Here we go again: A Florida middle school teacher was fired after having students complete a survey designed to determine their “comfort level” in various race/culture-based circumstances.
Students at Fox Chapel Middle School in Hernando County had to consider statements such as “A group of young Black men are walking toward you on the street,” “Your new roommate is Jewish,” and “A friend invites you to go to a gay bar.”
According to WTSP, teacher Daryl Cox was just hired this past January, and was still in her probationary period.
Cox got the survey from the book Exploring White Privilege by Robert P. Amico of St. Bonaventure University. Amico also wrote Anti-Racist Teaching, a book designed for teachers containing “suggestions about how to approach the topic of race in the classroom.”
In a statement, the district said “In no way, did this assignment meet the standards of appropriate instructional material. After being made aware of the assignment, school administration began an investigation and has taken immediate disciplinary action. This teacher was within her probationary period and has been released from employment.”
WPTV reports that parents were livid:
“‘How comfy are you if you see a group of black men walking to you on the street?’ That’s completely inappropriate. In no world, whatsoever, is that OK to question a child on,” said Jennifer Block, mother of a 12-year-old girl who was given the assignment.
“I thought it was very inappropriate. I thought some of them were racist. I thought some of them were sexist. I thought it was completely intolerable,” said Tori Drews, a 6th grader.
Drews received the assignment during her 7th period Leader In Me class. She said they were learning about accepting people’s differences. Drews said the teacher handed out the assignment to the class.
“There were children that were saying this is wrong. ‘Why are we doing this?’ ‘Does this have a reason?’ She was going yeah this is kind of wrong … maybe I should take it back,” Drews said. “Kids were asking if they could share it with their parents. She was like, ‘No. Don’t show your mom. Don’t take that home. I’m taking it back up,’.”
Unfortunately, it seems Ms. Cox is yet another product of our contemporary schools of education, where social justice indoctrination has taken precedence over preparedness for teaching.
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