Irishman

Saw a coach at a small school in Wisconsin talk about this at a clinic a few years ago. It came down to the fact that their place kicker was far better than anyone who could punt. It does look funny lining up on your own 20 to kick a FG. lol

On July 17, Northrop, Delta, and New Haven have a scheduled competition. We are looking for one more team to join us. The scheduled time to start is 6 pm. Send me a message here or contact Coach Jimmy Linn at jlinn@eacs.k12.in.us

I agree....great idea.

Each teacher has to find his/her niche. Middle school is the level I struggled with the most; in public school, but most especially in non public schools. It takes a special person to teach at that level.

so the whacky face and the laughing face provided no clue as to it being a joke? lol

Sooooooo true 🤪🤣

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Need a link or it’s fake news 😂

Don’t assume things. I get what the teacher is saying. But I do question the validity of his claim that it is a religious thing. Calling a student by a name other than what is on the registration is by no means an endorsement of a given behavior. Still cannot answer the question....got it. IF the teacher has any chance of succeeding, that is the question he has to answer. Let us know how that goes for you lol

Why assume I am not relaxed? lol The question is this: what religion does not allow a person to call another person by a name other than their given name?

Without answering the question? Got it

Never did like Starbuck's...way too much for a cup of coffee, and the regular coffee does not even compare to Dunkin' Donuts, or even McDonald's.

Ok....name a religion in existence that has any sort of tenet in place that does not allow a person to be called by another name. I will stand by my original statement.

No need to clarify. I understood exactly what you were saying. And to me, that still is not a common sense approach. Again, for all the scenarios I mentioned above, the ONLY names that you would not acknowledge are those of transgender students? Not a realistic plan either, honestly. So the teacher does not want to follow a district guideline, so the principal will? I also only see the whining on one side of the issue. The question is.....is this the hill you want to die on? There is no religious tenet on the face of this earth that would prohibit an individual from calling someone by a name they would prefer to be called. Common sense would dictate calling a student by a name they would prefer to be called. If TJ’s name on his record is Thomas, but has gone by TJ, who are you or I to stick to calling him Thomas? Are you going to call any student that goes by Mike, Michael? Treating someone different because of some loosely held “religious” belief is just childish and ridiculous.

And I explained previously why that is lacking common sense. And that thinking would have still violated the policy Brownsburg schools has in place.

Your first comment was to stick to what was on the registration. I cited several examples where the name on the registration may not be the name a person goes by. I would say that the teacher at Brownsburg made a decision to stick to the name on the registration, for certain student(s) only, of course. So the adherence to the name on the registration is not really the simplest way to avoid any problems. Common sense would say live and let live, right? Or is it to let your personal religious views override that?

I agree that it could have easily been avoided, but your comment here contradicts the one I replied to above.

Just curious which airport is being fought for here? 🤣🤣🤣

So if a kid wants to be called Mike or Bob, stick to Michael or Robert no matter what? I had a student last year with a foreign name. His friends called him Steve though...have for years. So, go against that? Had another student who was a 3rd ( gpa was senior, dad was junior). The common name they had been called going back to gpa was Bob. That name is not on the record. If the students wants to go by Bob, and I refuse, it creates more problems than it is worth. I have had multiple transgender students the last few years; great kids as well, and solid students. It is no issue for me to call them by the name they want. Again, I am not willing to insert my personal beliefs where they do not belong. As far as this case goes, the teacher was even told by his association and the ISTA legal rep that he had no leg to stand on in this case.

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Insubordination is grounds for termination here as well.

No, it’s about respecting all students in the room, and putting them before personal beliefs and opinions. The teacher is wrong here in his actions. As others would say, don’t like the rules? Move on. This is no different than a teacher talking politics and picking a side in front of students. Allowing students to make their own decisions is more important than what a given teacher believes is right or wrong. I have a handful of students each semester that go by something other than the name I see on my roster. If I truly want all my students to succeed, they need to know I have their best interests at heart. If I choose the name to call them by, especially against their wishes, then that relationship is fractured. There is no skin off my back as a teacher to call a kid by a name he or she chooses to be called.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the nation that existed when the original Betsy Ross flag was the official flag, slavery was a thing, right? Like a legal, constitutionally recognized, allowable thing? Sooooooooo, yeah, there is that.