The School Fired the Butt Print Art Teacher!

You're kidding me!

"In its decision, the board reasoned that students have a right to receive their education in a positive learning environment free from distractions and disruptions, Marlow said. The decision also is in keeping with court rulings that hold that teachers are expected to lead by example, be role models and honor core values, she said.

The school system operates under an ideal that holds respect, responsibility, honesty and accountability as core values for all students and employees to abide, and the board clearly felt that Murmer had gone outside those parameters with his art."

I have problems with the reasons for his termination. Sex is not bad! Our bodes are not bad! Exploration, using our bodies, experimentation, is not disrespectful, nor is it anti values. Who determines core values anyway?

Oh, and as for free of distractions and disruptions, it is the school itself that created the controversy and the disruption:

"The unique approach to art became a topic when a clip showing Murmer, wearing a fake nose and glasses, a towel on his head and black thong, turned up on YouTube.com.

That video inevitably made its way to the high school.

Willis noted that it wasn't until the county decided to suspend Murmer a month ago that the video illustrating his unusual approach to art became a topic of discussion."

Don't get me started on the public school system, society, or social mores. Just don't! We seriously don't want to go there. Or maybe we do...

photo: http://buttprintart.com/