Teacher Suspended After Suggesting Student Could Be Arrested For Obama Criticism

 The link to the video first showed up at WBTV on Tuesday of last week.  It came from a man who said he was a former teacher in the Rowan Salisbury School System.  He claimed that a student inside a classroom at North Rowan High School was being verbally abused in a debate over President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney:

This video is circulating the internet.  It is about a North Rowan High School social studies teacher that is verbally abusing a student regarding a question about the President and Mitt Romney.  Please watch and listen to the actions of the teacher in this video and bring this type of bullying of students by the staff of RSS to light. 

As a former social studies teacher in the RSS system, I can tell you that this type of behavior is commonplace.  This should not be allowed to be covered up by RSS, as they nearly always do.  I do not know any of the individuals in this video and have no motive other than to bring this behavior to an end.  Thank you.

The video was shot on the student’s cell phone as it sits on a desk, staring up at the fluorescent light on the ceiling, capturing the often out of control conversation between the teacher and several students.

When one student begins criticizing President Obama, the teacher seems to go on the defensive, telling the student at one point that he can be arrested for being critical of the President.

On Tuesday WBTV contacted the Rowan Salisbury School System about the video. Public Information Officer Rita Foil said she was not aware of it.  The video was forwarded to Foil.

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