RioShooter
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Today my principal came in to observe my classroom. On his written evaluation he stated that my desktop wallpaper was a safety violation.
My wallpaper was a picture of an SKS.
My wallpaper was a picture of an SKS.
Principal Does Not Like My Desktop Wallpaper
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Blackfork
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Try him with a 1911. Maybe he's an "American-Made" kind of guy.
Try him with a 1911. Maybe he's an "American-Made" kind of guy.
Molon Labe
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Hmm. Was the muzzle pointed in his direction?
Blackfork
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Oleg Volk
Volk might have something for you.
Maybe you could try saying: They can have my biology syllabus when they pry it from my cold, dead petri dish" where he could overhear you.
Volk might have something for you.
Maybe you could try saying: They can have my biology syllabus when they pry it from my cold, dead petri dish" where he could overhear you.
Thefabulousfink
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Dangerous?
What exactly is dangerous about a picture?
Mabey it encourages independent and anti-Party thoughts. We have to crack down on those thought-crime violations.
What exactly is dangerous about a picture?
Mabey it encourages independent and anti-Party thoughts. We have to crack down on those thought-crime violations.
Cosmoline
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Post his email!
bogie
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Ask him if he's ever read a book called 1984...
Mark Whiteman
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Depending on state law where you are, you may not be able to do much. In school, your rights are different than outside, rather like the military's is different. Unfortunately, in many places schools are allowed to restrict even images under a no tolerance policy. If you end up stuck, just remember sometimes you have to pick the battles you can win. Hint: Don't cave right away, make them make it official. At the final pronouncement, after its obvious they will prevail, grin like a Cheshire Cat and warmly shaking his hand, give him a sincere "Thank you, Sir.". He'll either wonder what he just stepped into or think you're nuts. Make the usual changes if females are involved. Remember, respect your elders.
jonnyc
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I wore a very historically-oriented t-shirt, all about the FN High Power, to an in-service. Boy, you should have seen the hairy eyeballs and comments about the inappropriateness of my shirt. This from a bunch of yobbos with Budweiser shirts, discussing their beer club.
Vitamin G
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Honestly, the way public schools are nowadays, im suprised you weren't immediately fired.
I mean seriously, they suspended two kindergarteners under the "no tolerance policy" for pointing their fingers at each others like guns, and yelling "bang i got you!" *
*no source, i remember it on dateline in the early 2000's.
I mean seriously, they suspended two kindergarteners under the "no tolerance policy" for pointing their fingers at each others like guns, and yelling "bang i got you!" *
*no source, i remember it on dateline in the early 2000's.
1+ on Mark Whiteman
I think he is correct and.....you may not have a choice....Employers, school or not, have certain rights that may not seem fair, but if you want your job you have to follow their rules. There are two or three employers in the US who will not hire anyone who smokes, even if he/she smokes off the job. If an employee starts smoking, in his/her own home, the employee will be discharged. I am virtually positive the courts have upheld this. Employers have the right to say what is proper attire for the workplace. Fair or not (Yes, I agree it is 1984 type behavior, as in the book 1984.)
I think he is correct and.....you may not have a choice....Employers, school or not, have certain rights that may not seem fair, but if you want your job you have to follow their rules. There are two or three employers in the US who will not hire anyone who smokes, even if he/she smokes off the job. If an employee starts smoking, in his/her own home, the employee will be discharged. I am virtually positive the courts have upheld this. Employers have the right to say what is proper attire for the workplace. Fair or not (Yes, I agree it is 1984 type behavior, as in the book 1984.)
carterbeauford
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Yah I once heard of a man that was killed by a high-resolution picture of an SKS, he didn't clean all the cosmoline off his screen and it slam-fired.
SKS is much too friendly looking, try this for your wallpaper: http://www.karl.linn.net/pics/240g_05.jpg
Probably not a good idea to have it in the classroom... especially in light of current events. I don't see how it could be a 'good' thing... Maybe just the words to the 2a or something... doubt they could yell at you for that...
If it were some kid with an SKS as his laptop wallpaper at school you know he would be in the prone position being searched by the JBT's....
Such is school nowadays.
If it were some kid with an SKS as his laptop wallpaper at school you know he would be in the prone position being searched by the JBT's....
Such is school nowadays.
1911Tuner
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Safety Violation
Hey...Don't laugh! It's dangerous! In a newsstand, I walked in front of a magazine on the rack once that had a muzzle pointed at me and it scairt me so bad that I dropped my purse on my foot and hurt my toe...
