Student Says She was Punished at School for Saying, "Bless You."

[MrAnonymous]

Student Says She was Punished at School for Saying, "Bless You."

NOTE: This is not to bash non-religious people in any way - as I am not religious particularly myself. I just felt like it needed attention.

Quote:A Tennessee high school student claims she was suspended after saying, “bless you” to another student in class.

According to Tennessee outlet WMC-TV, Dyer County high school student Kendra Turner was reprimanded after she said, “bless you” to a student who had sneezed.

"She said [the teacher] that we're not going to have godly speaking in her class and that's when I said we have a constitutional right," said Turner to the outlet.

After Turner defended her actions, she said she was sent to see an administrator and given an in-school suspension. Students in the class later sent the outlet a picture of a list of words the teacher had banned from the classroom. “Bless you” was on the list, along with “dumb” and “stupid.”

The school has not responded to The Huffington Post’s request for comment at this time.

However, the school’s vice principal told local outlet the Dyersburg State Gazette that she thought the situation had been blown out of proportion by social media, although she would not delve into the details.

"I think this has really been blown out of proportion on social media, but I will say this in regard for our teachers. There is not one here I don't trust my own kids with and my kids are here and other relatives are here or have been here. I trust the teachers and beyond a shadow of a doubt all of our teachers have the students best interest at heart," said school vice principal Lynn Garner.

She also said that Turner was being disruptive in class.

“In this case, this was not a religious issue at all, but more of an issue the teacher felt was a distraction in her class,” said Turner.

But some local community members told local outlet WREG-TV that they were on the student’s side.

“She should not have been suspended for it at all. If anything, the common courtesy back would be just like, ‘thank you.’ Not, ‘hey you’re suspended,'” said local resident David Nicholson to the outlet.

Really? It's one thing to not let teachers speak anything about religion in schools, but it's also another thing to not let the students talk about religion - assuming that there is no disruption.

[James Comey]

What... the... fuck?????????????????

This is fucking ridiculous. I know it's just one person and one specific teacher/school, but good god, how pathetic.

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(08-24-2014 10:26 AM)MrAnonymous Wrote:  Really? It's one thing to not let teachers speak anything about religion in schools, but it's also another thing to not let the students talk about religion - assuming that there is no disruption.

Students should be allowed to talk about religion, but it's not like her saying "bless you" was even something deeply religious in the first place.

[Rebag102]

Hmmm
You forgot to add on that list
Amen
Jesus Christ
This is one of the stupidest things ive heard in a long time

[Gwedin]

god damn...

[brainiac3397]

She didn't say "god bless you". For all we know, she could have been saying "Darwin Bless You"

[MrAnonymous]

I meant the teachers not being able to talk about religion is understandable. I'm saying that when a student (reasonably, not like going around and telling everybody she/he sees that they're going to hell) talks about religion, it should be okay.