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"An eighth-grade language arts teacher from Maryland has been placed on administrative leave after school officials learned he allegedly authored two books containing questionable content under a pseudonym.
Local network WBOC News reports that the investigation concerns two books published by McLaw under the nom de plume “Dr. K.S. Voltaer,” and one is about a fictional, futuristic school shooting that goes down in history as being the largest ever in the United States.
http://rt.com/usa/182964-teacher-leave-shooting-book/"
This is lunacy. School administrators are terrified there will be another Columbine or Sandy Hook and are overreacting, or are they. What could they do to prevent one. Nothing, nil, zero. No need to ask yourself 'why', say thank you to the traitorous NRA , the propaganda arm of the small arms manufacturing industry, for blocking any form of gun control. They have successfully infected the country with The American Disease™ almost unfettered access to weapons of war that kill with brutal efficiency. Sadly there appears to be no cure.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by cafebabe on Saturday August 30 2014, @12:04PM
I think the teacher should be commended for spending his own time to think through one of the worst possible scenarios affecting his pupils and pupils in general. Unfortunately, he had good reason for not doing under his real name while working in his strongest medium (English literature).
I might read these books just so I can be informed, first hand, about this person's views/fictionalization. The last time I done this, I broadly agreed with the person to the extent that I would not have able to explain myself so eloquently in the same circumstances. Specifically, one of the police officers from Ferguson, Missouri was described as a racist, sexist, homophobic, ranting killer [dailymail.co.uk]. Well, I listened to his one hour speech [youtube.com] in full and found him to be a reasonable, patriotic, nine-tour military-trained officer of good standing. And, again, this is a man who spends his own time advancing the public good. As a God-fearing Southerner, you'd expect his views on homosexuality to be regressive but is this different to the majority of his community? Unfortunately, this and passing comments about domestic violence arrangements may have got him suspended.
Overall, I'm concerned that civil servants in the US aren't allowed to express passionate views when off-duty which are representative of their community and in the common good.
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