Mock assassination of Trump stirs controversy at San Antonio school

http://m.chron.com/news/education/article/Mock-assassination-of-Trump-stirs-controversy-at-10621911.php#item-39786

A skit portraying the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump by two 10th grade students at Marshall High School provoked anger and dismay from the parents of a student who watched it unfold last week.

Harold and Melinda Bean said that in the skit, entitled “The Assassination of Donald Trump,” one of the boys made a gunfire sound effect with his cell phone as the other boy, portraying Trump, fell to the ground in mock death.

All of the students were required to submit descriptions of their English class presentations beforehand to be approved by their teacher, the parents said, but these two students in particular changed their skit afterward.

“Appropriate action” was taken to reprimand both boys and their teacher, said Northside ISD spokesman Barry Perez. The parents, however, believe more should have been done, including suspending the two students.

“Honestly I have run out of words to describe how angry I am and how shocked I am that they’re still in school today,” Melinda Bean said.

Younger children using their hands to simulate guns on the playground have been suspended, she said, and this was far worse.

The teacher apologized Monday, Harold Bean said, but that wasn’t enough.

“I don’t understand how the teacher can repeat an apology and be right there back at work on Monday morning,” he said. “Though we understand she is apologetic, it does not make the situation right.”

Perez said campus officials investigated the incident and found that the teacher didn’t condone it and stopped the skit. But Harold Bean questioned why she allowed it to start once she heard the title.

“Pardon my language but I think that it’s a bunch of B.S. if they’re going to tell you the kids were stopped,” Harold Bean said.

We are too soft. As parents and as a society.

Expell the students, nor suspend.
Fire the teacher or suspend without pay and transfer her out.

This should not be an issue or controversial.

If it was a mock assination of Obama or H. Clinton. Damn.. the Secret Service and Homeland Security and FBI and State police would be on this.

Either we are EQUAL or we are not ! NO exceptions for BUTTER CUPS. And that includes crimes and bad or callous or foolish behavior.

I talked to my 25 yr old son. He was disgusted by what is happening. I have always encouraged him to take his path but the whining is disgusting. I asked what he thought I would have said as a parent. He said he thought I would understand his path but would still except him man up and handle it like an adult....the way he was raised

Exactly,
"The way he was raised "

Children Learn What They Live -- Complete version.
http://www.empowermentresources.com/info2/childrenlearn-long_version.html/

don't these people have jobs?.. who has the time to stand around rioting.. protesting.. burning things?... maybe on the weekend.. but this ain't the weekend.

They are Employees of Mister Felon Soros!
Pays them well too!

as to the Skit,those two Idiots ought to be investigated by the FBI,Local Police and the Secret Service,to remind them of the kind of Idiots they really are!

teens should be suspended

teacher who didn't know and reacted when they realized should reinforce to the students that its not acceptable,, not be fired


people do not all work Monday through Friday jobs
many have days off on weekdays
many are unemployed
many are supported by a spouse or a parent

protesting is a reflection of that

Does everyone understand what a skit is? ITS NOT REAL! Get over it, its kids being kids, give them a hand for being creative. They do "skits" on Saturday Night Live that offend people all the time. These kids didn't think it was a big deal, and it wasn't until people started making it a big deal. And NO the teacher should not be responsible for what they didn't know the kids were doing. Get over itpeople and move on! . .As far as the protesters, the one that have been arrested it shouldn't be to hard to track what they do for a living, unfortunately its a very small portion of them that do get booked. We should be arresting or ticketing a lot more of these protester but its hard with the number of officers needed to do so. They are disturbing the peace, obstructing traffic, inciting riots, obstructing traffic, and often trespassing to name just a few. I wonder how the pipeline Indians are liking the blizzard? we know they don't work. And many are college students that have to much spare time and get brought in by peer pressure, and its an exciting thing to do. Start fining these people and then see if they keep doing it.

Yeh, well instead of being unemployed, why not use that energy to find a job... isn't feeding and housing your family more important that lighting fires and rioting?.. or do they expect to find a job fair in the burnt out neighborhood.

what happened to priorities?

