Going Green For High School

I always thought liberals would get themselves in a catch 22.  From all circles.  Remember some of their prize things are to be for the environment and against big oil.  They've also have a lock on education and the National Education Association.

Now we've got a principal in Tennessee who won't let a student participate in his graduation ceremony.  His offense?  Using a horse to travel to school, so he could go green and save gas.

Let's see.  A liberal educator who punishes a student who wishes to both support the liberal cause of the environment AND goes against those evil oil companies that liberals love to hate.  What a catch 22.

-Colonel Steve

Comments

[ratgrl]

>>3) Sure it's educational. Anything in life is educational. The boy didn't learn anything? Like "don't fight city hall" (or the administration in this case).<<

True enough! Though I would hope he doesn't just give up and go with the flow.

I have known many administrators who had very little classroom experience -- maybe a few years in the classroom ages ago, then became some sort of "coordinator" of such and such-- and so on. The best ones are generally the ones with the most classroom experience-- but they're usually really good teachers and thus do not feel the need to leave the classroom. Catch-22.

I don't know what this principal's problem was. I live in rural NH and see no problem with someone riding a horse to school, especially since it was pastured elsewhere (when I was reading "My Antonia" with my students earlier this year, we talked about the possibility of people doing this). Perhaps we don't know the whole story...

[Colonel Steve]

Ratgrl:

You are absolutely right.....I don't know if he ever identified himself as a liberal educator. Correct me if my logic below is incorrect:

1) Most principals (administrators as you said) move up the ranks from teachers to eventually administration. Don't know this for a fact in this case. I know many principals who did this, and retained lifelong subscriptions to NEA magazines and other materials.
2) If true, he'd be influenced by the NEA itself, known to be on the left side of issues.
3) Sure it's educational. Anything in life is educational. The boy didn't learn anything? Like "don't fight city hall" (or the administration in this case).

[ratgrl]

What makes you think the administrator has anything to do with NEA? Administrators are not NEA members-- teachers are!What makes you think he's ever identified himself as "a liberal educator"?! I see nothing in the news story to indicate this, and certainly his actions are neither liberal or educational!