Teacher stomps U.S. flag to make a point about role of symbols. Should it cost him his job?
If this teacher was aiming to make a vivid and lasting impression, he did.
But he may well lose his job as a result.
In December, Scott Compton, an honors English teacher at Chapin High in Chapin, South Carolina, was trying to teach his students that America “is greater that the material objects that represent it,” according to his attorney Darryl Smalls.
Compton sought to generate discussion “using a powerful symbol with which all his students would be familiar,” Smalls told the Columbia State newspaper. “He made only positive comments about America throughout the lesson.”
But the Lexington-Richland district spokesman Mark Bounds told the paper, “The actions that occurred are
But he may well lose his job as a result.
In December, Scott Compton, an honors English teacher at Chapin High in Chapin, South Carolina, was trying to teach his students that America “is greater that the material objects that represent it,” according to his attorney Darryl Smalls.
Compton sought to generate discussion “using a powerful symbol with which all his students would be familiar,” Smalls told the Columbia State newspaper. “He made only positive comments about America throughout the lesson.”
But the Lexington-Richland district spokesman Mark Bounds told the paper, “The actions that occurred are