Florida teacher fired over 'inappropriate' lesson: 'I didn't do anything wrong'

A teacher in Florida is appealing his termination after being fired over what the district calls an "inappropriate" assignment about school violence, but the teacher says he was just teaching the students how to stay safe.
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[@DubbedJey]

He seems like an actual teacher that is teaching children how to critically think.

[@Cettywise]

That's the problem.

[@amymakovy4189]

These are the "participation trophy" kids. EVERYTHING is upsetting to these snow flakes.

[@chino3796]

That's not permitted in FL. NO critical thinking allowed!

[@joecuomo5702]

I hope some other school districts realize what a actual great teacher this man is and hire him immediately. I’ve been outa school for 5 years now and I already wanna sign up for a class with this guy teaching

[@chesto7440]

problem is that schools hate people that think for themselves

[@sugarspice7768]

one student is all it took? Yet thousands of parents and student speaking out about inappropriate curriculum and activities for years and nothing is done. Somebody at the school just didn't like him. This needs to be investigated.

[@jasmineertha8351]

Or the student who complained is the child of someone who invests a lot of money into the school. That happens too.

[@bradsmith9118]

In fairness the math books are not racist, and FL never taught CRT, but a bunch of Karens are at every board meeting bothering the school board for something they watched on Fox News.

[@stevenswitzer5154]

Bet he wouldnt be fired if he were a woman or minority. JS

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

Teacher cleansing. You now have to be a pedo, or some other Satanist. The school's are the root of our county's collapse. END PUBIC SCHOOLS.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Not so, it's because they want destructive policy and want good people gone.

[@justaman9355]

Whoever fired him is the one that should be fired.

[@patricialongo5870]

Really? These kids must be ready to accept that guns are forever, and there's nothing we can do. He's out of line. Accepting guns after that lesson is too much. The lesson must go!

[@AIBreakitSimple]

​@@patricialongo5870 is about educating that lesson could save lives if God forbids a shooter ever appears in that school

[@mbenjamin292]

Qmen

[@loridean177]

He should've put transformers, alphabet mafia or dreg storytime in the lesson and he'd still have a job Lesson learned!😆

[@cnssegura]

@@patricialongo5870 that's a small con for the bigger pro it would help the in if kids were to actually get attacked. The teacher guy was just giving them a real lesson of what could possibly happen while teaching them a few ways to stay safe. By removing him like they did, was just increase the chance that an active shooter can do anything they want in that school. He was trying to help on planning ahead, now that school is back to square one.

[@johnhein2539]

I wrote my own obituary. One of the kids in grade, actually I think class, died about a year later in an accident. That fake obituary was read at his funeral. He thought/hoped he would die old, leaving behind a wife, children, and grandchildren. It puts things in perspective and helps people appreciate the treasures in this life. Few they might seem at times, but for many they're no longer available

[@kawaibakaneko]

So heartbreaking.... what a shame he couldn't have a long life.

[@sleeexs]

Touching.

[@johnrobinson1762]

Teachers are overpaid. You sure it's not greed. Can't think of a more Cush job

[@sctsh1491]

I had a school mate in high school... Her name was Anna De La Pena...she went to Mexico with her family for holiday- and died in a rip current- she was a ray of sunshine. I will never, ever forget her- I'm 67 years old now. I will never ever forget Anna... I can see her face clear as crystal. you just reminded me

[@Rebecca-n7n]

​@@johnrobinson1762you've never done it or you wouldn't say that. You are part of the problem.

[@silentnight9655]

He sure sounds like a good teacher.

[@undeniablyrio]

sarcasm

[@silentnight9655]

@@undeniablyrio Actually no. Props to the man for being a thinker, not an automaton!

[@dickrichard626]

He shouldn't have had a "disclaimer" he was just asking for a kid to complain about it by doing that.

[@silentnight9655]

@@dickrichard626 Alright.

[@dickrichard626]

@@silentnight9655 I'm just saying he put a disclaimer that read "This is not meant to make you upset." and so obviously some little $#!+ is gonna' think to them self "Well, what if does make me upset?" Some kids make it a point to give teachers a hard time as much as possible. I remember that happening all the time when I was in school and some teachers have a way of feeding them and making it worse... Schools also don't allow certain kinds of disscussions and words. Simply talking about bombs for example, could get you suspended and a teacher fired. A teacher teaching a class about school shooting is obviously gonna be off limits and he really isn't that smart for a teacher if thought he could do that.

[@grodriguez960]

This teacher is the kind of teacher we need more of!

[@GilmerJohn]

Well, perhaps you can get your local district to hire him.

[@AWholeVibe96]

@@GilmerJohn exactly 🤣🤣🤣 but they won’t

[@othiq1077]

They never keep good teachers. Easier to indoctrinate when teachers don't teach critical thinking.

[@CLBean420]

God forbid someone teach critical thinking to these future dipsh!ts lmao

[@cHriiSzbEe]

Hell yea he keeps it Real. This generation is too Soft Omg

[@RegularGuyJake]

He seems like that one teacher in high school that actually genuinely cares about his students and made our lives a little bit better

[@thecamillarose9806]

Omg I would have been so sad to loose a teacher like that

[@treysimmons2589]

​@@thecamillarose9806 *lose

[@RegularGuyJake]

@@jenniferd264 hi Jennifer I value your opinion and thanks for sharing. Is there more information you have about this man? I think that writing one’s own obituary is a challenging idea because it requires one to confront death and the dissolution of one’s own ego. Education should always be challenging, because growth cannot occur without challenge. Increasingly, we aim to create a world safe of challenges and intrusions. While this is a noble cause, it distances us from the elements of life that force us to become the greatest, most self-actualices versions of ourselves. As for going over safety procedures, I live in Nashville tn where a shooting recently occurred. I cannot think of a more fitting time to review such procedures. You speak of the damage caused by introducing challenging ideas to students- what about the damage that would be caused by not introducing them to challenging ideas? The world is a challenging place and if we don’t prepare students for the real world then we may increasingly see young adults unable to cope with stressors.

[@poppylove3673]

@@RegularGuyJake I agree. I'm just outside Nashville too. We sure are living in difficult times, aren't we?

[@RegularGuyJake]

@@poppylove3673 the challenges we face in todays world are certainly different from the challenges at any other point in human history. I think our quality of life has largely increased. We enjoy many benefits of such an affluent society, but the problems we deal with are unique. In many ways, our innate evolutionary psychology creates pitfalls because it is ill-adapted to deal with complex modern issues. I think it’s an exciting and wonderful time to be alive and I’m thankful not to live in an age where I have to worry about polio or being bitten by a rat or a famine. But shit do be stressful out here

[@angelbabyxoxoxo]

Astonishing. My health teacher in 10th grade gave us the exact same assignment. Write our own obituary as if we died tomorrow. It was a really powerful thought provoking assignment and I learned a lot even tho we did it in just two days (1.5 hours total of work.) It’s important that kids teens as well as adults think about who they are and what they want out of life.

[@Bigdogspyke]

GOP has made it very easy for teachers to get fired anytime a student complains

[@brianawaters2852]

Yeah I’m gonna assume that was 10 to 15 years ago. Times have changed drastically since then. Now every kid has to go to school with the fear that will not return home.

[@lildad559]

@@brianawaters2852 did the same thing my junior year for an english class I graduated 2019 fentanyl and alcohol killed more kids at my school way more than guns did and i went to a highschool where kids kept guns in their trucks to go hunting after school in fact at all every school i went to the threat of being beaten up or overdosing was more prevalent than being shot and my middle school was named the most dangerous middle school in california one year due to the amount of violence we had there the real issue these days is lack of parenting and mental health awareness no one should feel like they have to hurt others or themselves in anyway but its just easier to get rid of the things people MIGHT use to hurt others i mean just the other day a dude killed a few people by running through what i think was a bus stop people were waiting at

[@brianawaters2852]

@@lildad559 btw I really love how you made thousands of innocent kids being gunned down at school EVERYDAY all about yourself lol extra points for overt narcissism

[@angelbabyxoxoxo]

@@brianawaters2852 NOPE! I graduated in 2021. That class was in 2019.

[@BritBelle89]

He’s a psychology teacher. Literally understanding your mind and the world around us to empower your self! This man was doing a life saving assignment!!!!!!! I wish he worked at my daughters high school. Kids need to be prepared cuz the government will never care about school safety.

[@MrMajikman1]

Apparently this school's administration doesn't care about school safety either!

[@rhondaalbrecht]

It's the government that is behind it all... full of people who worship Satan over God Most High. What is Satan's desire? To have ALL humans dead. They can't have your child aware of them and what they are doing, because they can then corrupt them into becoming a hybrid, one of them. No longer FULLY human, just as Jesus was, not in God's Image. That's what's behind everything, and our world's governments are aiding and abetting. This is no 'conspiracy theory' but fact, if you TRULY understand what is going on in history.

[@GameChanger597]

Personally, I feel this assignment is better suited for college than H. S. But what blows my mind is they told him they couldn't say what he did wrong but fired him anyway. Lawyer up!

[@Ok-pt9oc]

​@@GameChanger597 um most school shootings happen in highschool

[@venusretrograde6177]

The school system doesn’t want kids to understand their own mind and the world around them. It’s a school desk to rat race pipe line. They want them to just fall in line without asking questions.

[@mikemph7779]

He gave his students a lesson that will stay with them forever. He’s a great teacher.

[@victorfranko8317]

Or haunt them for years or maybe push them over the edge. He is NOT a great teacher

[@chainscdmc]

@@victorfranko8317 so you’re advocating for sticking your head in the sand. Great game plan.

[@victorfranko8317]

@@chainscdmc I’m advocating for teaching children appropriate information for their age. You have to be careful what ideas you put in children’s minds because they’re brains are not fully developed.

