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Obama, a Terrorist’s Best Friend - When a Parent’s Politics Interferes with his Son’s Education
It represented one of the most shameful of stories. Yet as is always the case with shameful stories, it soon made its way across America.
My Fox ColoradoIt seems an 11-year-old boy in Colorado had been suspended from school for failing to remove a t-shirt that school officials had deemed a disruption to the school’s learning environment. According to MyFOXColorado.com, on a day that students had been asked to show their patriotism by wearing red, white and blue, Dax Dalton wore a home-made shirt that read, “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.”
The fifth grade boy was asked to either change his shirt or turn it inside out. At some point the asking became an ultimatum.
If the shirt were not turned inside out or removed, the school would have to suspend young Dax. The youngster chose suspension.
Father Insists He Will Sue
The boy’s father told the Colorado Fox affiliate that he, dad, is a “proud conservative.” He also insisted that the school was making a mistake by suspending his son. Dann Dalton also had some strong words for the school district:
“It’s the public school system. Let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons.”
Mr. Dalton also went on to add, “I didn’t expect (my son) to get what he got, that was ridiculously uncalled for.” He also announced his intent to sue the school district for violation of his son’s first amendment rights.
At the same time, young Dax did acknowledge that he had been “encouraged” to wear the shirt by his father. In a separate Chicago SunTimes article, it was noted that the t-shirt had been designed by dad as well. According to SunTimes.com, Mr. Dalton offered: “I’m full of all kinds of anti-Obama cliches.” He also acknowledged that he had created the message so that “he could easily capsulate it on a T-shirt.”
School District Actions
Given that the situation involved the discipline of a student, the school district was not at liberty to discuss the case in detail with the media. However, the district did acknowledge the incident and noted the suspension was for willful disobedience and defiance, not for the shirt’s political message.
The school, having the responsibility to ensure a proper learning environment for all children, took action based on the disruption of that environment because of the boy wearing the shirt. The school has a dress code that prohibits attire that will “cause or are likely to cause a material and substantial disruption to the educational process or school-related activities.”
NerbooAccording to reports, many children were confused and upset, and the shirt did lead to some very difficult moments at school. Of course, that is what one might expect given that the students were but fifth graders.
Adding to the unusual nature of the situation, again according to SunTimes.com, Dax’s older sister also wore an anti-Obama shirt. Seems that shirt did not disrupt her classes so school officials allowed her to wear her shirt throughout the day.
That shirt had the word Obama on it with a bar through the name and a pro McCain slogan on the back.
Day of Honor Lost Amidst the Turmoil
The students had been encouraged to wear the patriotic colors in honor of a Vietnam-era military veteran who won the Medal of Honor. Media reports noted that First Lieutenant Brian Thacker of the U.S. Army made a visit to the school on the day of the incident.
Yet, at a time set to honor a military veteran, all of the focus was on a overzealous father using his children to share his political opinions. Such behavior can only be categorized as shameful.
And that dishonorable behavior not only led to a young boy missing school, it likely left his classmates scratching their heads as well. Even as a potential teachable moment for Dax Dalton’s classmates, we are not sure that any fifth grader could fully grasp why someone calling himself a “proud conservative” would feel such a strong need to live vicariously through his own children.
Flickr photo courtesy of Nerboo.
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