February 20, 2003
Fun with Google: A Teacher with A.N.S.W.E.R.
Meet Ian Harvey, Naples, Florida teacher and International ANSWER "Coalition Co-Signer":
Former Lely High School teacher and peace activist Ian Harvey often wrote letters to the editor.Some garnered more attention than others.
One letter published in the Dec. 5, 2001, Daily News put him squarely in the media spotlight.
"At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, a protest will be held at the corner of Golden Gate Parkway and U.S. 41 by Collier County residents and anyone else interested against the war on Afghanistan, against U.S. support for the Northern Alliance or any other mujahadeen gangs like them, against the many civilian deaths caused by U.S. policy ...," Harvey wrote.
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In his seven-page report, district investigator Peter DeBaun concluded that Harvey:- Used his classroom as a forum to espouse his ideological views and thus make his students sit as a captive audience to the detriment of the learning environment.
- Provided course materials, engaged in discussion and behaved in such a way that served to inhibit the free flow of ideas and skew learning ideologically so as to taint the learning process in violation of School Board policy and The Principles of Professional Conduct of the Education Profession in Florida.
- Allowed his ideological views to affect the efficiency of school operations.
I find this interesting:
The First Amendment, DeBaun argued, "does not give an employee carte blanche to do and express whatever he wants in a public school environment."According to his report, Harvey intimidated students who disagreed with his views and once ignored a female student who asked him to tone down his antiwar talk because her boyfriend was in the military.
He noted that 67 percent of Harvey's students in the term following Sept. 11 either failed or received a D.
According to Harvey, DeBaun ignored class materials that offered both sides of issues. Harvey also denied dismissing the female student's concerns about her boyfriend. Most of his students got poor grades last semester because they didn't participate or failed to hand in the required journal, he said.
No grading curve in that class, I guess. I might like to know more about this, too:
Musicians today often attempt to address the concerns of disenfranchised youth, flawed as those attempts seem to Marxist- Leninists like ourselves. I believe, however, that the subversiveness of rock-and-roll and rap can serve sometimes as an impetus to revolutionary politics in youth - I graduated from Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" to The Communist Manifesto!Posted by oscarjr at February 20, 2003 12:34 AM | TrackBack
This comment is from one of his former students...
This student just so happens to be the student that created all this havoc for Harvey... rather Harvey created all this havoc on himself. Well all I can say is that after being in his class for a little less then 5 months, I can tell you he is right, he is not a marxist anymore, hes a communist now. He openly admitted it on his "group". But I'd like to say after Harvey was caught with a pot pipe and zanex, it was probably the funniest thing to hear... do you know why? Because he followers are so brainwashed they dont care that hes a druggy, or that hes more or less been disiplined for expressing his political views in the classroom, which inadvertantly "converted" many students, who probably were just looking for some type of leader or father figure in their lives, trust me on that one, I know who they are, Ive eaten lunch with them, had classes with them. But whats even funnier, is the its so coinsidental that more or less 3/4th of his followers are drug addicts... hmm go figure! Thats all I have to say to you all, and Harvey got what he deserved.
Posted by: Tom T at 11:34 PM