[@chainscdmc]

@@victorfranko8317 oh for god sakes. These were seniors in high school. Not elementary kids. Coddling 17-18 year olds won’t prepare them for life.

[@victorfranko8317]

@@chainscdmc that’s still very young. Teenagers commit suicide every day. Why give them ideas like this so called lesson?

[@JesseDanielle]

Honestly though he’s a high school psychology teacher, like these ARE the topics they should be talking about!

[@randymullins3555]

And what's wrong with challenging students about 'real scenarios' and this was pertinent to the subject matter!

[@mikeholguin84]

Why shouldn't they talk about a topic like this? What topics, in your opinion, should they talk about?

[@drea409]

​@mikeholguin84 maybe you should read the comments more carefully? Both of the people you're replying to already agree with you, they're saying these are important topics that should be taught. Possibly you replied to the wrong comment

[@EatDatBitchAwp]

@@mikeholguin84 goofball

[@mikeholguin84]

@@EatDatBitchAwp dumb dumb......

[@transtubular]

Keep in mind, he wasn't fired because he was talking about a "sensitive" subject...he was fired because he was teaching kids how to THINK.

[@daroob]

Riiiiiigt.

[@ChanceUrtaking]

Awww. Groomy.

[@sandramayes8679]

Thats exactly right...

[@Rebecca-n7n]

All my teachers wanted us to think and reason with logic. You can tell by todays kids that its no longer taught. Unless a kid has parents who teach them how they can't reason anything out. Our govt doesn't want people to think. He actually has a lawsuit if he goes for it. Can't tell him why he's fired means they know they're wrong.

[@O.J._is_Guilty]

Yeah making kids write their own obituary is a great way of how to teach people who can’t even process their own emotions😂

[@bodhiswayze1892]

He's being realistic and getting through to these kids in a very intelligent and honest way. He certainly didn't deserve to be fired! 🤬

[@travisspaulding2222]

Seriously. Let's do active shooter drills, but let's not tell the kids that they can die. The real world is going to catch up to them sooner or later. Sheltering them does them no good.

[@thecamillarose9806]

​@@travisspaulding2222like they think oh it's triggering me to think I'll die. But he sees the bright side, and thinks well it's gonna make you think about what's important in life

[@thecamillarose9806]

​@@travisspaulding2222 But yeah. If someone is studying psychology with the intent to go into that field, they should be able to handle these small traumas

[@takearight.]

They hate an intelligent, honest way.. It gets in the way of their dark agendas.

[@dede4004]

True. The SAME students he was teaching are watching FAR WORSE movies and playing "killing" video games at home. Yea, that's okay though. But just DONT ASK THEM to look at the REAL WORLD in their LIVES. CA is so far gone, it's. Eyind help I believe. The rational people who still live there, have an even HARDER ROAD ahead of them. Get your kids out of the public schools though if you can.

[@lorenzotennant9580]

So becuase a teacher actually wants to introduce reality of today's challenges, he's being forced out! Such a shame

[@JimRPickens]

Just follow the lesson plan the school and district give you, its their job to teach not determine what needs to be taught, you want to free-lance then tutor for free to those who want it.

[@chezzysquatch]

@@JimRPickensok clone

[@Verist4]

​@@JimRPickens Sheep!

[@Hayley-vj4rz]

Dudes job is to teach math and give the lessons he was told not to go off the rails with it

[@Verist4]

@@Hayley-vj4rz Sheep!

[@sir.confident]

Back when I was in school, the main job of a psychology teacher was to teach us about the harsh reality of this world. If it were up to me, I'd give that teacher bonus.

[@WilliamEllison]

Should we have children write their on a obituary? While it may seem like a unique or creative idea, it is generally not recommended for children to write their own obituary. Writing an obituary is a difficult and emotional task that is typically left to close family members or friends. Children may not have the emotional maturity or life experience to write a meaningful and appropriate obituary that honors their life and legacy. Additionally, writing an obituary can be a difficult and painful process, and it may not be appropriate to ask a child to undertake this task while they are grieving the loss of a loved one. It is important for children to have the support and guidance of caring adults during this difficult time. Instead, children can participate in other ways to honor the memory of their loved one, such as sharing memories and stories, creating a photo album or memory book, or participating in a memorial service or celebration of life. Very thankful this guy was fired.

[@tortillademaiz1]

​@@WilliamEllison dude I had to write an obituary as a freshman and I was completely okay (though to be fair, the context behind writing the obituary was way less intimidating). Obviously I don't yet have the maturity or life experience to properly write one, but like the teacher in the video said the purpose of the assignment was to reflect on what was important to me in life.

[@e.turduckeny630]

@@WilliamEllison I don't know if you work with terminally ill children and are speaking from that experience, but it feels like you're projecting something like that onto this situation. "Children may not have the emotional maturity or life experience to write a meaningful and appropriate obituary that honors their life and legacy." It didn't have to be meaningful, it was a writing exercise for a psychology class. It's not even that uncommon of an assignment (as you can see by many people's experience in the comments). It's intention is to be thought provoking and to allow the kids to think about real life consequences in a non-emotional context. It doesn't matter if they write a "good" obituary, it's the thought process behind it that's important. Because, again, this is an assignment in a psychology class. "Additionally, writing an obituary can be a difficult and painful process, and it may not be appropriate to ask a child to undertake this task while they are grieving the loss of a loved one." No one died. This isn't following a the death of a loved one or a classmate. There is no trauma or grieving process to be mindful of in this instance. There's no reason for this teacher to have been fired. The fact there's no response from the school or county speaks to the fact that they've been instructed by attorney's not to since the teacher is probably seeing if the ruling can be overturned or if they can sue for wrongful termination. Unfortunately, the teacher's probationary so he probably doesn't have much recourse. We have a major teacher shortage in Florida so this was a stupid move for school authorities on many levels.

[@Qollo]

@@WilliamEllison bru these are high scholars not elementary or middle scholars, a lot of them have already lived one heck of a life, it’s in high school when the reality of life hits you, that in 4 years you’re out on your own in a big world, shielding our kids isn’t going to help anybody but give them a false sense of security and trust in a system that isn’t designed to keep them safe, active shooter safety is something that needs to be taught from an early age as soon as a kid is in elementary school, as shooters have no remorse for age, gender, race, if someone wants to hurt lives they’re going to do it regardless, it is better to educate and let them worry about their own safety then to let them rely on the adults to keep them safe because 9/10 a teacher isn’t going to do anything to an active shooter this is a harsh reality in life.

[@JDA-zg9ug]

​@Alex Figueroa-Morales For real bruh! These are highschoolers. Most of these kids have literally watched murders on the internet but can't think about or deal with actual reality. It's the parents who shelter them causing this emotional stunting.

[@Camphost]

I really hope this teacher gets hired again or can be in a school that actually appreciates teaching kids to reflect on themselves.

[@wukongsun6223]

Hm I died and that's it I guess What are my parents and friends dealing with it. Hm idk I'm dead. But I'm alive now so I'd imagine insufferable pain

[@r_i_ma]

@@wukongsun6223I'm not sure if you're confused or what, but the purpose of writing an obituary is not to focus solely on the deceased but to let the students reflect on their life and the impact they had on others. It encourages students to think about their own lives and what kind of legacy they want to leave behind. In that sense, the activity could be seen as a valuable lesson in empathy and introspection.

[@wukongsun6223]

@@r_i_ma Kids... Legacy.. eh lol let em live first and gain life experience.

[@sweetiemageetie7805]

​@@wukongsun6223what is the root issue here? Why are you actually offended by this? I work in a school, I dislike teachers very much, because most of them are complacent. This teacher actually tried to provoke thought and hopefully stop a shooting before it started. No emotions, please just tell us the reason you're upset over this.

[@sweetiemageetie7805]

@@wukongsun6223 so you can't provide a reason as to why you seem to think this man deserves to be fired?

[@rosstaboss]

Teachers like this guy were the ones I remembered, who stuck out to me, and made an impact because they cared. He seems to really be passionate about a simple point to help the students. I believe he had good intentions here

[@jayflo588]

Probably touched you in a certain way too

[@sarahboller5912]

amen to that pal ❤

[@rosstaboss]

@@margeryojije7862 I understand 🖤

[@LucrativeLeroy]

facts.

[@andrew-vx9uj]

I graduated high school in 2010. I remember a similar assignment where we had to write our own obituaries after our hypothetical deaths from DUI. Those assignments that push the imagination and thinking are the ones that still stand out to me, rather than the usual rote bullshit essays. Disgusting how much education is getting neutered these days

[@party4keeps28]

I had to write something just like this in high school. It was "What would you do if you only had 24 hours left to live?" The student who was upset by this is going to have a rough life.

[@WilliamEllison]

Should we have children write their own a obituary? While it may seem like a unique or creative idea, it is generally not recommended for children to write their own obituary. Writing an obituary is a difficult and emotional task that is typically left to close family members or friends. Children may not have the emotional maturity or life experience to write a meaningful and appropriate obituary that honors their life and legacy. Additionally, writing an obituary can be a difficult and painful process, and it may not be appropriate to ask a child to undertake this task while they are grieving the loss of a loved one. It is important for children to have the support and guidance of caring adults during this difficult time. Instead, children can participate in other ways to honor the memory of their loved one, such as sharing memories and stories, creating a photo album or memory book, or participating in a memorial service or celebration of life. Very thankful this guy was fired.

[@veriveryluvr]

@@WilliamEllison he shouldn’t have been fired. they should’ve told him that they found the assignment inappropriate.

[@azula3906]

​@@WilliamEllison Holy shit, you're soft.

[@ButtonsCasey]

​@@WilliamEllison A lot of people write their own obituary. There is nothing wrong with that as a task.

