The official Texas Board of Education approved terminology is "nightmare hole". I suggest we all begin adopting this usage in casual conversation immediately, and cease the promulgation of this vulgar slang.
Of course, reading the article, it's really all in the presentation, isn't it? I mean, another way to present this same fact pattern is "Teacher Under Investigation For Teaching 15 Year Olds Masturbation Techniques", but you're posting to Jezebel, so you go with the spin that'll best outrage Jezebel readers.
I mean, another way to present this same fact pattern is "Teacher Under Investigation For Teaching 15 Year Olds Masturbation Techniques"
.... only if you consider explaining the biology of an orgasm and using the word "vagina" to be "masturbation techniques".
The rest of the complaints are that he shared student info with a non-parent, showed a video explaining genital herpes, explained birth control, and made "inappropriate jokes".
Of those, the information sharing one would be serious, if it wasn't surrounded by obvious bullshit. The "inappropriate jokes" one could be serious, if it wasn't alleged by the same parents who object to him using the word vagina and explaining birth control.
.... only if you consider explaining the biology of an orgasm and using the word "vagina" to be "masturbation techniques".
Well, that's the point, isn't it? Take a story, and present those aspects in the way best suited to rile up your audience. It's how the outrage industry works. He isn't being investigated for teaching masturbation any more than he is being investigated for saying "vagina" - it's for a lengthy list of significant deviations from the biology curriculum.
... where are you getting that? Because the source for the Jezebel article states that the Professional Standards Commission is investigating him for teaching Sex Ed material in his Biology class, among the other complaints.
" four parents were offended that he explained the biology of an orgasm and included the word “vagina” during his lesson on the human reproductive system in a tenth-grade biology course.
According to a letter from the Idaho State Department of Education to McDaniel, the allegations also include that he shared confidential student files with an individual other than their parents, showed a video clip in class depicting an infection of genital herpes, taught different forms of birth control and told inappropriate jokes in class."
And what part of that contains "the school agrees that all of those things are on the biology curriculum"? Because the sidebar of that exact article is where I'm getting that "Taught sex education material in his science class" is one of the things the school's investigating.
The school agreeing: the superintendent's comment before that, where he says "this is bullshit, we might have to give a meaningless token response but no real punishment will happen"[1]. But I said "the complaint is the word", you asked where I got that, I quoted the bit where the letter of complaint itself says their real issue is the word.
[1]: (The super uses different words, of course, but that's what he said)
1) Actually, a letter of reprimand can have lasting impact when it comes to career opportunities... as can being at the center of a bruhahaha.
2) Technically you said: "Except that even the school agrees that all of those things are on the biology curriculum, and the COMPLAINT is that he said "vagina"." And the question was pretty specifically about the items being taught being on the biology curriculum. You've (justifiably) beaten people up for doing selective clipping in the past, hate to see you do it.
In any event, while the teacher seems to feel he didn't teach anything that wasn't in the curriculum, currently in the U.S. (for various reasons), things like contraception, etc don't get taught in Biology... they get taught in Sex Ed. The items may be in the (20 or 30 year old) textbook... but that doesn't mean he's supposed to teach them. So he's splitting hairs when he says he 'didn't teach anything that wasn't in the textbook'.
Now you can question whether Sex Ed should be taught by a biology teacher, or by (as it was in my school) a gym teacher, you can argue that the curriculum splitting is bullshit, and these are all good points. But... it doesn't mean that he wasn't breaking protocol.
Though, in all honesty, all of that is secondary. The claim that will screw him, if proven, is sharing confidential student materials with someone other than their parent. All the rest of it is a sideshow.
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Date: 2013-03-27 11:02 pm (UTC)Of course, reading the article, it's really all in the presentation, isn't it? I mean, another way to present this same fact pattern is "Teacher Under Investigation For Teaching 15 Year Olds Masturbation Techniques", but you're posting to Jezebel, so you go with the spin that'll best outrage Jezebel readers.
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Date: 2013-03-27 11:12 pm (UTC).... only if you consider explaining the biology of an orgasm and using the word "vagina" to be "masturbation techniques".
The rest of the complaints are that he shared student info with a non-parent, showed a video explaining genital herpes, explained birth control, and made "inappropriate jokes".
Of those, the information sharing one would be serious, if it wasn't surrounded by obvious bullshit. The "inappropriate jokes" one could be serious, if it wasn't alleged by the same parents who object to him using the word vagina and explaining birth control.
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Date: 2013-03-27 11:37 pm (UTC)Well, that's the point, isn't it? Take a story, and present those aspects in the way best suited to rile up your audience. It's how the outrage industry works. He isn't being investigated for teaching masturbation any more than he is being investigated for saying "vagina" - it's for a lengthy list of significant deviations from the biology curriculum.
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Date: 2013-03-27 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-03-28 12:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-03-28 12:54 am (UTC)" four parents were offended that he explained the biology of an orgasm and included the word “vagina” during his lesson on the human reproductive system in a tenth-grade biology course.
According to a letter from the Idaho State Department of Education to McDaniel, the allegations also include that he shared confidential student files with an individual other than their parents, showed a video clip in class depicting an infection of genital herpes, taught different forms of birth control and told inappropriate jokes in class."
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Date: 2013-03-28 12:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-03-28 11:07 am (UTC)[1]: (The super uses different words, of course, but that's what he said)
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Date: 2013-03-28 03:31 pm (UTC)2) Technically you said: "Except that even the school agrees that all of those things are on the biology curriculum, and the COMPLAINT is that he said "vagina"." And the question was pretty specifically about the items being taught being on the biology curriculum. You've (justifiably) beaten people up for doing selective clipping in the past, hate to see you do it.
In any event, while the teacher seems to feel he didn't teach anything that wasn't in the curriculum, currently in the U.S. (for various reasons), things like contraception, etc don't get taught in Biology... they get taught in Sex Ed. The items may be in the (20 or 30 year old) textbook... but that doesn't mean he's supposed to teach them. So he's splitting hairs when he says he 'didn't teach anything that wasn't in the textbook'.
Now you can question whether Sex Ed should be taught by a biology teacher, or by (as it was in my school) a gym teacher, you can argue that the curriculum splitting is bullshit, and these are all good points. But... it doesn't mean that he wasn't breaking protocol.
Though, in all honesty, all of that is secondary. The claim that will screw him, if proven, is sharing confidential student materials with someone other than their parent. All the rest of it is a sideshow.