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Pico-Rivera councilman, teacher recorded making anti-military rant in classroom
2018-01-29
[ABC7] A government teacher and city council member of Pico-Rivera
...located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California...
I can never remember which is larger, Pico Rivera or Nano Rivera.
That hurts so much I cannot read the rest of the article, Mr. Pruitt.
10-9 nano n, 10-12 pico p
is under fire for a classroom rant in which he criticized the intelligence of those who serve in the military.

In the 5-minute speech recorded by a student, Gregory Salcido is heard using expletives about those who serve in the military and their intelligence.

"Your freakin' stupid Uncle Louie or whatever. They're dumb- - -ts. They're not high-level bankers. They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people."

"They're the freaking lowest of our low."

Salcido teaches U.S. government at El Rancho High School and is a current member of the Pico-Rivera City Council as well as a former mayor.

He was elected to the Pico Rivera City Council in 1999 and served terms as mayor in 2002, 2010 and 2015, according to his online biography.

The rant was triggered by a student wearing a Marine Corps shirt.

The student who recorded Salcido's rant a week ago was also wearing Marine clothing. He said he felt terrorized by his teacher's words.

"And I told him it was a family tradition," the student recalled. "My dad's done it, my two uncles have done it. And I just wanted to continue that tradition because it's also something I wanted to do as a kid. And he said so if it was a family tradition to beat women, would you continue it too?"

It appears this isn't the first time Salcido has come under fire. The Whittier Times reports the El Rancho High School teacher was placed on administrative leave in 2010 after a parent complained about inappropriate comments he made in class. At the time, Salcido denied making inappropriate comments and said they were exaggerated.

Salcido did not respond to requests for comment but posted a brief message on Facebook: "The Salcido 3 just got out of an excellent musical, 'The Band's Arrival'. I turned my phone back on to unexpectedly see a storm. I don't think it's wise for me to make any specific comments, but I want my friends, family, and students to know we are fine and we respect the rights of free expression for all individuals."
...especially himself when indulging his feelz at the expense of some poor student.
Posted by:Fred

#10  BTW, substitute 'black' or 'gay' for the 'military' and ask yourself how long this dude would remain employed. Hate is hate.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-01-29 10:36  

#9  My stuff knowledge is so dated, but police departments used to use the ASVAB.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-01-29 10:00  

#8  #4 I've always felt every senior high school student should take the ASVAB, not as a recruiting measure, but as a measure of the education system they've attended for so many years.
Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-01-29 07:47


...That's one of the reasons they don't. Educators know damned well that the ASVAB is one of the finest true aptitude tests ever designed, and the last thing many of them want is a neutral, unbiased test result in Federal hands that actually shows how badly they're letting down their kids.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-01-29 09:44  

#7  I can never remember which is larger, Pico Rivera or Nano Rivera.

Both larger than Geraldo.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-01-29 09:26  

#6  Any bets the solution will be to ban students from wearing military related articles of clothing?
Posted by: gorb   2018-01-29 08:50  

#5  They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people."

The biggest problem, IMO, in the world today are lumpen-intelligentsia.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-01-29 07:49  

#4  This was the crap from the '60-'70s draft army period. Somewhere in the '70s the military realized to many 'educators' were handing out worthless pieces of paper. The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery was employed to validate those pieces of paper as the military no longer accepted the face value of them.

I've always felt every senior high school student should take the ASVAB, not as a recruiting measure, but as a measure of the education system they've attended for so many years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-01-29 07:47  

#3  "They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people."

Here's a cluebat, teach - in 2018, most public school teachers re NOT intellectual people.
Posted by: no mo uro   2018-01-29 05:45  

#2  They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people."
Posted by: no mo uro   2018-01-29 05:44  

#1  And he said so if it was a family tradition to beat women, would you continue it too?

Only if I wanted to be a top notch Hollywood Producer or NFL player.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2018-01-29 01:18  

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