Garbage is good storage place imo

May 7th (9 days ago)

Posted by: LifeOnaPlate

Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

TWIN FALLS, Idaho - A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage.

Clint Straatman denies Froylan Camelo's version of events but said he took the flag Monday because "white kids" might have hurt the 16-year-old. He said he put it in a garbage can because he had no place else to keep it.

Camelo said he was changing into gym clothes at Minico High School in Rupert when Straatman told him, "Give me the flag."

"I said, 'What's the problem?'" Camelo, speaking in Spanish, told The Times-News of Twin Falls. "He said, 'The problem is that we are in the United States and not in Mexico.' He grabbed it from me. He threw the flag in the garbage can."

Camelo said that Straatman told him the flag would be returned at the end of the school day, but that Straatman taunted him instead.

"I asked, 'Where is my flag?'" Camelo said. "He said, 'What, the U.S. flag?' I said, 'No, the one for Mexico.' But he wouldn't give it to me."

Camelo said he then took the undamaged flag out of the garbage. He said he's been contacted by the American Civil Liberties Union and is considering a lawsuit against Straatman.

Camelo and others brought Mexican flags to the south-central Idaho school to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the May 5 recognition of Mexico's victory over the French army on that day in 1862. About a third of the student body is Hispanic.

Straatman denied saying the words Camelo attributed to him, and said the student may have misunderstood him because of his poor English skills. He said he took the flag from Camelo after Camelo had been waving it in the school gym, and denied withholding it later.

"I had to confiscate it so it wouldn't escalate any problems in class," Straatman told The Times-News. "We're worried about that stuff all the time. We always have kids saying stuff to each other, and we have a lot of fights between kids."

Scott Rogers, superintendent of the Minidoka County Joint School District, said an investigation has been started. He said he could not comment specifically about personnel decisions.

"We believe in nondiscriminatory practices and cultural sensitivity," he said. "We train for that and talk about that. If there is a teacher making derogatory comments we don't approve of that. We also don't approve of a student disrupting the classroom."

Rogers said he was at the school early Wednesday and that the school was quiet. He said he noticed a few students wearing clothing in the colors of the Mexican flag — red, white and green — in protest of Monday's incident.

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May 7th (9 days ago)

Posted by: bobbielou

what are you saying here, Loap?

I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.

pitcher gets the sign..
the pitch..
HIGH
ball 2
the outfield is playing deeep
tom cruise is a nazi
the pitch..

May 7th (9 days ago)

Posted by: LifeOnaPlate

If you're out of space with that stuff you have I think there is room in a garbage can somewhere.

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"This will always be BenFolds.org" +Steve

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Ill

Coach Paul Simmons says "NO!"

i'm not emaline

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: !gas!panic!

here's another good one that was in the news recently:

PASCO COUNTY, FL -- A Florida substitute teacher was let go after doing a magic trick in front of his students.

Jim Piculas made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land O' Lakes. School district officials say there were several other performance issues with Piculas, but none of them compared to his "wizardry."

Piculas says he got a call in the middle of the day from the head supervisor of substitute teachers, where he was told he couldn't take any more assignments since he had been accused of wizardry.

Officials say Piculas had other issues, like not following lesson plans, which led to his termination.

Piculas is concerned the incident may prevent him from getting jobs in the future.

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Imperiai2

I will now think of Cinco do Mayo when I hear Twin Falls

i basically
don't exist

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Ill

!g!p! that is amazing!!!!!! Hahahahahahaha

i'm not emaline

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Imperiai2

That has got to be the first suspected wizard case since like, Rasputin

i basically
don't exist

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Ill

Garbage - Vow

i'm not emaline

May 8th (9 days ago)

Posted by: Ill

Oops, wrong thread.

i'm not emaline

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: +88 Kickin Keys

that's unbelieveable, gp. what fucking century is this.

"I am really, really into bestiality."

-anonymous

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: LifeOnaPlate

explain magic tricks you nimwit.

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"This will always be BenFolds.org" +Steve

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: Rasputin

in russia tooth picks you

RA RA RASPUTIN

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: LifeOnaPlate

Didn't Rasputin die before the rise of Communism in Russia? And Rasputin wasn't a Communist himself. So why is a fake Rasputin so anachronistic? I blame our public education system and wizardry.

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"This will always be BenFolds.org" +Steve

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: +88 Kickin Keys

pointer's already been over this.

"I am really, really into bestiality."

-anonymous

May 8th (8 days ago)

Posted by: 1252

the funny thing is that I have a coworker who is either from Idaho or has family there, and he's Mexican AND Mormon.

He's pretty friggin mexcellent actually

May 9th (7 days ago)

Posted by: bobbielou

mexcellent?

shut up

I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.

pitcher gets the sign..
the pitch..
HIGH
ball 2
the outfield is playing deeep
tom cruise is a nazi
the pitch..

May 9th (7 days ago)

Posted by: guiltywhiteboy

mexactly

it depends on your standards.
-webb

May 9th (7 days ago)

Posted by: caats19

i would have mexpected that one to happen in texas, not florida.

if i see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, i'm gonna fucking lose my mind! last time i went to the bathroom, i took a shit, my shit looked like a fucking stuffed animal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

May 9th (7 days ago)

Posted by: +88 Kickin Keys

florida isn't exactly a paragon of social progression itself

"I am really, really into bestiality."

-anonymous