Oh well, maybe that's just my upbringing. I was brought up to take care of my family.

going to school function at your kids school is supporting the family
maybe they work a diferent shift maybe they are self employed

kid gets suspended for nra shirt or gun shirt a murder skit is way beyond a shirt ---

a gun shot [even a fake one] in a gun free zone can incite a panic

no the kids should get 50 hours of community service each not a vacation
[also known as suspension]

I think there is some confusion,nobody has a problem with people going to their kids school activities even if they have to take time off work to do so. Some how we got the protesters involved in the conversation and we don't understand why people don't have better things to do. Its like taking 3 days off work to camp out and save $50 on a TV on black Friday, like you don't have more productive things to do. I think they should teach gun safety in school, I know I took it thru community education and it was held.in a school after hours and they brought guns in to show us. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. And if guns are correctly locked there is no reason for a kid to get a hold of them. I understand that fake guns can look like real guns, but t-shirts and pointing your finger like a gun is harmless. When I was a kid we would play cops and robbers and use the phrase "stop or I'll shot" and this is how cops should be able to do their job, respect them or get shot. As far as community service for the kids, maybe we should have everybody do 50 hours of community service every time they do something stupid! Just think of all the things we could get done, oh, wait, people would be doing so much community service they wouldn't have time to hold a regular job, or to Protest!

why not use energy for multiple things, like everyone must do to live?

fires and rioting are illegal.


priorities don't require one to put every moment of their time into any one thing,,,

i never said what kind of community service
could be split up
cleaning restrooms
help govt officials or elher n disabled unless they have had bad outburst in past // clean up their yard maybe
do some painting
work at homeless shelter

community service can be helpful and educational

they could do it during the holiday time when there is no school

so can organizing with others , networking with others, supporting others with your voice

it is supposed to be a learning punishment obviously the skit shows they enjoy those things lol

Great idea! Community Service.
(In addition to being expelled and investigated).
Manual labor. Picking up trash on a highway. (Definitely not something dealing with the public). Productive citizens- obviously neither them nor their parents are, or this disgraced teacher

What ? They are students that need to experience repercussions and discipline.

They are not old enough to work, pay taxes, vote.
They have no voice in civilization or the election process or the outcome or to change anything.

But remember what you said, when the tables flip and they will flip.

"kid gets suspended for nra shirt or gun shirt a murder skit is way beyond a shirt --- "

Teenagers and 6 yr old's have been suspended, for much less than a skit.
(This has nothing to do with 'a play', that would be WORST)

And 2 white American teenager boys, in TEXAS, were suspended for wearing American flag t-shirts on a day 'the school ' decided to have 'Cino De Mayo' day. And this was mandated- they did ask to be excused prior,to it. And parents did object.
Mexican Independence Day...
Welcome to Merica'

A little girl , about 6 yrs old, was suspended for taking a bubble gun to school.

A little boy, kindergarten, was suspended for chasing a little girl in the school yard and kissing her.



We are either equal as American citizens- or we are not

More ramifications should be required. At the very minimum having a little chat with the FBI and Secret Service and being at the minimum put on the Secret Service's threat list, but they should be looking at jail time.

It is not only sickening but it is against the law to threaten or even mention wanting to assassinate the President of the United States and anyone under Secret Service protection and they should be charged appropriately.

I would not wish any harm on any elected official no matter how big our political differences are or who the President is. I don't care if it's Carter, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama or now Trump. It is a degusting thing to think about and a disgusting thing to say and a very disgusting thing to act out. Only someone who is a pure Psychopath would do such a thing.

Kids being kids eh? Maybe if a kid is our drinking at a party kids will be kids. Maybe if a kid is shoplifting kids will be kids BUT the mock execution of ANYONE let alone the President Elect of the free world is not kids will be kids, that is a sigh of sociopathy and is against the law. That is the exact kind of crap Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, ISIS, Al Qaeda does.