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Judi Lynn

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Fri Sep 18, 2020, 02:40 PM Sep 2020

English Teacher in Texas Included 17-Year-Old Kenosha Shooter and Man He Killed on Assignment About

English Teacher in Texas Included 17-Year-Old Kenosha Shooter and Man He Killed on Assignment About Heroes
ALBERTO LUPERON
Sep 18th, 2020, 1:48 pm

An English class teacher in Dallas, Texas sparked controversy by including the defendant in an alleged double murder on an assignment about heroes, according to CBS DFW. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was listed alongside Indian independence movement leader Mahatma Gandhi, labor activist Cesar Chavez, civil rights icon Malcolm X, and George Floyd. The name of Joseph Rosenbaum, one of the men Rittenhouse is charged with killing, also appears on the list.

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The assignment, dated Monday, asked that students write a half-page biography on each of the six figures, and then a page on the one who they believed “demonstrates best your concept of a hero.”

Rittenhouse, an Illinois resident, faces two counts of First Degree Intentional Homicide for shooting and killing Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, amid protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of local man Jacob Blake. Law&Crime is identifying the defendant because he is being charged as an adult. An attorney for Rittenhouse says the shootings were in self-defense.

“An unapproved assignment posted in Google Classroom yesterday has been brought to our attention,” Dallas ISD said in a statement to CBS DFW. “Understandably, this caused some concern for the impacted students, and we apologize. Campus administration immediately removed the unapproved content and students are not required to complete that assignment. Due to personnel policies, we are not able to comment further, however, the appropriate steps are being followed pending investigation.”

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/english-teacher-in-texas-included-17-year-old-kenosha-shooter-and-man-he-killed-on-assignment-about-heroes/

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English Teacher in Texas Included 17-Year-Old Kenosha Shooter and Man He Killed on Assignment About (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2020 OP
Jeez, only makes me to want to get the Hell outa Texas even a little more. marble falls Sep 2020 #1
I'll ride in the trunk and bring my own snacks. ResistantAmerican17 Sep 2020 #2
Sit up front and I'll share a joint. I need the trunk for boxes, at any rate its a Flex and its ... marble falls Sep 2020 #3
Deal, and snacks should be translated "edibles." ResistantAmerican17 Sep 2020 #4
Life is good and friends are all around. marble falls Sep 2020 #5
We progressives have to stick together in this red state hell. ResistantAmerican17 Sep 2020 #6
I thought my neighbor was alright, and then at coffee one morning he started "n"ing Barack Obama ... marble falls Sep 2020 #7
Yeah, the weird, is that they are falling in line.. ResistantAmerican17 Sep 2020 #8
The only weird being kept in Austin is on a tee-shirt on 6th street. marble falls Sep 2020 #9

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
3. Sit up front and I'll share a joint. I need the trunk for boxes, at any rate its a Flex and its ...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:48 PM
Sep 2020

too far to reach with a doobie.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
7. I thought my neighbor was alright, and then at coffee one morning he started "n"ing Barack Obama ...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 07:12 PM
Sep 2020

and he doesn't like Trump. Progressives can not win here. Even Austin's taken a swing to the right.

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