Pop Culture24 Jan 2006 08:37 pm
Diversity is dead in Pennsylvania
By Gozar
Student humiliated over Broncos jersey
“The teacher, John Kelly, forced Joshua Vannoy to sit on the floor and take the test Friday — two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Broncos 34-17 in the AFC championship game. Kelly also made other students throw crumpled up paper at Vannoy, whom he called a “stinking Denver fan,” Vannoy told The Associated Press on Monday.”
Good thing he wasn’t wearing a Patriots or Packers jersey. Lord knows what they would’ve done to him then.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:40 am
This just proves my theory that the majority of teachers are ignorant sons of bitches. I mean seriously, what other degree practically guarantees you a job other than education? Not English or History I can tell you that. When the USA finally wises up and switches over to an all android faculty, you smug “educators” will be out of work and slumming it for minimum wage like the rest of us. Then we’ll see who’s wasting precious, costly paper by wadding it up and throwing it at Broncos fans.
January 25th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
If I am not mistaken Diversity is an old warship primarily used during civil war times.
January 28th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Seems a little odd to me that the family chose to contact the media in Denver rather than the local media. Not to mention the fact that they should have gone through the proper channels of dealing with the incident before running straight to the press. All the students in that ELECTIVE class (as well as their parents) are required to sign a waiver at the beginning of the year pretty much saying that they understand they will be discriminated against at any time, in any way or form, for the purpose of understanding what ethnic intimidation feels like. He knew what he was signing up for when he chose to take the class. Other students in the past have read the waiver and chosen NOT to take the class because they weren’t comfortable with what was going to take place. If, as the family claims, this was purely about his grade and nothing else, then they should have turned down that stupid heated recliner that John Elway is giving him. Please! Oh yeah, and the FAMILY issued a press release yesterday inviting the media to come to their house and witness this great event of the chair being delivered.
I listened to students on the radio yesterday who were actually in that class on that particular day who report that John Kelly never laid a hand on Josh like he claims. They also reported that Josh was laughing along with the class and with Mr. Kelly while he was sitting on the floor. Now tell me, who is worse in this whole debacle? The teacher who was joking with the kid the same way he’s joked with all of his students who have worn any other teams’ jersey to his class, or the parents who chose to take advantage of this situation for some sort of monetary gain, whether it be Super Bowl tickets (because, come on! why else would they have called DENVER the day before the AFC championship game…that the Steelers were not expected to win) or some stupid Barka lounger from John Elway? If they attempt to sue the school district or the teacher, SHAME ON THEM!