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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 03:11am
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Let me start by reminding you that this is a HS game. We are told that HS athletics are to be considered an extension of the classroom. By that thinking, if a teacher yelled *********! in the classroom because a student geve an incorrect answer to a question, I believe there would be some action taken by the school.

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Why can't a teacher yell "*********!" ? I'm still a student (adult university) and even my teacher uses the F-word if someone in class is really giving the dumbest answers.
I'm pretty sure that students/kids pick up the street-talk or slang everywhere; a teacher can't help that preventing even if he's giving the best example. A school should have a no-slang policy, however taking action against the teacher who doesn't follow that policy is one step to far (i.m.h.o.).

On my field(s) I don't want to hear any cursing but I'm also taking no action against a player who just got a 3K and fires one F-word in frustration. It's a first reaction. If the same player continues cursing after a few seconds, it's no-longer a first reaction and I will take action. A player/coach coming down from 1st base yelling about a play on home plate can walk-on (off the field). He got plenty time to think about what he is yelling and what he and I could see (or not see).
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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 07:52am
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Why can't a teacher yell "*********!" ? I'm still a student (adult university) and even my teacher uses the F-word if someone in class is really giving the dumbest answers.
I'm pretty sure that students/kids pick up the street-talk or slang everywhere; a teacher can't help that preventing even if he's giving the best example. A school should have a no-slang policy, however taking action against the teacher who doesn't follow that policy is one step to far (i.m.h.o.).

On my field(s) I don't want to hear any cursing but I'm also taking no action against a player who just got a 3K and fires one F-word in frustration. It's a first reaction. If the same player continues cursing after a few seconds, it's no-longer a first reaction and I will take action. A player/coach coming down from 1st base yelling about a play on home plate can walk-on (off the field). He got plenty time to think about what he is yelling and what he and I could see (or not see).
It is certainly a cultural thing. Having worked in a public school district here in NC, I can tell you that there are certain behaviors that are not "acceptable" for teachers, including profanity.

College-level kids, however, are adults. All (well, almost all) protections given to children are off. It's up to them to decide how they want to conduct themselves.

And yes, I had professors that dropped the F-bomb in the classroom.
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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 03:56pm
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Why can't a teacher yell "*********!" ? I'm still a student (adult university) and even my teacher uses the F-word if someone in class is really giving the dumbest answers.
Because Freedom of Speech in the US doesn't apply when someone disagrees with you or you choose to live your own lifestyle instead of theirs.
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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 04:09pm
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Because Freedom of Speech in the US doesn't apply when someone disagrees with you or you choose to live your own lifestyle instead of theirs.
Constitutional freedom of speech applies to congress making laws, not employers setting standards for work-place behavior.
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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 05:04pm
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Constitutional freedom of speech applies to congress making laws, not employers setting standards for work-place behavior.
Unfortunately, congress has the strongest freedom of all, to do whatever they damn well please and mock those who disagree.
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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 05:33pm
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Unfortunately, congress has the strongest freedom of all, to do whatever they damn well please and mock those who disagree.
Apparently, very true.
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Old Sun May 02, 2010, 09:38am
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Unfortunately, congress has the strongest freedom of all, to do whatever they damn well please and mock those who disagree.
I guess some pigs are more equal than others...
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Old Sun May 02, 2010, 10:46am
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I guess some pigs are more equal than others...
Napoleon is always right.
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Old Sun May 02, 2010, 11:08am
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Napoleon is always right.
Yeah, but everything he did always seemed to come up short.
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