Pushing Your Beliefs on Others

[legion]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IL_VEGAN_TEACHER_ILOL-?SITE=ILBLO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

FOX RIVER GROVE, Ill. (AP) -- A vegan middle school teacher says he's not going back to class until the school stops serving milk and meat.

Dave Warwak has been a teacher at Fox River Grove Middle School for eight years.

The 44-year-old became a vegan in January and believes the school is "feeding poison" to students. He also believes the school's posters featuring milk are wrong.

[lendaddy]

A self-solving situation if there ever was one.

[Rick Lee]

Why is that even in the news? I'd fire him the first day he missed and be done with it.

[azasadny]

I agree with him, as long as they allow prayer in schools (just kidding).

[Shaun @ Tru6]

What's with all the fruitcakes in the Midwest these days?

[livewirevoodoo]

[stevepaa]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

A self-solving situation if there ever was one.

+1

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

A self-solving situation if there ever was one.

+2

Sad thing is, thanks to the teacher's union he's probably tenured, and getting paid to stay home. Anyone else recall my previous comment on vegan vs. vegetarian?

Can you imagine the BS he tries to push onto his students?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I would have preferred he saying that he'll hold his breath until they take the poster down.

It would be great if all his kids came into class with cow, pig, chicken, fish costumes on, animal heads being constructed on top of (above) the kids' heads and then kids from another class could come in and chop the animal heads off with blood spurting everywhere.

[1fastredsc]

I would say that if there was a demand from the students to provide an alternative veg only meal to vegetarian students, then great. But to have this d*ck trying to push his personal agenda down the throats of his students is garbage. School is supposed to be a place of open minded learning, and this a$$ hat apparently forgot that his students are supposed to be encouraged to develop an opinion of there own.

[sammyg2]

Too often the extremists are not happy with just making their own decisions, they want to control ours also.

The decide they don't want to eat meat or whatever, but that isn't enough for them. They want us to think the same way they do.
They should live their lives the way they want and let everyone else have that same freedom of choice.
I say to heck with these nutcases and F-U Rob reiner.

[livi]

Reminds me of my ex..

[Danny_Ocean]

[scottmandue]

Just want to point out....


This didn't happen in California.

[thrown_hammer]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Just want to point out....


This didn't happen in California.

Weird...

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

What's with all the fruitcakes in the Midwest these days?

We're exporting it from SoCal

I could not care less if the guy wants to be a vegan or a whatever. My issue is prosletyzing ANYTHING to the kids. You got hired to teach whatever the district or school board decided was the curriculum for that middle school so THAT'S what you teach.

You want to teach or include personal viewpoints? Fine, its America, freedom of speeach and all that....but not at work. Run it past the administration. If they're okay with it run it past the parents; the kids are THEIR kids, NOT YOURS! If they say no, it FRIGGIN NO A-hole. Shut up and do your job.

I understand WANTING others to feel as you do; I even understand feeling passionate about it. I do not understand how some DON'T understand you can't insist on it.

[Rick Lee]

Sadly, I think schools are so hard up for teachers that they will give them a pretty long leash before they fire them. I don't think people are lining up for bum paychecks to teach unruly kids that cannot legally be disciplined and deal with parents who won't let their kids be disciplined.

[pwd72s]

Today's government schools don't teach. They indoctrinate.

[onewhippedpuppy]

It always amuses me that these people think they know more than nutritionists, i.e. scientists that study foods and healthy eating habits for a living. Dave's 7 months of vegan living has made him far smarter.

[legion]

I guess he thinks it's funny not to show up for his job...