[@leonardlongoria1891]

@@WilliamEllison fired why? Because one student got upset? Coddling kids will do nothing to foster producing a productive person who lends to society. I respect your opinion, but disagree with it. Important life lessons need to be addressed that are not being covered at home. Yes, death is hard and hard for kids to interpret it’s meaning, but I don’t believe assuaging feelings that ultimately need to be addressed is the answer. Firing the teacher for actually trying to teach something other than CRT or Gay pride is wrong on many levels. Coddling kids has gotten society where it is today.

[@wilberslater9967]

Imagine having to evaluate your life and coming face to face with thoughts that make you uncomfortable. First teacher I've heard of doing a good job and he's fired.

[@shanthageorge7413]

There are schools all over the world where they can't stand teachers who stand for truth and justice.

[@rhondaalbrecht]

This is not a 'unique' assignment. It's been assigned multiple times through history.

[@GameChanger597]

@@rhondaalbrecht For that alone, he shouldn't have been fired. However, I do feel it'd inappropriate for High School. College is another story though.

[@hectorvargas4771]

Soft ass student.

[@erisofterra8986]

Welcome to Florida

[@vorco8120]

As an assistant teacher, I can tell you that when your superiors say that they can’t tell you what you did wrong, and the school district has no comment about the situation, then those are sure tell-tale signs that they know they’re in the wrong but are too stubborn to admit it and proceed to continue pushing blame on you. Over ten plus years of my life as an assistant teacher. Whatever dreams and passions I had about becoming a full-fledged teacher has been long dead and buried. At this point, I’m just trying to help any students that I can while still being an assistant teacher. This teacher was only trying to help his students to think critically and look how he gets treated…unbelievable.

[@heathereads9594]

One of my assignments in a high school English class was to write my own obituary. It was an assignment that really made me evaluate the person I was becoming vs the person I wanted to be as an adult and helped me make some valuable changes in my life.

[@LunaBobbi]

100%

[@RioGirl16]

Public schools don’t like critical thinkers. They want sheep

[@mtaylor7307]

We had the same assignment in 7th grade. We also had to write a paper on what we would choose to do if we had only 24 hours left to live and knew it. This became for all of us a topic of conversation with our parents. I will never forget Pam's dad told her with a dead pan expression that he would "eat steak and go fishing in Florida." Her dad should have been a standup comedian. We all laughed.

[@doyourbestletgoddotherest331]

Yes he's done nothing wrong the actually show videos in school about drunk driving showing details of a wreck and the outcome of the teens that died. They should have also at that time had the white what they want their obituaries to say

[@JackieOwl94]

I remember writing an assignment like that when I was younger. I even wrote how I likely would have died, as I have a tube in my head that, if ruptured back then, would cause a brain bleed. I discussed it with my teacher and explained that every day, to me, is borrowed, as I statistically shouldn’t be alive. It left her speechless as I didn’t tell people in my daily life how fragile life was for me. Now as the years move on, I’ve found that the odds are evermore stacking against me as my body degrades. I need to write that assignment again.

[@jessedorsettii9988]

He gave details but the school doesn't. Right there, in the court of public opinion, the dude is winning hands down.

[@WilliamEllison]

Should we have children write their on a obituary? While it may seem like a unique or creative idea, it is generally not recommended for children to write their own obituary. Writing an obituary is a difficult and emotional task that is typically left to close family members or friends. Children may not have the emotional maturity or life experience to write a meaningful and appropriate obituary that honors their life and legacy. Additionally, writing an obituary can be a difficult and painful process, and it may not be appropriate to ask a child to undertake this task while they are grieving the loss of a loved one. It is important for children to have the support and guidance of caring adults during this difficult time. Instead, children can participate in other ways to honor the memory of their loved one, such as sharing memories and stories, creating a photo album or memory book, or participating in a memorial service or celebration of life. Very thankful this guy was fired.

[@jessedorsettii9988]

@@WilliamEllison Should we just dismiss our high school students as mere "children" as if they are incapable of independent thought and discourage their ability to exercise judgment, critical analysis and logic? You know what? You sound like those Republican legislators in Texas that banned logic and critical thinking classes in their high schools because "it challenges the parent's control". Well, guess what. That's what high school is all about. It's supposed to help transform our "children" into adults by arming them with knowledge and the ability to think for themselves. You render them incapable of taking responsibility for their actions. Look at the streets of Chicago. Are those teenagers "just children"? You think maybe if they had teachers like this man who challenged them to see the world as society and not just through the lens of their own myopic eyes, they'd understand that we don't do certain things because other's rights and safety is just as important as ours. You think? Yeah. I think you forgot what it means to be human. That little exercise was part of self awareness. You know, what kind of life did you lead and how do you think your family and friends will remember you. It makes you think OUTSIDE of yourself. It's a lesson on empathy. It makes you realize that although you are an individual, you are part of a group and have some responsibilities to them. I think you need to return to school and let this man teach YOU a few lessons.

[@jessedorsettii9988]

@Isolated Pixels Non sequitur. Grammatical error. Syntax error. Your response is irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent. ,

[@Matt_Fields_29]

​@@WilliamEllison You're a weakling.

[@solar8600]

@@WilliamEllisonThis sounds like an AI wrote this.

[@TheSteviebobevie]

HONEST teachers are exactly who we need!!! These kids don’t know anything!!!

[@Brian--0311]

I'm glad he's gone! Why would a teacher that knows absolutely nothing about gun safety teach a lesson on "gun safety?"

[@Hardcore0520]

@@Brian--0311 so you want kids to not know about what to do during a situation like that?

[@Brian--0311]

@@Hardcore0520 I want them trained by Professionals! Not ponytail wearing Losers!

[@Brian--0311]

@@Hardcore0520 Awesome! We can both be happy! You got 2 likes and the Dirtbag teacher got Fired. It's a Win Win for us ! LMAO

[@Hardcore0520]

@@Brian--0311 you’d rather have kids be in bad situations than have teachers who actually teach. This generation is gonna be dead soon fr

[@t4ngo_kilo]

You can tell he means well & was genuinely helping these young people who have been failed by their community’s.

[@amylee8969]

More and more prove that society these days see school as a glorified daycare service.

[@johnt7343]

This professor is just being directed to a place where he’ll make an even bigger impact. God bless you sir.

[@angelajohannsen8662]

I believe you may be right. Sometimes things that seem like a negative or lose are really just opening a new opportunity where you'll have a bigger impact on others Trust in what's right fight for what you believe in and move on when you've done everything you can do.

[@arbsan8366]

So true! They don’t deserve him there and I hope he prospers some where else!

[@CaseyRhyneXoXo]

Amen! He's a great one! Shine bright and change the world one child at a time Sir!

[@ForeverXO]

John T, 🎯👍

[@JessieInTheSky09]

This was a beautiful and needed comment. I’m a psychologist who uses this exercise and the theory behind it, Terror Management Theory, to help people. I appreciate how many people here in the comments can understand how that is a good thing. Thank you 🙏

[@ZekeBrewer]

People need to stop feeling so self entitled that they can’t even think about themselves dying, which is completely inevitable for everyone.

[@Dataisthetruth]

For a kid, it is. There is a reason kids think they are invincible.

[@meoff7602]

I'm immortal, so I don't know what your talking about. Sounds rough.

[@ZekeBrewer]

@@meoff7602 Ah my bad u right

[@stephanieyee9784]

Lu Bu, Not in the USA. Being murdered at school by an active shooter in your schools Is something your children have to think about. Because it's so common the rest of the world just shrugs and says "another day in the USA".

[@donthaveaname1086]

@@meoff7602 impossible. Only god is the only immortal one in the world. And I’m god so idk what u on about my son.

[@tribex11]

Imagine raising kids this weak and thinking the teacher is the problem 🤦

[@jennyn5692]

Seriously. Having to talk to a counselor because of an assignment to write your own obituary? Wow.

[@videocollectorguy]

@@jennyn5692 Its a high school too not even a elementary or middle school where it would be logical. That kid was a real wuss 🤣

[@anemic-peachless]

new gen karen

[@Occupy23]

RIGHT! I was thinking the same thing, creating weak students who whine at the mere thought of thinking about life/death, and then too safety. I don’t get it. Maybe its just me.

[@lcam9241]

I think it might be that the kid didn't like the teacher. And purposely caused this stir up for this exact result.

[@Koshak87]

His lawyer is going to have a field day with this.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

I had to write my own obituary when I was in high school. I didn’t think this was all that uncommon. It’s a good way to think about what people would say about you if you were gone. It’s very self-reflective. People get way too upset about simple things these days. It’s ridiculous.

[@Juneebug18]

Yes I see these and even in Oregon we have these lessons.

[@nocturnaldev8607]

And how tf did that kid even get so upset that he needed a fking counseling!?

[@nocturnaldev8607]

People are way too soft duh

[@ritahallett4018]

I am Canadian we had to write our own obituary to help give us perspective I was not traumatized nor were my classmates or siblings that also had to do it.

[@rubberknees]

That was a kool-aid colored hair student for sure!! Boo hoo. Kids are so weak today.

[@maxrenderer2011]

We need more teachers like him. Kids need to be taught safety as early as possible; especially in this world. Hiding the truth from kids only endangers them more.

[@Flat_Earth_Sophia]

lol

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

@@Flat_Earth_Sophia Your side is poking bears

[@Flat_Earth_Sophia]

@@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube what?

[@angelastice5516]

Someone protect this man, we need more of people like him teaching our youth.

[@HiThereFaceHere]

I had a teacher do this, and all of us students actually enjoyed the assignment. People loved it and got into it and spilled their hearts out. He was also one hell of a teacher who we all loved, and he made you want to do good and participate in everything. These kids nowadays are something else man. If death bothers you that much you might as well lock yourself away

[@amylee8969]

@HiThereFaceHere Imagine being fired for doing the job you were hired to do🙄🙄. What was the result of his lesson?? The kids were engaged and learning to think critically?

