To think that they had all those other religious art around the school and THEN had the audacity to deny his ability to express himself in a similar way is absurd, tolerance works both ways :|
I find it sad when one can't express themself to the fullest extent in an art class. But i also realise he signed a policy or what not. But i honestly find the reasoing for giving him that mark absolute crap.
That drawing sucks. Even if he had taken out the cross and bible reference, I think he would have still gotten a zero.Conanfan1
LOL. Really, I like that the teacher told them to do a "landscape" according to the story, and the kid throws a cross in there. Really? Where might that be now? :roll:
the student doesn't have to agree to all rules laid before him by the school if they violate his basic rights... schools try to push their authority as absolute and it isn't. state law over rules anything a school says and federal over rules that.
Wetall_basic
*Shrug* He agreed to not make displays of religion, signed the contract and decided he wanted to anyway. That was a conscious choice by this student to both agree to the rule system and than turn against it. The school should have the authority to tell students what to do. Uniforms, no soda, every day we are going to eat meat loaf, no depictions of religion, all these fall into the catagory of the school's choice. The law may side with him, or may not, I simply feel he is wrong.
that contract is null and void once they let someone else draw a picture of Buddha or any other religious figure...
A Buddha and Hindu figurines are on display in a social studies clasroom, the lawsuit claims, adding the teacher passionately teaches Hindu to students.
Wetall_basic
Social Studies includes the study of historical philosophy and ways of life, Hinduism and Buddhism are easily qualified for this subject. Christianity could also be a subject. I question the claim that she "Teaches Hindu", if she does she doesn't deserve the job she has.
In addition, a replica of Michaelangelo's "The Creation of Man" is displayed at the school's entrance, a picture of a six-limbed Hindu woman is in the school's hallway and a drawing of a robed sorcerer hangs on a hallway bulletin board.
Travo_basic
The Creation of Man is a masterpiece of artwork that deserves to be shown, this picture was just some kid's drawing that violated policy, hardly comparable. Pointless to even make a point about the drawing of a sorcerer.
Drawings of Medusa, the Grim Reaper with a scythe and a being with a horned head and protruding tongue hang in the art room and demonic masks are displayed in the metals room, the lawsuit alleges.
Travo_basic
Same Idea behind these, what makes them "Demonic"? These arn't religious articles.
Sounds like hypocrisy to me.
Travo_basic
I disagree.
medussa is a greek god... that sounds religious.... you do know demonism is a religion right?
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