What's with these uneducated educators?

[Southern Breeze]

We may have crashed their server. :grin: :grin: :grin:

[Sherry]

The man has got to be regretting his decision.

Love your pic, Robin. :grin:

A member of the Clan Gunn Society Yahoo group wrote the principal thus:

"I e-mailed the principal and informed him that I had worn my kilt to many school functions in my 38 years of teaching. Many of the students who attended were inspired to seek out their own heritage. Is this not education?"
I emailed the newspaper this evening to let them know that Mr. McClard is receiving lots of email, so maybe they will follow up on it. Interestingly, the reporter, Lauren Keith, has a Scottish surname as well.

Sherry

[Archangel]

We may have crashed their server. :grin: :grin: :grin:

no, no, not the gloating look, the other one. practice the slightly embarassed one, eyes down, shuffle feet, yeah, that's it. Whoa, careful you're gloating again. practice, practice.



btw, Starbkjrus, that may have been a little over the top, we're only assuming that, since other schools allow a looser dress code for young ladies, that this one would too. We've got to be careful not to insult the other student members by adding a moral value to our personal taste in clothing.

[Maclur]

Shame on the principal, he's wrong

[Whiteraven]

I was able to stay civil in my e-mail to that mental midget. here's what I wrote


Dear Principal McClard
This e-mail is in protest of your actions toward Master Nathan Warmack.
The only reason I can think of, for your, sacking of Mr. Warmack fromthe silver arrow dance. Was that you thought he was cross-dressing. My good man you have shown your ignorance of your own heritage ( by name )
All I would simply say is. Your an educator, so eductae yourself about your own heritage. Buy a kilt and lighten-up.

P.S. I most certainly hope that the Prom will not be a repeat of the Silver Arrow.

[bubba]

McClard is probably either looking for an escape route or thinking about the pistol in his drawer by now.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Starbkjrus (or Dee, and what does your handle mean/represent, it might help me to remember it when I address you in the future, or I can just use Dee) I really did not want to mob young Nathan by flooding his email inbox with messages of encouragement from everyone on this board! I was more hoping that we could somehow get word to him to come here and see the encouragement for himself. I seem to recall seeing a similar situation last year where we were able to contact the gentleman, or his date, and they posted here on Xmarks, or possibly I saw that on one of the other boards.

Anyway, I know that my response to a flooded inbox, assuming that there was no spam filter set up to keep us hooligans out!, would be to disregard the flood of emails as spam.

Robin, great pic!

[starbkjrus]

btw, Starbkjrus, that may have been a little over the top, we're only assuming that, since other schools allow a looser dress code for young ladies, that this one would too. We've got to be careful not to insult the other student members by adding a moral value to our personal taste in clothing.

Archangel, Yes I knew it was over the top when I sent it but I am REALLY angry. The dress codes in the public schools in the States are absurd and IMHO the're aren't any that preclude young females from wearing things that show WAY to much. If a school DOES restrict the wearing of such then they are (or should be) very aware of diverse attire.

Again, as I've said my Partner of many years is a product of the Canadian Catholic School Board, the American Public School System and the AMES Private School Association so I speak from a bit of knowledge here. The kids wear VERY suggestive crap that is sanctioned by the PTA/parents thus the school in many ways has little choice. The problem being the parents for allowing the stuff. My post sort of singled out young women but it goes both ways and for that I stand corrected. A boy wearing baggy pants sagging to his knees or a girl wearing low rise jeans and a short tank top should equally be banned from school. THAT is distracting attire.

Rob, you have young children I think. What do you allow them to wear to school?

Also, Rob....I didn't mean to be rude but this kid is just that...a kid. I really don't think that we should be searching him out and sending any email at all. Think back to when you were 16 or 17...he's probably alread mortified at all the attention he is getting. Again, the principal!!, school board and media should be the targets for this.

[starbkjrus]

Starbkjrus (or Dee, and what does your handle mean/represent, it might help me to remember it when I address you in the future, or I can just use Dee)

Rob, you can just call me Dee. Either way it works. My internet handle for er.... cough, cough decades has been Starbk. (Starbuck from BattleStar Gallactica. JR (junior) was added 10 years or so ago when after a hiatus I couldn't use the old one again and earlier this year I added US to it when I joined the Utilikilts board on yahoo in the UK).

So call me Star or StarBK or Dee -- doesn't matter. I'm all the same person. :-D
Starbkjrus is a little hard to type even for me. :mrgreen:

[Southern Breeze]

Slightly upset kiltwearers protest ;)

This makes me think of those Capitol One ads,with the barbarian hordes.

Has anyone heard anything else about this or gotten a reply?