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I am a student who is trying to get a teacher fired. I think I have sufficient "background information" to get her fired. These are just some of what I am planning to write on the petition.

1. Racist remarks to students

2. Very weak teaching - she makes us do homework, and she teaches us the material from the homework as a method of teaching. the entire duration of class is pretty much review time. Many of us feel that this is a ineffective way of teaching (wouldn't you?)

3. She loves to humiliate studnets, which ties in with number 1. For example, she has gone up to a girl that was wearing black makeup, and said " Marianne, (I put in a fake name) you are a pretty girl, but that make up is hideous and just makes you look... never mind." No, this wasn't in a joking manner. Naturally, the girl was VERY offended, and cried outisde of class.

4. I don't want to make this too wordy, so I'll skip the prologue of this incident. When my mother visited her class, she constantly made stupid remarks (again, racist), such as "Mrs. Kim, (another fake name) are people nice in Korea?" "Mrs. Kim, are there high schools in korea?" She did this in a humiliating way. My mother collapsed later due to high blood pressure, because she was to traumatized at how she treated her.

5. She randomly lashes at us in anger. I think we are human, we can understand people when they speak normally.

I have about 50 students that have pledged to sign this petition.

Maybe this will help you give me a more accurate answer: I'll describe my current standings in school. I have about a 2.5 gpa overall, but that's because I didn't really try. Honestly. This quarter, I'm seriously trying because of college (I'm a 10th grader), so I expect a 4.0 by the end of this quarter (which is roughly the time I am planning on sending my petition).

My record has only one fault in it: I let a friend cheat off me once, about two months ago.

Based on all this information, 50 signatures, about 20 quotes about her from victims with their signatures, and a hard copy of an atrocity she commits (I'm gonna take my voice recorder to school every day for two months, so I'm bound to get about 5 incidents that could support my case), do you think I could get her out of the school?

I'm not being some rebellious teen or a evil herated person. She really struck my heart when she made my mother collapse, and the majority of the school thinks she is very unfair. I really want to know if this will work, because if it doesn't.. I will be in HUGE trouble. Not only will most of the faculty hate me forever, I'm sure that the teacher I'm talking about will find a way to make my life hell, if not expel me.

Asked in CA May 21, 2022
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# 561

I live in a school district where the high school has an activity code that disallows the use of alcohol, tobacco, or drugs in all places at all times, even in countries where such usage might be legal.

I am a parent and a teacher at the school who would eventually like to take my sons to Europe and allow them to drink wine, even before they're 21.

Is there any good legal precedent for challening such an activity code?

Here is the exact wording of the code (without naming the district):

"The Board of Education affirms its district's support of student responsibility and discipline policies, affirms its intent to support staff who enforce these policies and affirms its intent to hold staff accountable for implementing these policies.

A Student Activity Conduct Code outlines further expectations for those who participate in activities.Participation in an activity program is a privilege granted to students displaying the interest and talent the activity requires. These students serve as representatives of our district to their peers, to the public within our district, and to other school districts. Because of the responsibility inherent in representing the district, a higher level of conduct is demanded of those students than is expected of the general student population.

It should be clearly understood that students who participate in activities may not use alcohol, tobacco, or controlled substances at any time in any location to remain eligible. This policy applies in all countries and locations throughout the world (including international waters), regardless of whether the possession or use of alcohol by a student is legal or not prohibited by law in the location where it is possessed or used."

Thank you for your time.

-Rob

Asked in IA May 21, 2022
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# 578

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