[@HiThereFaceHere]

@amylee8969 exactly, they don't want these kids thinking at all. Ignorance is very easy to manipulate. When a person knows nothing, you can tell them anything and they will believe it. Especially when it's coming from a teacher.

[@Tigers_and_Tarot]

There are gonna be some messed up kids in the world all because they refuse to face reality and learn to help themselves. The best lessons I ever got were from teachers just like this guy. And I'm doing just fine, riding life on a breeze all because I was taught how to be strong and use my head.

[@christsdaughter9569]

They already need help, can’t you see? That’s the point. Children.

[@ashlynn4312]

Exactly! Everyone is so censored by reality and sensitive about the stupidest sh!t, so how do you expect them to not only function in society, but defend themselves if this situation actually occurred? The ones who were censored the most will be the ones who won't make it, unfortunately, simply because they've never been forced to be uncomfortable and upset at times. It's pathetic, honestly

[@joshuatrujillo9621]

​@@christsdaughter9569 and that's what this teacher tried to give them. So many teachers are trying to indoctrinate them with evil sexualizing and grooming in the classroom. This teacher actually cares if his students know what to do and is trying to ground them in reality. I believe in Christ and I follow Him. What other teachers are doing to the minds of the youth (telling them about preferred pronouns, distortion of gender and sexuality, the lgbt madness) this teacher didn't deserve to get fired.

[@aspieangel1988]

Right? If I had done ANYTHING the kids of today pull, I would have been spanked or slapped on the behind with a ping pong paddle. I personally don’t approve of doing that to a child, but that was done to me and countless other millennials in the 90’s. We got our butts hit if we dared to step out of line and our parents got actual beatings with a belt or switch because in the 70’s and prior it wasn’t considered abuse back then like it is today. I’m glad it’s considered abuse now but I’m just saying we millennials never would have gotten away with this and we use gentle parenting because of the abuse we endured from our boomer and Gen x parents but apparently that’s not enough. I have friends who use gentle parenting and it won’t get through to their kids. It’s the schools and the media causing the problem. Gen Z kids who are NOT allowed on social media who are homeschooled DO NOT act this way. It’s only those in public school who get exposed to technology who act like this. My cousins use iPads as a baby sitter and I don’t feel that’s right. If I ever have kids, there will be no phones and no iPads, no technology until they are at least 16. I didn’t get a laptop until I went to college and no phone until age 19. My parents raised me right. If I ever have kids, I’m home schooling them because I don’t want them exposed to all this woke crap. It’s just unbelievable seeing kids being coddled and allowed to use phones and computers and iPads in school. When I was in high school in 2008 senior year, if you got caught with a phone they didn’t just confiscate it, they went through your texts and calls and took the SIM card out and in some cases they’d crush your phone as punishment. If you got caught with a laptop they threw it into the garbage. You had to EARN the right to use the computer lab. You had to use library cards and actual books and weren’t allowed a calculator. My how things have changed.

[@princeharming8963]

This is the GOAL of the powers that be,,,, to mess kids up. Kids with no family or moral or solid social foundation.. are Much easier to mold into good little non-thinking subjects. We no longer teach Civics in school because kids can't screech about their God-given rights... if they don't know what they are. (And this is STILL not enough to get collective conservative leadership off its a s s to fight back in any significant or meaningful way.)

[@martacarranza3931]

This is so sad.. I had a math teacher in 3rd grade who stopped the lesson plans for that day to teach about safety and how to protect ourselves. This was over 25 years ago, and yet I still remember how powerful that conversation was and how it impacted me for the good. This teacher reminds me of her. School administrators should stop micromanaging these teachers and let them teach, not just about subjects, but about life. I hope this teacher gets justice and his job back. We need more teachers like him. I applaud you Sir. 👏 👏

[@JessieInTheSky09]

They could have at least learned about the theory it comes from. It’s Terror Managment Theory, is decades old, and helps people. How are they going to fire a psychologist at a time when we need them most?

[@jhtsurvival]

@@thetruthmongerer777 wut. I alternated classes from like 1st grade on

[@ent1311]

​@@thetruthmongerer777 it depends on the elementary school. My elementary school alternated classrooms for art, gym, science, English, and math.

[@ronlanter6906]

Defund school administrators. Most are "woke" agenda driven groomers.

[@Bawn.Meedoh]

Take his job where it’s appreciated not back to where he worked at for sure.there’s always a place that love the effort and experience you can bring,that place just wasn’t it.when one door slams shut there’s always a door unlocked ready to be open.

[@ryram18]

This is insane. This is a thought provoking assignment we all did when we were sophomores in HS. One of our classmates died a few months after he wrote his own obituary for the class. Reading that after his death brought us so much peace when we were just 15 y/o kids who had never lost a friend before. R.I.P. Michael

[@terri2494]

Wow. How very sad, and yet more common than most people realize. I’m glad the obituary he wrote gave you peace. I imagine it made many of you think about that assignment and the purpose behind it. I wonder if anyone reevaluated their own obituary or decided to make any changes in how they were living. RIP Michael.

[@YonUndone3064]

This new generation should not think on their own and he was trying to get them to think. The kid couldn't stand the thought of thinking so...they fired him.

[@Karamarika]

Agreed. We wrote our own obituaries in HS as well. No one threw a fit at the thought. I can understand why connecting that with the thought of a school shooting may be difficult, but for goodness sake, grow up! Kids are so quick to protest anything that gives them an inkling of discomfort. The world is not meant to be a "safe space." Life is hard. This guy comes across as a good teacher in the little bit that we got here. Firing him so quickly over this is entirely inappropriate. The school should be ashamed.

[@zellanutellaa]

I agree

[@-Subtle-]

The #1 problem with our educational system is 100% the administration.

[@ArathSin]

The administration is just being reactive to shitty parenting and political bullshit. Teachers are the scape goats.

[@toscatattertail9813]

The #1 problem is that there are a few parents with the money to bring legal hell down on a school board because there was one thing they didn't like. Instead of getting a majority opinion from all the parents they let one dictate how they should run their school.

[@Mark73]

No, the #2 problem is the administration. The #1 problem is the parents.

[@orestesvega2475]

FLORIDA TREATS TEACHERS THE SAME LIKE COMMUNISTS TREAT THEIR TEACHERS. NO ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

[@FamilyMatterswithAmber]

💯

[@gsand07]

This world is completely upside down right now. What a wonderful teacher! Shame on the decision to terminate him. Remember to be kind and love one another because everyday there is a new disaster.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

Eff this guy. Never hire him again. Tormenting kids like that for no reason just because he wants to grandstand like an idiot.

[@mattglasgow4383]

At a time calling for the most hardened of people it seems the world has gone soft. People must face their fears and what very well could be their realities, not run and weep at a fragment of hardship.

[@Stayhydrated736]

Unbelievable. Its actually good for teachers to encourage students to think and write about hypothetical situations. It forces you to think about making a positive impact on the people and the world around you.

[@kellyjohnson6889]

Amen!!

[@thomassussek2117]

They dont want them to be able to think

[@felixargyle3659]

​@@thomassussek2117 They want to teach kids *what* to think instead of *how* to think.

[@alitamoon2731]

My best psych professor did the same

[@Darkshizumaru]

Depends on the age honestly, you don't make middle schoolers write about certain things for a reason. Kids do still have the right to be kids.

[@juliebufford6855]

This SHOULD be taught in the curriculum. It's sadly become a part of our reality 😪

[@TJ-Judge]

And instead they teach inappropriate sexual things to children and push the trans agenda

[@Slappys]

This is the kind of teacher kids need.

[@amylee8969]

@Slappys There aren’t that many of them left. The failed school system drove them away to quitting. As a result, kids are missing out on a meaningful education.

[@PrintsInTheSoil]

He’s a teacher, and, as a fellow educator, I can respect his creativity. One thing I’ve noticed in the States -now that I no longer teach stateside- is that the freedom to teach has been diminishing year after year. We no longer have the freedom to teach students what they need; it is all about what the state you reside in wants. I commend his courage.

[@alejohernandez75]

What makes you think you know what children "need"?

[@BornotB-ij9xk]

@@alejohernandez75 I'll do you one better,what makes you believe the government knows better what to teach children than the people?

[@DRY-C0WB0Y]

@@alejohernandez75~ Being a teacher is a mighty good qualifier, but I suppose you think that partisan legislators know better. GTFO

[@dede4004]

@Alejo Hernandez WHAT? for real? Explain what they need then, if this is your intent. Teachers go through RIGOROUS lessons and study, on child psychology, learning, and basic knowledge of what they need. PLUS many teachers already HAVE children and are raising some. Explain what you would do.......PLEASE. My husband and daughter are both teachers. My husband has his PhD in education, I read much of the materials he has, I don't agree with what the Teachers Union believes in at ALL, because they are pretty nefarious, but good teachers are seriously NEEDED today. The biggest obstacle is the administration and all the LAWS that keep teachers FROM teaching what they should and COULD be teaching. The CC method, and the NCLB method have been failures, now its the CRT which is absolute filth (I've read the book) and THOSE were installed by the government, Bill Gates and the Marxists that want to destroy America. Help get RID of the bad curriculum, and get BASIC Common sense education BACK into the classroom. Also, with proper classroom control, and not allowing students to violently attack teachers (Which IS happening and why good teachers have QUIT) but, really, explain what you mean, and what you believe students should learn to be functioning, capable and knowledgeable adults. And, with classrooms that have students from ALL walks of life, beliefs, cultures, and ideologies. And, you have to have something to be able to reach them all. And, then, if you say or do ONE small thing that any student "feels bad" about, you could lose your job. Is it fair for ANY job to have their employees "walking on eggshells every minute"? And, where a student who gets a failing grade starts a campaign against the teacher, also getting them fired, blaming the teacher instead of themselves.....because they just didn't STUDY or learn the material? Tell us how you would walk that very NARROW line.

