It seems, at least in towns across the south, right wingers are injecting themselves into the public school system undoubtedly to push their hard right nastiness. When my son was in 6th grade in a small town outside Beaumont, TX (it's a backwoods town known for its history of vile racism, Vidor) his "science" teacher asked all the kids in the class to raise their hand if they are christian. My son was the only student who didn't raise his hand. At that point, this vomitous piece of human excrement began scoffing at him and grilling him on what he believes. He explained to her that he believes in evolution and evidence based scientific theories.
I was so incensed when he told me this, i emailed the principal, who thankfully was fully in agreement with me and she removed that teacher from teaching for the rest of the year. Unfortunately, that scum sucking wretched beast was able to find a teaching job at a nearby district.
This happened 4 years ago, and I am still so proud of my son for being a 12 year old so brave in the face of extremism pushed by this "teacher". He still attends school in that district and is surrounded by tons of friends so thankfully, this horrific incident didn't cause him any social issues.
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