- Apr 27, 2012
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An Illinois high school teacher was punished by his school board when he warned his students about the 5th Amendment before answering a survey mandated by the school about emotional and at-risk behavior
Do you think the school board was in the wrong for punishing the teacher? Did he do the right thing by warning the students?
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarne...ing-students-about-constitutional-rights.html
Answering these questions could incriminate the students and get them into trouble.The controversy started when the school district directed students to complete a survey about at-risk behavior – including past drug, tobacco and alcohol usage.
The teacher who is a 20 year veteran was issued a formal reprimand and docked a day's pay for warning his students about their Constitutional rights.“I advised my students that they had a Fifth Amendment right not incriminate themselves,” Dryden told a local newspaper. “It was not my intention for them not to take the survey.”
This teacher did nothing wrong and should never have been punished. The Constitution must be obeyed and respected.Nearly 100 students, former students and colleagues turned out at the school board meeting to show their support for the embattled teacher. A Facebook petition generated nearly 6,000 signatures for the 20-year veteran teacher.
“He is able to break through student apathy like no other teacher I know,” fellow teacher Scott Bayer told a local newspaper
Do you think the school board was in the wrong for punishing the teacher? Did he do the right thing by warning the students?
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarne...ing-students-about-constitutional-rights.html