Hey...Don't laugh! It's dangerous! In a newsstand, I walked in front of a magazine on the rack once that had a muzzle pointed at me and it scairt me so bad that I dropped my purse on my foot and hurt my toe...
Car Knocker
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Rio,
Are there pictures of soldiers with firearms in your history texts? In books in the school library? If those pictures are allowed, just how is it that YOUR laptop picture is a safety violation? Is it a safety violation to have a Massachusetts quarter with the armed Minuteman on the back? Your principal's logic is certainly on shakey ground.
Are there pictures of soldiers with firearms in your history texts? In books in the school library? If those pictures are allowed, just how is it that YOUR laptop picture is a safety violation? Is it a safety violation to have a Massachusetts quarter with the armed Minuteman on the back? Your principal's logic is certainly on shakey ground.
SuperiorMarksman_18
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All they wanna do is eliminate the gun culture in America, plain and simple. My dad calls it the "pussification" of America.
1911Tuner
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re:
SuperiorMarksman_18 wrote:
>My dad calls it the "pussification" of America.<
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Puttin' you on notice that I intend to steal that and use it at my first opportunity...
SuperiorMarksman_18 wrote:
>My dad calls it the "pussification" of America.<
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Puttin' you on notice that I intend to steal that and use it at my first opportunity...
History Prof
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Teachers' Union? Represent him on THIS ISSUE? They'd side with the Principal faster than he'd be able to get to the unemployment line.:banghead: :banghead:kfranz said:
ETA: This isn't meant to flame you, kfranz. That's just the state of the NEA or any other teachers union out there.
thebaldguy
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I have to think that you "rights" are different in a public school/educational setting. You will probably have to get rid of it. Put up something else. Right or not, it's not worth the trouble. Don't get yourself in trouble for something like this. Put exactly what you want on your home computer, not on the school's computer.
Rules like this exist in the workplace as well. Get used to it.
Rules like this exist in the workplace as well. Get used to it.
DougW
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Well, was the SKS pictured loaded?
History Prof
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Rio,
[angry rant]Perhaps you should find a pic in a book in the school library that has guns. Scan it in and use that. Next time he writes you up, tell him where you got it. Tell him they need to clean out their library.[/angry rant]
Seriously, don't follow my advice above unless you can afford to lose your job. It just might happen if you do......
geekWithA.45
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Well, since this is going on your *gasp* Permanent Personelle Record, in most states, you've got some some sort of right of rebutal, wherein you write a letter either refuting the charges, or asking for clarification (which can be fun) which also gets filed. Talk to your union rep about how this sorta thing works where you are.
Up here in Canada our gun laws are strict. When you compare your 2nd rights to our lack of the same, it looks pretty good. However when we lose what little we have the attention of the world and the anti-gunners will turn to the 2nd ammendment. ''Canada's citizens cannot carry guns. Why do Americans need to?'' will be the question asked up here and in the UN. In NY state and Pennsylvania they have laws similar to ours.Those states and some cities around the U.S. openly flout the 2nd Amendment.
So when I read that a principal in a highschool in Texas considers an image of a firearm a ''safety violation'' I wonder if the United States is becoming a police state. A police state fears it's citizens and thus sets out to disarm them.
And Moewadle is correct in that he says the fear of losing one's income or security will be the means of forcing people to ''voluntarily'' surrender their right to bear arms.
In the end, if people are not vigillant they will give a little freedom away each generation until the 2nd Amendment is stricken from the constitution. Then future generations of Americans will be no better off than worker bees in a hive just like the dinizens of Orwell's 1984 world.
Don't want that to hapen? Then dig your heels in and do not allow any infringements to occur. Think of all the states, cities or places within most towns or cities where one cannot carry a firearm even with a CCW. The erosion the 2nd began a lot longer ago than you think.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
These are scary times indeed in the land of the free.
So when I read that a principal in a highschool in Texas considers an image of a firearm a ''safety violation'' I wonder if the United States is becoming a police state. A police state fears it's citizens and thus sets out to disarm them.
And Moewadle is correct in that he says the fear of losing one's income or security will be the means of forcing people to ''voluntarily'' surrender their right to bear arms.
In the end, if people are not vigillant they will give a little freedom away each generation until the 2nd Amendment is stricken from the constitution. Then future generations of Americans will be no better off than worker bees in a hive just like the dinizens of Orwell's 1984 world.
Don't want that to hapen? Then dig your heels in and do not allow any infringements to occur. Think of all the states, cities or places within most towns or cities where one cannot carry a firearm even with a CCW. The erosion the 2nd began a lot longer ago than you think.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
These are scary times indeed in the land of the free.
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