[@christaylor9095]

@@alejohernandez75 let's be clear here: are you of the opinion that, generally speaking, the teacher in the classroom has less of a grip on what any individual student or classroom of their students need, than a group of beaurcrats hundreds of miles away?

[@yesitislikethat]

This is the kind of teacher kids need. He obviously cares, and clearly wants to educate.

[@jackmedcalf6254]

Teachers need to be supported. This is a good lesson . He's teaching them the reality they face every single day. Good man.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Yes, but exemplary work and instruction is NOT permitted. If even one toxic Tony or krazy Karen complains, YER DONE. Critical thinking is disallowed. Ignorance, apathy, and keeping people quiet and passive are the flavors of "schools" in 202x.

[@jasonhammond4301]

We need more teachers like him.

[@Dee-bl7qv]

Way back in grade 6/7 , my class had a homework assignment to write our own obituary. No one freaked out. No one was fired. Mind blowing that it is accepted that it is ok to have to teach “active shooter” drills to kindergarteners, thru high school, but writing their obituary is “inappropriate and upsetting”.

[@rychei5393]

Bet all your local schools were and active War Zone like Viet f-ing Nam too, huh?

[@saltymonkey8874]

Same Dee, my classmates and I had to do the same assignment in grade 10. It wasn't traumatizing, a bit boring and a little eye-opening at the same time.

[@RobRock-qr3hp]

We’re there frequent school shootings then? That is in the back of every kid’s mind these days, and you refer to an anecdotal example way back in 6/7 grade. 🤪

[@duragonsithlord8569]

@@RobRock-qr3hp School shootings have always been a thing honestly, the only reason why you hear more and more about it these days is because there are more and more news outlets and places to get information than there ever was. Thats why we call this era the golden age of information. Besides he was talking about in his experiences and you just decided to be a bit smug about it.

[@Sylar-upd4t3]

For speech class we had to give a final speech in any form we wanted. We did eulogies for each other.

[@saralovely]

This is ridiculous. They care more about feelings than safety in schools now.

[@Nar419]

Well I mean they Ban books now a days so what do you expect lol

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

​@Adrian Soto Aye, they ban books and change the writings of Roald Dahl but they allow homosexual pornography 😂

[@Nar419]

@@donttouchyerbumnsniffit well if they banned gay porn all the straight men would flip out because they wouldn’t have anything to watch and be jealous of

[@victorfranko8317]

How is making students write their own obituary make them safe?

[@errorsheep]

I tried to explain doing first. How not having curtains behind the glass is going to contribute to more deaths (since we just got done with a hard lockdown drill) But my teacher thought it was a good idea interrupting me and shutting me down, I went to my administrator with this, and he said "The tinted glass won't let anyone see through" really?... 💀

[@therese1156]

And people wonder why noone wants to teach. Kids can literally destroy your career over sensitivities that no teacher can predict. I know those types of kids, complete trouble makers, rolling around crying, kicking and screaming over nothing. The perpetual cry bully, unfortunately society is pandering to the cry bullies more and more.

[@garrygraves3848]

And it's passed down from generation to generation. "Woke " culture strikes again!

[@priscillacrutcher370]

SOMEBODY BETTER GIVE THEIR KID MORE ATTENTION! 😑

[@tabbyreed8925]

@@garrygraves3848 Since you are using the term "woke" I am going to assume you are a right wing extremist, pro-DeSantis type. Are you not the same people who are telling students to melt down when there are lessons on things like black history or gender?

[@sandrohernandez4401]

​@Tabby Reed I'm more of a joe Byron type of guy. I like ice cream chocolate chocolate chip.

[@someperson8151]

​@@tabbyreed8925 even liberals call it "woke".

[@Czipporah]

He did nothing wrong, im a Floridian and i went to school here and we had similar prompts... they made us think before we acted... made us think about what we needed to change... he's a good teacher and they are hard to come by... go ahead and sue.

[@amylee8969]

It’s Florida, this behavior isn’t surprising. Look at the clown jr they have as governor.

[@minorperez5998]

I did this in school too. It's actually a powerful lesson. Not a reason for termination.

[@AnnSmajstrla]

This is important to speak to kids about. When I was a sophomore in high school, one of my classmates in my pre-cal class died. A crisis counselor came in to talk to us. I actually think kids should be given talks like this in preparation for WHEN someone in their life dies; not just after the fact.

[@jenniferferguson4373]

My first deployment overseas, to Iraq 2004, I got promoted to Sergeant. To impress on me how important my duties were to my Soldiers my First Sergeant had me pick one of them out and write to his family back home as if he passed during our operations. It was hard for me. I’m not ashamed to say I cried as I wrote it. I learned a great lesson though and took my responsibilities as a NCO very seriously.

[@nicj5354]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service ❤

[@IvySnowFillyVideos]

That hit hard...right in my heart. I'm tearing up now thinking about your struggle.

[@houseofpain3580]

Shyting on the 99% to appease the😅1%

[@mobiusraptor7]

Thanks for your service. Army or Marines?

[@610LaurelStreet]

@@mobiusraptor7 she said “soldiers.”

[@ErikratKhandnalie]

This man seriously did nothing wrong. Wow. I wish all teachers were like this man.

[@amylee8969]

The school board is still wondering why kids are performing 2-3 years below grade level. Where is all this energy when admin is informed that the kids are being disrespectful and disruptive.

[@bebeautiful6613]

Oh for goodness sakes I’m 60 years old and I did this assignment in high school 🤦‍♀️ it’s a great lesson to learn to be aware of ourselves, and what we’re doing with her lives!

[@TriRacialAmericana]

It’s definitely good to be aware of our selves but what if that kid had cancer and this is why something like an obituary assignment is bothering him?

[@GawgaCracka]

I'm 50, and we did the assignment also, this isn't a new concept. Ofcourse, know what we didn't have, tender wittle feewins, a victim mentality, and a safe space to run to everytime the world was mean to us...😂

[@concretewhisperer9877]

@@TriRacialAmericana everybody dies

[@marannahutton458]

This lesson encourages self awareness and just opens up your mind making you think. I got it in a social studies class in 1974

[@solowingkiba7800]

That's the problem here, no one wants to be self aware or be responsible for their actions. Apparently he made that kid look in the mirror and they didn't like what they saw.

[@maetay1256]

This is sad. He's giving these students a dose of reality. Nothing inappropriate about stuff that's actually going on. We need more teachers like him and I hope he finds another job soon

[@tommurphy4094]

That's the problem with progressives and leftists, they don't deal in reality, just fantasies like a socialist utopia and saying a man can become a woman.

[@rafabonacci4268]

Thinking critically as part of the woke mind virus. We can’t have that in our schools anymore.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

This teacher is an idiot, he doesn't seem bright enough to be teaching anyone, it's an extremely tenuous link between psychology and "what would you do if you'd die tomorrow", the fact it provokes an emotional reaction is irrelevant to the subject He included such a pointless and unusual exercise into his lesson because he found it interesting but it wasn't an appropriate thing to include Just consider what people might be going through in their lives that might make them not want to think of a thing like that and would just want to learn psychology instead; there could be people there who have family members dying of cancer, renal failure, Alzheimer's etc, they themselves might have a condition which could kill them one day, they might've lost a family member recently, especially since the pandemic started

[@andrewellington9503]

There should be more assignments like this. It forces students to reflect on who they are and what they have done. It forces kids to think critically about themselves and what they would like to improve on instead of teaching them to regurgitate information that typically has no use in life like 90% - 95% of school assignments do.

[@specialaccount7631]

​@3rksum Ironically your issue with the *psychology* lesson is entirely emotion driven.

[@duragonsithlord8569]

@@specialaccount7631 hahahaha thank god someone called it.

[@duragonsithlord8569]

@3rksum Well it was two different things, its also... a psychology class. Ever taken one of those? His own personal feelings? what that the world ISNT a disney movie filled with unicorns pixies and rainbow farts?

[@j.baxter4265]

@3rksum delete your comment, bro. You’re clowning

[@BillDraheim]

@@duragonsithlord8569 moving the Overton window to fit your simpleton narrative.

[@ericpettersen5042]

Our society needs good teachers and we seem to be driving them away at every turn. Our society is in need of serious self reflection.

[@Shiniandkutie]

This teacher taught his students a great lesson. The lesson is profound and relevant. It was a great eye-opening assignment to get the students to think in a new way.

[@HK00088]

I feel bad for the teacher

[@greatestshopper1077]

You said a mouthful! Getting children to think a different way. Now it makes since why parents want to control teachers and schools. And why white supremest and deSantis do not want their children to receive a real education. The education that teaches THEIR children to think differently. I guess being educated and awake is just too much for their parents. Imagine one day you wake up and things turn out to NOT be the way you thought but you don’t want things to change then you have to do anything you can to keep status quo that you limit your child’s education and advocate for the demise of anyone who thinks differently than you. What a psychotic mess.

[@jennifermarie3158]

@@greatestshopper1077 Exactly

[@judyoliveira3232]

He opened a door for that one child who needed help in dealing with what they were feeling. The stress some children are dealing with is real. In my eyes, I think he saved that child. The other part about what to do if something was to happened and they didn't know....shocked me. This should've been an eye opener to the school...that they need to be getting this out there for these children. God Bless this Teacher for his love of children.

[@wnedyro]

Exactly 💯

[@davinahernandez4027]

Wow I didn’t even look at that perspective initially. Such good insight and you are so right. I actually feel bad for him. I think back to some of the lessons we did in middle school and high school and they would be deemed inappropriate today. What’s wrong with people? Why don’t people want their kids to know what’s really going on in this world? They don’t even teach sex education and anatomy anymore in most places. It’s ridiculous.

