Stay Classy, Teach

[Trigger warning for violent imagery.]

An Alabama geometry teacher has been placed on leave following a lesson on angles in which he used the assassination of President Obama as an example.
The teacher was appar­ently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.



"He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president'," said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class.



Efforts to reach the teacher for comment Mon­day were unsuccessful.

 Superintendent Phil Hammonds said the teacher remains at work, and there are no plans for termination.



"We are going to have a long conversation with him about what's appropriate," Hammonds said. "It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words."
Yes, please carefully explain to this college educated gentleman why it's a no-no to make ha-has about killing the president to a roomful of impressionable kids.

Christ.

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