St. Louis Teacher Fired After Thanking Kids For Standing During Pledge of Allegiance"St. Louis area substitute teacher Jim Furkin was fired in October after he thanked the children for standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
This offended one student so Jim lost his teaching gig.
KMOV reported:
Read on....Jim Furkin worked as a sub for 10 years in St. Louis County’s Parkway School District and worked for 5 years as a sub at Parkway South High School.Furkin told the school board Thursday that he was subbing in a freshman English class at South High in October. During the pledge, most, but not all, students stood.Furkin says he thanked those who stood, and then afterwards one student went to a counselor. An administrator told Furkin the student complained he had been “hurt” by Furkin’s comment..."
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