[@rickihosein]

They rather focus on teaching about sexuality!...smh

[@rashodhustle9718]

They're worried about hiring some two spirited guy with an wig and heels on times sure are moving sideways because damn sure not moving straight it seems

[@CowboyConan]

He made the assignment political instead of self reflective.

[@Batya-Grace]

I hope another school hires him soon! He is very valuable. It’s not like he’s trying to scare children. He is just trying to teach them to think and reflect.

[@Keyboardje]

Too bad that's seen as something WRONG thesedays. Kids need to be groomed by the WOKE and turn out too stupid for words after years of school. That's how it is now. So a really GOOD teacher like this is to be gotten rid of as soon as possible.

[@TriRacialAmericana]

Yeah, I don’t think he’s trying to scare them and I think it’s good to reflect but at the same time what if a child had someone close to him die recently? Or what if that child himself had a bout with cancer? I can see how that would upset someone.

[@IFAMILYIH]

YOU ARE WROMG HE WAS NOT TRYING TO HELP THEM HE WAS SAYING OH CONSIDER YOU DIED LOL HE IS AN IDIOT. IF YOU ARE DOING ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING YOU TALK ABOUT THE EXIT ROUTES

[@alalalala57]

​@@Keyboardje You do realize this is Florida, the same state that is banning books that discuss these kinds of topics?

[@MrRobertpalen]

The world needs more people who don't apologize when they've done nothing wrong.

[@amylee8969]

@MrRobertpalen The world needs parents and admin who don’t complain when kids are being taught meaningful life lessons to prepare them for life.

[@MrHocotateFreight]

If he's a great teacher, and you think so, recommend him at your school as a teacher. He needs a new job, we need teachers like this to save the kids, this is a match made in heaven

[@imac-hunt]

No No He dose not need a new job, somebody else dose Thats the fact some feelings first woke idiot needs sacking from the planet not their job. This is getting very silly now.

[@sl4tetide]

He's one of the good teachers, kids, parents and School staff all need to learn this lesson! Give that teacher a medal.

[@HeatherB..]

As a teen in Texas, we took part in "Every Fifteen Minutes" where a select group of students were selected to take part. We all had impactful experiences through that program. Our parents had to write our obits, etc. If you've never heard of the program, it may seem weird.. but it definitely made us think about our actions and choices. I think it's important for children to understand the importance of their life, and others around them... to understand mortality.. maybe there would be less s*ootings if more lessons were taught like that in school now a days. The student that was bothered by it probably has some issues they need to deal with- firing the teacher isn't going to help that one kid. It's disgusting to take out educators who are out there teaching REAL life lessons.

[@CowboyConan]

He wasn’t fired over the assignment. He was fired for making it political.

[@maargenbx1454]

@@CowboyConan How did he make it political?

[@CowboyConan]

@@maargenbx1454 No school district would fire a teacher over that assignment. He’s lying. He turned it into a rant about guns, I guarantee you.

[@youngstacker0493]

@@CowboyConanit’s Florida, has some of the most backwards laws regarding education. Wouldn’t surprise me if they did just fire him over the assignment, but i guess in Florida talking about school shootings is “a rant about guns”

[@CowboyConan]

@@youngstacker0493 Teacher’s have unions. And a district has protocols for dismissing someone, they can’t fire without warning or cause. So he’s lying.

[@DTM.]

I’m a therapist, and I’ve been a part of all sorts of groups with a variety of different populations. I have given clients this same assignment. It’s not meant to be a comfortable assignment, especially since so many people have death anxiety, but at the same time I’ve seen many clients look at life a lot differently after completing it. It’s effective because it has the potential of helping people take a close look at how they’re looking at their life currently. Am I living up to my values? What are my values? How would I spend my time if I were going to die within the next 6 months? Who would I spend my time with? What would I do with my life if I had more time? What goals have I not achieved yet? Death is one of the “Givens of Existence” According to Irvine Yalom. We all die, and we’re not getting it out of it. It could happen in 50 years from now, it could be today. When we face this, and own the fact that we will die, it provides us with more of an urgency to live authentically. Irvine Yalom quotes many philosophers on this topic: "Learning to live well is to learn to die well; and conversely, learning to die well is to learn to live well." "It is only in the face of death that man's self is born." Saint Augustine Yalom also talks about how facing our own death tends to "Trivialize the Trivial." In other words it helps us take a look at the non-essential parts of our lives and to not worry about them so much. It helps us cut out the stuff that doesn't fit in with our priorities. Overall, it helps us to take a look at our lives and helps us to find a sense of meaning and purpose. Yalom states that, "Although the physicality of death destroys man, the idea of death saves him." Far to many of us live our lives as if we had an endless amount of time, as if we're going to live forever. We put things off, procrastinate, don't take risks, we don't apologize for screwing up or hurting someone, we don't ask someone out on a date, we put off school, we don't apply for jobs, we don't try new things etc. All because we think that we have more time. Overall, I don't think this man should have been fired for teaching this lesson. Although, I do believe it is important to be kind and respectful to others, teachers do students no good by avoiding tough issues like this. By avoiding tough issues and coddling people, it makes them more weak. Part of being a therapist involves exactly this: helping people face things that really suck, not run away from them, and how to find meaning, even in their own suffering. Teachers have hard jobs and deserve more respect than this. Each us needs to take accountability for our own lives. Each of us is responsible for the choices that we make. We are in charge of our thoughts, choices, feelings, and our reactions (to people, places, things, and situations). No one can make us feel a certain way. We are in charge of that. We do not have control over other people's thoughts, feelings, choices, and reactions, yet many of us spend so much time on trying to change what we don't have control over. "If only she did this....", "He shouldn't have done that...." We don't have control over other people. We only have control over us, period. "Life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it." Charles R. Swindoll. I'm now going to step off my soap box. Everybody have a good day, because it's up to you anyway.

[@herlandercarvalho]

That's all peachy but... let's just say for the sake of argument you have a suicidal kid... Would you ask him to write his own obituary? Maybe it is just me, but that would probably aggravate the situation further... the last thing you want a kid in this scenario do, is to further think about dying or his obituary... Specially giving it blindly to an entire classroom, and probably not be doing it on a case by case situation. But what do I know... I'm not a therapist, but I would assume that if you are one, you deal with your patients individually, not collectively. ANd in case you are doing some sort of a group therapy, your approach should be different. But... I'm not a therapist!

[@user-bv7mk8id5t]

@@herlandercarvalho I sort of agree. The classroom scenario with a bunch of young kids who parents most likely don’t teach their kids about mortality, is a bit harsh. Plus these kids are faced with school shootings to begin with and I’m sure to hear about dying tomorrow doesn’t help. American kids don’t know jack about anything until they are face with it involuntarily. But that being said I wouldn’t want this teacher to go around teaching the kid about shootings and sht and acting like a therapist, when that is not his job. But I don’t think the obituary was the issue for me. Although I know a professor who teaches college students and he does this but differently and even though some complain it’s a dark assignment, I would say he does it in a more positive way. But these are college students, not high school students. I am mixed about this. But I don’t know what the culture is in schools now with the gn violence, so maybe it was appropriate? I do think the teacher should have gotten a warning and not get fired. Best

[@AlterEgo373]

"Noone can make us feel a certain way" What??? That just goes against everything we know about grooming/brainwashing/conditioning and psychological conditions and chemical imbalances. We can make people feel a certain way very easily actually and chemical imbalances can make you feel a certain way that is outside of our control. This is essentially "you can choose to be happy. If your depressed, its just all in your head". That's just a cop out for parents, friends, therapists, docs and others who don't want to do their jobs or help. That statement doesn't ever fix the issues that caused issue in the first place and actually makes it worse. It's not helpful advice and it's not necessarily something people have full control over. It's your job as a therapist to help them figure out where it's all coming from and how to cope properly. You're right you can't control what other people do to you but this whole "you just need to be stronger, stop letting it get to you" doesn't actually help anyone at all. It just make people feel smaller again and isn't constructive coping advice. It's just invalidating.

[@veledwin1]

​​@@herlandercarvalho Yes, absolutely. Having been a suicidal kid before, I didn't need an assignment to start imagining what my obituary would be like. I did that all on my own. And having someone to guide me through that in any sort of way and have me think about these things in a healthier way, would have been greatly appreciated and beneficial to my mental health.

[@SarahZenBrady]

This reminds me of that time. When I was just 10 in 5th grade in 1994. My teacher gave us an amazing assignment. She had us write down "99 things to do before I die" I absolutely loved it! I still have that assignment to this day, checking off the list number by number!!

[@TheHolyGhost777]

When I hit 30, I found a new list.... One with true meaning.

[@luvlee1293]

This is a good idea, never had this assignment in school, think imma do it now. Thanks

[@juliawillard8385]

That's totally awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍

[@Crowski]

I’ve found that you have a good life when you have a roof over your head, food in your stomach, a job, and not in the hospital dying. Stay humble.

[@sandhanitizer15]

What's your favorite thing that you've done so far?!

[@askingoldman403]

These are high school students. We need to learn how to teach our children to cope with real life things. Great teacher. Good luck in your appeal.

[@tonih.justice5013]

The school board, principals, teachers, coaches and administrative staff all the way down to the janitors are overlooked for bad policies and behavior. The children aren't learning and almost half won't graduate or make it to see the age of 55. But somehow when finally a good man steps in and teaches how to consider the value of their lives and the importance of safety, they fire him almost immediately. That's that bull!!!

[@secretagent4610]

They wanted that white straight male outta there. I bet he was conservative to or at least libertarian. If he was the kinda teacher to teach this stuff, he was also probably the kinda guy to rebel against bad school policies and teach his students to do the same, so this was their convenient little excuse to can him. The school system doesn't want a teacher that actually teaches kids philosophy of critical thinking, they just want woke, unthinking sheeple drones to learn how they're perpetual victims, transgenderism and CRT.

