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N.J. Teacher Howard Zlotkin Suspended After Calling George Floyd a ‘Criminal’
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:26 pm
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“He’s not a hero, he’s like a criminal,” yelled the teacher, Howard Zlotkin, who is white, to a class of about 15 students over a Google Meet call, according to a video shared with The New York Times. He chastised students for, as he described it, making criminals into heroes “because they’re Black or because they got a bad story.”
One of the students filmed the rant with her phone and immediately contacted school officials. When they did not respond, she contacted a local news station, NBC New York, which reported on the story.
Now, an investigation is underway and Mr. Zlotkin, a science teacher at William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, has been suspended with pay, said Mussab Ali, the president of the Jersey City Board of Education. Mr. Zlotkin was also suspended with pay from his position as an adjunct professor at Hudson County Community College, a spokeswoman confirmed.
“The actions that this teacher took are not representative of a district in the most diverse city in the country,” Mr. Ali said.
Mr. Zlotkin said that he could not comment in detail because of the investigation, but that he would “love one day to give my side of the story.”
He described the footage as a “very well-edited sound bite,” even though nearly 15 minutes’ worth of video shared with The Times showed him repeatedly insulting and cursing at students.
msn
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 12:27 pm
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Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:28 pm to L.A.
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He described the footage as a “very well-edited sound bite,” even though nearly 15 minutes’ worth of video shared with The Times showed him repeatedly insulting and cursing at students.
Is it possible that's the real reason he was suspended?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:29 pm to L.A.
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“The actions that this teacher took are not representative of a district in the most diverse city in the country,” Mr. Ali said.
Sounds like a shithole.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:30 pm to L.A.
Good for the teacher. People need to hear the truth. George Floyd was scum and should not be canonized. Did he deserve to die? No. But he should not be worshipped or used as a role model.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:30 pm to L.A.
And the truth shall be known as a lie and the lie accepted as truth.
Whether that’s from 1984 or Biblical... it seems to be the times we are living in.
Whether that’s from 1984 or Biblical... it seems to be the times we are living in.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:31 pm to Powerman
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Is it possible that's the real reason he was suspended?
No, but he certainly shouldn't have done that because it gives them a legit reason for his suspension. We all know that's not why he was suspended though.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:33 pm to imjustafatkid
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No, but he certainly shouldn't have done that because it gives them a legit reason for his suspension. We all know that's not why he was suspended though.
I don't know. This guy sounds like a shitbird of a science teacher
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Timmia Williams, a 17-year-old senior who provided videos from two days of class to The Times, said an assignment on climate change devolved into profane rants about race and personal attacks toward students, including her.
On Wednesday morning, the students submitted short research papers, Ms. Williams said. After she turned hers in, the teacher asked her about how humans are involved in climate change. Eventually, he brought up his disagreement with Black Lives Matter, she said.
As four students, including Ms. Williams, who is Black, challenged his position on the issue, he grew more irate. He cursed at one of them who told him he had white privilege. He then gave the four students, all girls, an assignment to write an essay on “why Black lives should matter,” Ms. Williams said. No other students were told to do the assignment.
I don't think this guy is worth defending. Teach science and STFU
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:35 pm to Powerman
quote:Duh.
Is it possible that's the real reason he was suspended?
How hard is it to say, "George Floyd was/had a criminal record, and was a habitual drug user. These are well known facts. The fact that he is being elevated as a hero role model shows that society has diluted what it really means to be a "hero", so let's study what the definition of "hero" is in Merriam Webster and discuss how this does or does not apply to people we view as hero's."
The problem is, the teacher does not know how to teach.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:36 pm to Powerman
I'm not going to just go off of what a chastised 17 year old says.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:36 pm to Powerman
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Is it possible that's the real reason he was suspended?
You don’t watch urban school videos on the internets do you?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:37 pm to Bwmdx
Do you really want teachers giving your kid political commentary of any kind?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:37 pm to the808bass
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You don’t watch urban school videos on the internets do you?
No but I bet it's entertaining
Sounds like this was all over zoom
Why is this guy getting into all of these race discussions in a science class?
This dude sounds like an idiot
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:37 pm to HubbaBubba
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George Floyd was/had a criminal record, and was a habitual drug user. These are well known facts. The fact that he is being elevated as a hero role model shows that society has diluted what it really means to be a "hero", so let's study what the definition of "hero" is in Merriam Webster and discuss how this does or does not apply to people we view as hero's."
Idiots like you are so 20 years ago. Civility changes nothing.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:38 pm to jfootball14
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Do you really want teachers giving your kid political commentary of any kind?
It's one thing in a history or civics class
But in science class?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:38 pm to L.A.
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“The actions that this teacher took are not representative of a district in the most diverse city in the country,” Mr. Ali said.
The actions are facts
if the city doesn't line up facts, the city officials should resign because they don't like facts or have common sense
you work for the people
this teacher is actually one that sounds like they have common sense
Is trying to teach common sense to students
Floyd is dead because he was a frick up fool on drugs, like for many years...
that's stone cold fact
Idiots are making me hate our country
because the culture is going the wrong direction
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:39 pm to jfootball14
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Do you really want teachers giving your kid political commentary of any kind?
No. But they are. Everyday. In every subject. Concern trolls jump in to tell us why it’s bad when it’s not a liberal teacher and to just expect it and deal with it when it is a liberal teacher.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:41 pm to L.A.
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One of the students filmed the rant with her phone and immediately contacted school officials. When they did not respond, she contacted a local news station, NBC New York, which reported on the story.
Agenda ready students. How grand.
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Mr. Zlotkin, a science teacher
Wth sort of Agenda are these innocent, helpless, harmless, unassuming children running by bringing a drug addiction into science class?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:43 pm to Powerman
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I don't know. This guy sounds like a shitbird of a science teacher
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I don't think this guy is worth defending. Teach science and STFU
But somehow career criminal George Floyd is?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:49 pm to Powerman
quote:So he was acting like every actively Leftist teacher? Not shocked.
Is it possible that's the real reason he was suspended?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 12:51 pm to L.A.
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N.J. Teacher Howard Zlotkin Suspended After making truthful statement
FIFY
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