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| Schoolgirl, 14, arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils |
| 2006-10-13 |
| The thought police strike again. Ah, the benefits of multi-cultural nazism. A teenage schoolgirl was arrested by police for racism after refusing to sit with a group of Asian students because some of them did not speak English. Codie Stott's family claim she was forced to spend three-and-a-half hours in a police cell after she was reported by her teachers. The 14-year-old - who was released without charge - said it had been a simple matter of commonsense and accused the school and police of an over-the-top reaction. The incident happened in the same local education authority where a ten-year-old boy was prosecuted earlier this year for calling a schoolfriend racist names in the playground, a move branded by a judge "political correctness gone mad." Codie was attending a GCSE science class at Harrop Fold High School in Worsley, Greater Manchester, when the incident happened. The teenager had not been in school the day before due to a hospital appointment and had missed the start of a project, so the teacher allocated her a group to sit with. "She said I had to sit there with five Asian pupils," said Codie yesterday. "Only one could speak English, so she had to tell that one what to do so she could explain in their language. Then she sat me with them and said 'Discuss'." According to Codie, the five - four boys and a girl - then began talking in a language she didn't understand, thought to be Urdu, so she went to speak to the teacher. "I said 'I'm not being funny, but can I change groups because I can't understand them?' But she started shouting and screaming, saying 'It's racist, you're going to get done by the police'." |
| Posted by:mcsegeek1 |
| #12 You know how they say things have to get worse before they get better? A dozen more incidents like this one, and I think the Labor Party will pay at the polls. Big time. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-10-13 21:23 |
| #11 Should this prove to be typical, Britain is doomed. This teacher effectively forced the student into a role as translator for the non-English speakers and thereby diminished Codie's ability to obtain maximum educational value from the class' curiculum. To jail a child for objecting to that which impedes her own education sends the very worst sort of message. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-13 20:33 |
| #10 I stopped giving money to my high school because some stupid (I mean that as a description of her intelligence, not as an insult) mechista took over as college guidance counselor and stopped inviting elite schools to recruit on campus. She wants the kids to stay in the "community." Stupid, zero-sum-thinking bimbo. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-10-13 14:01 |
| #9 Seems to me the Teacher and School Policeman could do with a visit to the same holding cell. That might balance the situation. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-13 12:59 |
| #8 brutalizing a 14 year old girls to make a point is the sort of thing that results in a backlash - that is if their is any life left in what was once known as Britain. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-13 12:41 |
| #7 Who is this damn teacher? Another Paki ? This is intolerable. It denies the right of eduaction to an "actual" British citizen. Again, this happens in US also. I heard on news yesterday about some "art" teacher who had plastered the walls of his room with pro-illegal immigrant posters. Some in Spanish. He apparently gave 10-15 minute harangues at the beginning of each "art " class, which the young students had to endure. Somewhere around San Diego. His name = Medina. Probably a Mecha advocate. Hear anything about this Frank G. ? This is bullshit for American students. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-13 12:31 |
| #6 "Asian" pupils The word again tars all Asians because mozzies are actually making all the waves. The rich English language suddenly ran out of more specific terms?! |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-10-13 11:41 |
| #5 This type of overreaction has only two causes, both of which are always in play. The first is the authorities have nothing but utter contempt for the "victims", choosing to see them as helpless, hopeless, and inherently inferior. (Seeing themselves as very superior, also, natch.) The second is that the authorities are terrified that the majority are close to rising up and smiting the minority. This is based on the mistaken belief that the majority are as contemptuous and racist towards the minority as are the authorities. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-13 11:18 |
| #4 Put the fear of lawsuits and large judgements in these PC, multiculti scumbags. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-13 10:23 |
| #3 And of course if she was in a english group with 1 non-english speaking Paki they (the english speakers) would be arrested for using english (thus oppressing the minority...) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-10-13 10:07 |
| #2 Sad. That's all I can say. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-10-13 10:00 |
| #1 But it's ok to ask for the beheading of infidels, or the killing of the Pope. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-13 10:00 |