tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post114995257685945093..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Teacher "Guilty" of ExcellenceDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1150007698780947912006-06-10T23:34:00.000-07:002006-06-10T23:34:00.000-07:00As a gun owning liberal (yes we exist) I have to s...As a gun owning liberal (yes we exist) I have to say this was not the school districts finest hour, it's up there with SF trying to ban guns. Just as not all conservatives are religious wack jobs not all liberas are anti gun. Some of us get annoyed when democrats blame guns the same way fiscal conservative are annoyed at the record deficits under the current administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1149969539032788902006-06-10T12:58:00.000-07:002006-06-10T12:58:00.000-07:00Sorry, but I fail to see what all the hubub is abo...Sorry, but I fail to see what all the hubub is about. Then, I'm not a gun fearing wussy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1149962303601021552006-06-10T10:58:00.000-07:002006-06-10T10:58:00.000-07:00Didn't I tell you that story in class? I know I t...Didn't I tell you that story in class? I know I told one of my teachers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1149958761202957952006-06-10T09:59:00.000-07:002006-06-10T09:59:00.000-07:00Observations:1. The teacher is correct and did his...Observations:<BR/>1. The teacher is correct and did his homework before doing the experiment. He secured permissions from his superiors and should not/will not face disciplinary action. His demonstration was safe and san; he knew what he was doing.<BR/><BR/>2. The controversy arises NOT from the teacher's politics, but from weak-spined school administrators. Weak-spined school administrators come in all flavors, so spare us the beaten-down, conservative minority slant. (I know, I might as well ask you to stop breathing.) The teacher's detractors are short-sighted and relish in being offended. That's what they do; it's all they know.<BR/><BR/>3. A teacher in Darren's own San Juan Unified School District did the same demonstration until he retired some years ago. The fact that he "got away with it" should not be construed as evidence that his politics were liberal. (He was a B-52 pilot in Vietnam.) Chances are his students never knew about his politics. He probably spent the limited time he had with his students teaching them... physics. What a concept!<BR/><BR/>BTW: the bullet is fired into the wood block (or tree stump), not through it. If the bullet didn't stop in the block, the physics wouldn't work out and the demo *would* be dangerous.<BR/><BR/>FWIW: Mr. Lapp *did* put the demo on hiatus for a few years following Columbine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com