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NC Teacher Suspended for Obama Tirade [VIDEO]
A North Carolina teacher’s tirade towards a student over comments about President Obama has resulted in her removal from the classroom. Tonya Dixon-Neely has been suspended with pay.
Mark Mueller with FOX News Radio affiliate WRDU reports from Raleigh, NC:
Audio clip:
Tonya Dixon-Neely, a teacher at North Rowan High School in North Carolina, caught on video scolding a student for speaking negatively about President Obama, has now been suspended. The discussion has since gone viral on YouTube.
(Dixon-Neely) “Let me tell you something now about me. As a teacher, I’m not supposed to allow you to disrespect the President of the United States. I’m not.”
(Student) “I didn’t disrespect him, I was just asking a question.”
(Dixon-Neely) “You are. You do, you always do.”
(Student) “I have, I have different beliefs.”
(Dixon-Neely) “You can have a different belief, but you will not disrespect him in here.”
The teacher went on to say that when George Bush was President, people were arrested for saying bad things about him, saying, “You are not supposed to slander the President.”
In Raleigh, Mark Mueller, FOX News Radio.
WATCH VIDEO of the tirade HERE:
Hannah Cookie Goldt
May 21, 2012 at 6:54 pm
THAT TEACHER IS JUST A LOUD MOUTH AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO RUN A CLASSROOM DEBATE
curtis
May 21, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Disgusting. It's pretty telling that Obama's voters are less intelligent than children. Typical liberal though. No brains and no understanding of laws, respect and decency.
Bryce Schonfeld
May 21, 2012 at 8:01 pm
This is one crazy teacher and she should be suspended WITHOUT pay. Yell at my kid like that and I get her fired.
Mebsy
May 21, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Why are the tax payers still paying her wage?
Jim
May 21, 2012 at 9:37 pm
I do not agree with indoctrination of students in classrooms, sounds like low mental reasoning on the teachers personal opinions , as during the Hitler regime, starting to persuade students and the young children of their ill begotten beliefs!! She should have joined the James Jones followers in Guiana !! If I ever here of my daughter being persuaded by a teachers political beliefs, I guarantee they will be terminated. After all , Obamma will be recorded as the worst president in the US history. Kudos for the student in standing up for his opinion.
Silvermoney
May 22, 2012 at 8:01 am
Another result of affirmative action.
JeffT
May 22, 2012 at 11:46 am
The sad part is that this boob has no control over her classroom. There is NO respect for this "teacher," and rightfully so. Affirmative Action is alive and well.
M. W.
May 23, 2012 at 5:17 pm
The sad part is that this teacher is giving all Democrats and/or Obama-supporters a bad name. True, students should not disrespect the president; however, I didn't hear anything disrespectful in this clip. The comments to this are really disheartening, though. This one teacher's irrational response does not automatically mean all Democrats act or think the same way.
I have declared myself a Democrat, but that doesn't mean I completely shut down the thoughts of Republicans. I try to have information on both sides before making a decision; I've even been ridiculed by my parents and peers because — when I feel I do not have enough information on both sides — I choose not to vote at all rather than to vote blindly.
As a future educator, I am of course embarrassed by the reaction of this teacher. Not only was she completely inappropriate in speaking to a student that way, but she didn't have any sound information to back up what she was saying. I feel even more embarrassed by this country because of the response that has come from this video. The ignorant actions of one person do not characterize the Democratic party as a whole.
kbrown
May 23, 2012 at 7:32 pm
What does this have to do with affirmative action?? I will be voting for Obama and I am a teacher, yet I agree she took it too far. You republicans need to get over the fact that we have and will be keeping a democratic black man in office. There's no affirmative action there. And for the guy who thinks that teachers don't yell at his kids, do you want to buy my dinosaur? This is an example of one teacher. Not a black teacher or a white one because you people get pretty incensed over the pledge of allegiance, which I personally do not recite. Grow up!