Re: Caving in: "Too strict" teacher fired

[Scott Rippetoe <rippetoe@tenet.edu>]

On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Keith C. Tipton posted:
    	  				 
> 	TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A high school science teacher who  
> denied he was too strict with his students has been fired for 
> ``ineffective teaching.'' 
> 	The Toledo Board of Education voted 5-0 Tuesday night to terminate  
> the contract of Shehrever Masters. School administrators said his 
> inflexible approach to teaching caused about 80 percent of his students 
> to fail or drop the class last year. 

How can anyone justify an 80% failure/drop rate? Am I missing something? 
What if it was your child in this class? Would you think anything was 
wrong? Can you imagine teaching under any circumstances that would lead 
to this result? I have taught under some pretty adverse conditions, but 
could never justify failing/dropping 80% of my students.

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