[@Black_Sail_Demon]

Where's the study you pulled that statistic from? Half won't graduate and half won't make it to 55? So they have gone over that school district, or school districts very similar to their pedagogy? That is very interesting.

[@maxdaly8185]

Well said 🙌

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

Incompetency is the far lefts objective and they do not know it. Its like giving people smaller spoons when they choke on soup. Nothing about technical aspects of a problem aside from the one that confuses the root of it.

[@ritahallett4018]

bunch of snowflakes cant handle the truth, he should be promoted

[@alianaguzman989]

He’s now my friends English teacher and he seems great. He teaches them about the truth and nothing inappropriate. They didn’t need to go to such length to fire him.

[@PollyAlice2000]

I’m shocked that school students have no idea what to do in a bad situation like that! That’s what really shocks me!

[@SKS_The_Pomu]

Give this man a medal. Gold star teacher right here. Actually teaching the kids useful information. ❤

[@Bigdogspyke]

The GOP has made it incredibly easy for teachers to be fired anytime a parent disagrees with a lesson

[@nunyabusiness3920]

​@@Bigdogspyke just pedophile groomers

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

@@BigdogspykeBut muh trump

[@Cassandra321]

Bless this man. That was my high school and they’re WILD. He’s doing the real work. This is why we are loosing good teachers.

[@elmer8107]

That’s why we are loosing good anything.

[@secretagent4610]

Democrats did this.

[@acastro936]

There is nothing wrong with this teacher planting real questions and situations we are currently facing. This educator should be hired by a school that values great teachers.

[@solesoulsorrow]

With such a shortage of teachers and talk of lowering the bar to get more, here we have an accommodating, thoughtful individual striving to instill awareness in our adolescents. And being punished for it.

[@Bigdogspyke]

GOP’s laws make it super easy for parents to get teachers fired anytime they disagree with a lesson

[@havenbastion]

Don't get cause and effect mixed up The reason there's a teacher shortage is that teachers are treated this way.

[@sweetiemageetie7805]

They're hiring worse and worse teachers because there's an agenda that decent people would never take part in.

[@LifewithDaveandTrish]

This is truly absurd. He shouldn’t be terminated.. First of all he’s teaching teenagers who already know about sex, drugs, alcohol etc… Secondly he’s helping the teens prepare for an active shooter. And he is a psychology teacher! It’s not like he’s a math teacher. Come on parents wake up and smell the coffee we are not living in the times where it was ok to hang out on the streets. We are living in days where the devourer is lurking to attack the next person and destroy them. I bet if he asked the students to write about their gender they might be applauding him. Our school system needs to realize what is actually problematic.

[@jayelliott564]

Totally agree!

[@undeniablyrio]

americans

[@v_spw4355]

@@undeniablyrio You definitely never been to a psychology class

[@cardinmalone4974]

If he's a psychology teacher, he was actually doing his job right!

[@samuelwilliamsii828]

The schools are the problem.

[@cornyconnie.]

In a psychology class I took in 11th grade, we had an assignment to write our own death, our own obituary, and a description of our own funeral as if we were there in spirit. I don't think there's anything wrong with having young adults think about these things as they are part of our lives. And more frequently now a days, unfortunately!

[@bartjones9572]

It you teach students life events you get fired, but teach students life fantasy and you get a raise and you are a hero

[@glubasuar7554]

When i was in middle school, my english teacher had us write an obituary and it was actually very interesting and insightful. My teacher never got fired or shunned for doing that, its just crazy to see it happening to this teacher who was just trying to teach his students.

[@rafabonacci4268]

Thinking critically as part of the woke mind virus. We can’t have that in our schools anymore.

[@rickredmond9847]

I'm a former public school teacher here in Chicago. The decision to terminate a faculty member should NEVER be based upon the simple fact that one unusually sensitive student was triggered by what was obviously a reasonably thought-provoking and challenging assignment in, of things, a psychology class! We are making our kids these days into soft, wimpy, emotionally delicate little cup cakes............that angers me! This whole situation angers me. I hope this fantastic fellow teacher is quickly hired by another school.

[@bruisersbeach4905]

Very well said!!!

[@750count]

I hope that school shootings in this country having become an almost daily occurrence also angers you

[@DamiesEvilTwin]

I mean, I wouldn't call it unusually sensitive. Thinking about your death can be very upsetting, and unfortunately we have made society very, very afraid of the concept of death to where people often won't discuss "what if" situations. I think the kid is either naturally scared of something scary, or has been influenced by society to be scared away from considering it. Something can be thought-provoking and challenging while also being upsetting. Saying "this isn't meant to upset you" doesn't stop it from being upsetting. The kid wanted to see a counselor afterward, and should have a right to it. You never know what someone's even been through so the option should always be available. I had a psychology teacher ask for an assignment to right a short essay about... I don't quite remember, something like "what's your experience with something bad", and I simply wrote I didn't feel comfortable answering the question and didn't want the possible bother and trouble that would come with answering. And my teacher accepted it - he never called me out, didn't mark it as incomplete, and never really mentioned it at all. The fact I had the option to just say "no thank you" on an assignment like that is something I think about a lot, even if I'm not entirely sure what the question had been now. It was just really nice and cool of him to just let it go like that.

[@destinpatterson1644]

​@@750count Why are you acting like you're trying to trap him by saying that? And also it's not almost daily at all? It's happening far more than it ever should even be close to be, and it's becoming a very serious societal problem, but it's luckily no where close to almost daily by any means

[@750count]

@@destinpatterson1644 Trap him?

[@stivjoz476]

Fear is what is taught now in school... Without honestly discussing current issues in schools & and society, there's no way for young people to be able deal or cope.

[@xxflameaminoxx]

its not fear, its a reality we now face

[@nineteen96]

Unfortunately, people are raising fragile mini-me's. People aren't as receptive or emotionally ready for the reality of some things and that kind of assignment could fuck a kid up nowadays.

[@jeanneglisson4995]

@@nineteen96 That assignment would only affect a student that currently has problems. So that student should be known to the teacher and school. And would be exempt from the assignment.

[@CowboyConan]

He wasn’t fired because of one assignment. He had a political bone to pick from the get go.

[@rockon8174]

Fear is what the media/news drills into EVERYONE who watches it!!!

[@Delightfullydee7]

I think that’s such a good lesson. It made the student think about what’s important in life. Life can be hard and death is inevitable. It’s disappointing he was fired 😢

[@penguinvic9892]

Actually the students did learn a good lesson … never become a teacher. I’m not attempting humour here .. but being deadly serious, so to speak. Teaching would have to be one of the most insecure jobs on the planet. Apart from false allegations, saying the “wrong” thing will get a teacher terminated, so will a lack of popularity. In my state teachers are not allowed to date ex-students (until these ex-students are in their 20s, and even this can get teachers charged with grooming. But dr*g dealers, tobacconists, tattooists, p*rnographer, and a bunch of professions you may disapprove of, have no such limitations. These professions actually have a much higher status. I have told my children it is better to be unemployed than a teacher. And you guessed it … I’m an ex-teacher (with a clean record, believe it or not). I

[@lupef.7970]

Sounds like he was an amazing teacher that truly tried to teach

[@AustinThinker79]

I wrote my obituary as an assignment in high school. It was meant to make students think about what kind of person they'd want to be remembered as and to identify the accomplishments you'd want to reach in your life.

[@Riva2025]

Exactly! Nowadays, after this assignment, school shooters would have to consider how “remembered” they would really be. They would be left with no alternative except to succeed in school, make friends, and be a hero to underclassmen in order to really be remembered!!! 🎓👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓👨‍🎓

[@destinpatterson1644]

​@@Riva2025 I agree, he's trying to help fix the root, societal issue of school shootings, rather than just trying to stick a bandaid on it so you don't have to bother trying to fix the actual difficult problem

[@glee_again2594]

This

[@AustinThinker79]

@@Riva2025 I will admit that when I did this assignment, mass shootings were not a thing. We never had active shooter drills and the thought of school as a dangerous place would have been laughable. Thus, I understand that it's a different climate for these kids, but the sentiment and purpose of the assignment is still valid and in some ways even more prescient.

[@DrasticFox2004]

This guy is just as kind and respectful as my real English teacher I had recently before graduating. 😢

[@feralkitty9629]

As a fellow teacher, I think that was a very relevant and appropriate lesson. The school administration made themselves look bad for stopping his lesson when students expressed that they wouldn't know what to do during a lock down if they were in the bathroom. Sure, school shootings are terrifying, but they are a reality in today's world and not talking about it cuz it's "scary" is the truly inappropriate response. Also, writing your own obituary is a popular lesson for teaching critical thinking and helping students to evaluate what they're doing with their lives and to become more self reflective.

[@victorfranko8317]

You and him are perfect examples of what is wrong with our educational system. Some emotionally disturbed child might kill themself or others because of this. Children are not little adults

[@Todayisanewday.]

I had a similar activity when I was in high school as well and while writing it made me realize what I needed to change in my life to become a better person. From then on all I was allowing was positivity in my life thanks to a great teacher. And instead of discussing what unfortunately is going on more frequently in our schools with gun violence we discussed what then was considered terrible which was gang violence and honestly it taught us how to keep safe and away from it. Unfortunately it only takes close minded people who don’t see what’s going on around them and shatter at any mention of what they think goes against their ideals instead of getting into action like this teacher did. Thank you for being a teacher who cares not only to teach what we consider education but as well life lessons that will stay with the students.

[@victorfranko8317]

@@Todayisanewday. that was your reaction. Some other child might have suicidal thoughts. As an adult we have to factor in these possibilities before we give children ideas. Children are not little adults. You should not be a teacher if you can’t see past your own experiences and the larger picture.

[@Todayisanewday.]

