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I thought that, if anyone, it would be me

posted to Pharyngula on 01 Nov 2009

I'm feeling a bit jealous. A teacher was suspended for assigning a reading from one of those subversive, radical bloggers, and it wasn't me! It was Jonah Lehrer! The article was about the prevalence of homosexuality among animals. Apparently the thought that homosexuality might occur naturally, ...
Seed Magazine in the Classroom: Grounds for Suspending the Teacher??

posted to The Questionable Authority on 31 Oct 2009

Apparently, offering high school English students the chance to read an article on the Seed Magazine website is ground for suspension - at least if you're an English teacher in Piasa, Illinois. According to several media reports, teacher Dan DeLong has been suspended with pay pending a Monday e...
Teacher Suspended, Seed Magazine Banned, Teh Gay Blamed.

posted to Greg Laden's Blog on 31 Oct 2009

Dan Delong teaches English at Southwester High School in Piasa, Illinois. He has been suspended for assigning an article originally published in Seed Magazine called "The Gay Animal Kingdom." If you are a teacher you know what to do.. download that article and assign it to all of your students...

I thought that, if anyone, it would be me