had to throw paper at "the stinking Denver fan" - or lose points, he added.
"Some threw the paper at me, some threw it at the ground," Vannoy said.
Kelly said he didn't threaten Vannoy's grade or grab his shirt. He said that he told students to do those things but that nobody took it seriously.
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"When you are joking and everyone's laughing, it's obvious," Kelly said.
And it's not the first time Kelly has employed the tactic. "I did the same thing last week with one of my ninth-graders who wore Peyton Manning," Kelly said of the Indianapolis Colts quarterback.
Principal Thomas Karczewski said a concerned Vannoy later came to his office. Although Vannoy is probably "the only Denver fan in the entire school," Karczewski said he was sure Kelly had no intent to harm him and that it was a joke that went too far. He plans to talk to the teacher Monday, Karczewski said.
"If he felt uncomfortable, then that's a lesson; that's what (the class) is designed to do," Kelly said. "It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."
Vannoy's mother, Virginia, is worried her son will get a lower grade in the class. She wants him to be able to retake the exam.
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