@@victorfranko8317 unfortunately we can’t stop the world of preparedness of the unfortunate situations going on in our schools and society. As an adult you have to prepare children and in this case young adults for any situation, you can not stop the rest of the world for one person but in this case what I would have done differently would be to talk to the parents before the lesson to see if your young adult (or other cases child) is capable of handling psych class due to any mental issues they may be having and if that’s the case they shouldn’t even be in that class at all; then and only then that young adult should be removed from that class that way the others can continue with vital lessons that can one day save many many lives.

[@SavageHunter1112]

@@victorfranko8317 if a person cannot accept reality at it's full face value without ceasing to exist, that means that the person cannot be taught. A person like this should not be in a school, but a psychiatrist, therapist, or an asylum. Just because some people are mentally ill and cannot accept reality, does not mean that we should lie to the rest of everyone else and conform to the teaching standards of people who are mentally damaged. Doing so allows for cognitive dissonance on a mass scale, and wide acceptance of false realities.

[@vickie814]

🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this teacher who is helping kids to know what could come their way and what to do. Always being great full for life. One student with hurt feelings can change someone’s life forever. So wrong!! Hope he gets his job back🙏🏻♥️

[@BobbiGail]

Right! And then another student can be in class throwing chairs and cussing out everyone, but THAT kid (actual violent behavior) has a "right " to be there. Our policies are upside down.

[@richardalex4516]

This is a very valid lesson to teach. The world isn't nice or fair, it is cruel and unjust. Best the kids learn that now

[@EarlHayward]

@Bigheartoneggshells Most of your comment makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! Did you not finish school because of too many white teachers?

[@rychei5393]

Go teach it in a church pew, not kids that face the VERY REAL risk of being shot up.

[@LiveTUNA]

@@rychei5393 no, teach it to kids who ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO NEED TO USE THE LESSON. Are you kidding me? Wow, that makes literally no sense at all. After buying you a car, I'm going to teach you how to fly an airplane for a year then, when you are in a life or death situation throw you the keys to your car and tell you drive yourself to the hospital to save your life. No, I'm going to teach you how to drive your car in ever way possible and I'm going to teach you the really tough stuff too just in case you are ever in a shitty situation because real life happens every single day to real life people all over the world. You can't escape that shit just because you have to walk through the same halls everyone else walked through before you. Dude, we all walked through the same God damn halls with the same fears but we weren't chicken shit and we damn well weren't going to let a good life lesson take us out of the fight. That shit is fucking bullshit! Pull up your pants don't let these evil fuckers win. That's what evil wants, to scare you, to own you, to make you choose to be coward instead of being brave and walking through the fire and coming out the other side knowing you did it without them making you walk through life with your tail tucked between your legs. The are a lot of big scary things in this world outside of school, behind every corner, in every street and down every path but don't let that shit define you. You are better than that and you were created brave and to overcome that fear. DO NOT LET EVIL WIN!! I say all of this with love!😘

[@nyancat8655]

@Bigheartoneggshells I’m a brown person and you sound like you can only project every issue to white people. Please shut up. Life isn’t rainbows and sunshine. It’s hardship and sweat. Unless you’re a girl man the hell up

[@sakuraio5514]

@@Givebackthescarf Found the Racist!

[@EverettBurger]

I had the same assignment 30 years ago. We all wrote our obituaries. Then, we talked about the life we hope to live.

[@sea302]

Great assignment. As a long time caretaker I can say the saddest part for me is how little individuals think about their death. Everything but death. 😢 This teacher should be completely compensated if that's truly the reason of termination.

[@SimplySellers202]

And if you have come to terms with your own death, it's easier to deal with the death of others to get through the grieving process. But people will think you're crazy for saying that.

[@aliciamoon9816]

You may have just helped out an internet stranger today with what you typed. I think about death every day, to the point where it's becoming a big problem. I haven't done anything about it because I just assumed that everyone thinks the same way I do, however, the fact that over 50 people liked your comment is telling me that plenty of people don't think the way I do, and that it's time for me to do something about it.

[@sea302]

@@aliciamoon9816 Facing mortality is the most important thing for human developmentbecausewe are goingto die. Its the least discussedtopic. Mortality has a way of changing things too. Often times it makes us better people when we considering our death and what kind of person we want to be when we die. So many have lived out their entire life being so distracted by bread and circuses they never faced it. When you experience enough death you see things that others do not. Some see the flesh, others see the spirit. When the mind goes and a persons spirit begins to manifest on auto pilot it can be dirty. It can be hearing someone speak to loved ones who have already passed. A common one is "Jesus". Some are at peace. Then their are others that hospice calls terminal unrest. Which I've seen a man try to claw his way from hell. Screaming in terror. The young who die from making decisions without considering what's so important. Which is life itself. Considering death creates discipline. The most important and pressing thing is your spirit and soul who follow the mind. I think about death everyday. It's taken me on a ride too. But I can carry my burden because I just try to love my neighbors as myself and hold onto whatever dignity I can hold onto.

[@aliciamoon9816]

@@sea302 And then, there's the other side of the coin, when someone is consumed by thinking about it, that they don't really do much of anything, because it doesn't feel like any of it matters. I envy (but care alot for) my friends, who call me and talk about things that feel so trivial to me, like what outfit they're going to wear for an event, or what movies they're excited to see. I actively listen because I don't want to spoil their fun, but I feel a disconnect from them, because it feels like they're living with rainbow tinted glasses while my glasses broke and I see things for how they really are. It feels like others are living in an imaginary world and I'm not. My health isn't great so maybe that's part of it, I try not to talk to them about it because again, I don't want to ruin their good time. I think people who get to live in the illusion of permanence are the lucky ones. They're the ones that get to live in the moment and enjoy themselves. Hospice sounds so sad, I hope I'm long gone before I'm anywhere close to that point.

[@JaymiLei]

This is ridiculous.. he did nothing wrong. If a high school student in a psych class can't handle being asked to express their feelings and do critical thinking about their own mortality, than they're not mature enough to be in that type of class.

[@DarkFlameVee]

Their high school students, they aren’t mature enough for anything. Also, I’m pretty sure they fire him for something else and he just using this as excuse to complain about being fried

[@brianpark8758]

Ridiculous!! That lesson & social experiment sounds really valuable. Some student has a bad dream & gets upset at that, so the lecturer gets fired?! How the hell are they going to deal with the big bad world, if they can't deal with a great lesson in a classroom? Unbelievable!

[@bobtyler8147]

That kid shouldn’t be in philosophy if he can’t comprehend different subjects

[@MrsT2018]

His lesson went just beyond his classroom. The world now hears it! 🎉 Everyone should write their obituaries and ponder

[@robinhecita3006]

What an incredible teacher! We need more like him. Our children needs to live in reality. This was a great lesson. I hope he prevails.❤

[@HorribleManners]

God bless this man. Those kids won’t forget him 😢

[@thisissostupidqsdfva]

Hire a teacher to teach and then terminate him when he actually gives a good lesson. Good job education system

[@sarahprice659]

Wow. A thoughtful, meaningful lessons giving students a broader perspective of the horrors they are involuntarily subjected to… Yeah. That’s just unconscionable. Can’t have kids with their own opinions about serious issues that affect them directly! That’s madness! Thank you for trying to help your students, sir.

[@Bigdogspyke]

This is what the GOP wants. They don’t want your teachers to have children think

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

It's hilariously ironic that you say that while republicans silence kids speaking out against the lack of gun laws and they let them die in school shootings instead

[@ziggy4522]

This teacher seems legit and we need more like him. Based teachers who teach real world issues and prepare our youth for the ugly reality that is the modern world.

[@alexandrapadilla6277]

That’s ridiculous he got terminated. I had the same assignment in high school for my senior year it was so we could describe the life we would want to have. I’ll admit it was pretty heavy mostly because we had to look up obituaries for examples, but it really made you think of what kind of life you would like to have and what kind of person you would like to be remembered as.

[@asm7069]

Apparently you didn't apply your English lessons either because this comment is written terribly. you seem very dense and thats okay

[@anderxale1]

​@3rksum It's a gun state, it's only going to get worse as people try anything to protect their kids from gun law.

[@falsevacuum4667]

​@@3rksumWhat agenda? To inform students that 2022 was a record year of school shootings? Or that the previous record was set in 2021? It's a reality for ALL American children.

[@swainer8014]

​@3rksum maybe because the school said they were going to have AN ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL !?!? JUST A GUESS! Take your agenda and shove it.

[@alexandrapadilla6277]

@3rksum Definition of critical thinking: the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. Looks like that’s exactly what I did, made an objective analysis of what I saw in the video and made my judgment. Now whether you agree or not, that’s called having a different opinion.

[@bluest1524]

Obviously a good man, and good teacher.

[@Rose120884]

As a parent I would ask my children all the time what would they do if this or that happened. Wanting them to be aware of their surroundings and how to protect themselves. I believe we're becoming to sensitive to every little thing and just firing people on the spot is ridiculous. Pretty soon there won't be any good teachers left.

[@patricia_seraphine]

Yeah, they are seeing things more from an emotional point of view than the logic behind the teacher's technique. People needs to learn that it is not too bad if you do something creative, realistic and practical outside of the curriculum. Because activities like these can prepare children for the real world, and make them toughen up. Because they need to be aware of what's happening around them, and prepare them in the event that another school shooting and other situations arise. And most of the knowledge the children learn in a book or part of the curriculum, is not going to fully be applied in real life. Part of it is going to be wasted and regurgitated unto a piece of paper and book and not going to be fully utilized in real life situations and jobs.

[@lisamoag6548]

that their p l a n

[@chucklesthered2338]

Remember back when kids were "instructed" to hide under their desks in case of a nuclear bomb going off (which was a stupid exercise. like a desk will protect you in a nuke explosion). Now you can't teach kids to actually be safe in a dangerous situation or even think about the human part of the equation.

[@Flat_Earth_Sophia]

lol

[@amichaels1871]

I think that's what they're GOING FOR! 😳😈🙈💔