The ACLU of Mississippi has received numerous repo...
The ACLU of Mississippi has received numerous reports that students are getting in trouble for mentioning President-elect Barack Obama’s name:
[U]pset parents… said a school bus driver told the children on a Pearl school bus that if they said Obama’s name, they would be written up and taken to the principal’s office for disciplinary reasons.
Another parent said that a coach at Pearl Junior High School told students that if they speak Obama’s name, they would face expulsion.
This kind of thing isn’t completely surprising due to the attacks against Obama in the last two months of the election, but I hope this sort of thing is rare within a year or two.
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That's actually kind of awesome news that the kids are talking about the next President. That's the kind of change you can't suppress (even with firehoses or bus drivers). I'd love to see those reports about the stats on how many kids can't identify the President and VP in the upcoming years.
This sort of also reminds me of my Dad who got in trouble for borrowing Das Kapital from the library when he was in Junior High in the 50s. ;)