Texas Student Punished for Sitting During the Pledge and, on Another Occasion, Silent

[GMDino]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/09/07/texas-student-punished-for-sitting-during-the-pledge-and-on-another-occasion-silently-praying/

Quote:Memorie Banks, a student in the Killeen Independent School District in Texas, got in trouble last week when she refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Quote:“I was like I don’t feel like I should pray to the flag because it can’t take me to heaven,” Memorie said Tuesday.
…
As the girl attempted to explain why she didn’t stand, the teacher “ordered her to ‘shut up’ and go back into the classroom,” but then informed the girl “she would no longer have a seat in the classroom,” the grievance says.

That’s completely inappropriate for the teacher, but you know how right-wingers tend to react to these stories. They’ll say the girl needed to be taught a lesson because she was being disrespectful. People died for that flag! The least you can do is say the Pledge!


But wait! This is only half the story. Because Memorie also got in trouble in another class for something else:

Quote:… Banks was praying silently at her desk on Aug. 29 when the teacher interrupted her and voiced his disapproval, telling her she could not pray in his class.

We don’t know all the circumstances here, but a silently praying student does not generally make for a disruptive classroom. Once again, she was exercising her freedom, and she was punished for it. It shouldn’t be happening and the District owes her an apology.


So far, however, all they’ve done is explain that students can get out of standing up for the Pledge if they have a note from their parents — which is not true. Students don’t need someone’s permission to get out of participating in the ritual.



The question I have is how conservatives will respond. Will they respect her civil rights? Or will they wrongly stand with an administration that’s curtailing her freedoms? (Or will they bizarrely treat these as separate incidents, defending her prayers but condemning her Pledge boycott?)

Has to be a satire article, right?  I couldn't track it this morning.

[fredtoast]

I think they hand out gold stars to children who pray silently in Texas public schools.

[*PhilHos*]

(09-08-2016, 11:48 AM)GMDino Wrote: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/09/07/texas-student-punished-for-sitting-during-the-pledge-and-on-another-occasion-silently-praying/



Has to be a satire article, right?  I couldn't track it this morning.

I don't believe this article is true. From the name (Memorie Banks, really? I know we live in a world with people named Espn and poor little North West, but still ...) to being chastised for praying in a TEXAS classroom, I refuse to believe this actually happened until shown otherwise from a more reputable source.

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[*bfine32*]

(09-08-2016, 02:27 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I don't believe this article is true. From the name (Memorie Banks, really? I know we live in a world with people named Espn and poor little North West, but still ...) to being chastised for praying in a TEXAS classroom, I refuse to believe this actually happened until shown otherwise from a more reputable source.

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Agreed, it actually reads as an article slamming seperation of church and state.

[BmorePat87]

(09-08-2016, 02:27 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I don't believe this article is true. From the name  (Memorie Banks, really? I know we live in a world with people named Espn and poor little North West, but still ...) to being chastised for praying  in a TEXAS classroom, I refuse to believe this actually happened until shown otherwise from a more reputable source.

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The article cites a local news station in the first sentence. 

http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Mother-claims-local-girl-harassed-over-pledge-refusal-silent-prayer-392505481.html

The local story refers to her first as "Melodie" and then as "Memorie" a number of times. 

I tend to not consider a lot of school stories as accurate. You only get one side. Schools can't always give much detail. 

Edit: Her name is Memorie...

http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/KISD+grievances.pdf

Edit:

She has an IEP. School definitely won't be saying much to the media.

[6andcounting]

(09-08-2016, 12:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I think they hand out gold stars to children who pray silently in Texas public schools.

Only during science class.

[Rotobeast]

(09-08-2016, 05:16 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The article cites a local news station in the first sentence. 

http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Mother-claims-local-girl-harassed-over-pledge-refusal-silent-prayer-392505481.html

The local story refers to her first as "Melodie" and then as "Memorie" a number of times. 

I tend to not consider a lot of school stories as accurate. You only get one side. Schools can't always give much detail. 

Edit: Her name is Memorie...

http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/KISD+grievances.pdf

Edit:

She has an IEP. School definitely won't be saying much to the media.

Oh, snap....
Depending on the content of the IEP, they may really get taken to task for not accommodating her.

[GMDino]

(09-08-2016, 05:16 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The article cites a local news station in the first sentence. 

http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Mother-claims-local-girl-harassed-over-pledge-refusal-silent-prayer-392505481.html

The local story refers to her first as "Melodie" and then as "Memorie" a number of times. 

I tend to not consider a lot of school stories as accurate. You only get one side. Schools can't always give much detail. 

Edit: Her name is Memorie...

http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/KISD+grievances.pdf

Edit:

She has an IEP. School definitely won't be saying much to the media.

I saw that link but didn't go searching to see if they picked it up somewhere else.

Had a flu bug and spent most of the day in bed.  Kind of a nice way to avoid the real world for a few hours!

[fredtoast]

(09-08-2016, 05:16 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I tend to not consider a lot of school stories as accurate. You only get one side. 

This.

[BmorePat87]

(09-08-2016, 09:17 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: Oh, snap....
Depending on the content of the IEP, they may really get taken to task for not accommodating her.

Assuming that class was the only class that could provide her accommodations and that she was not disruptive of class.