Virginia teacher injures student

Visit our News page In the last 18 days, ACT! for America members have donated $419.42 to ACT! for America—at no cost to them! These members have signed up for iGive, an easy and powerful way to support ACT! for America. Every time they buy something online, from over 1,000 merchants ranging from Amazon to Kmart, Best Buy to Home Depot, a percentage of the purchase price is donated back to ACT! for America. And the email feedback we’re getting from them is phenomenal. They love the idea of helping ACT! for America every time they buy something. You can to—by visiting iGive here. October 23, 2012 “Teacher forces student to do ‘Islamic hand sign’” What is happening in our public schools? A few years ago, elementary students in an Indiana school were told they had to sing a song praising Allah during the winter program. Of course, no Christian or Jewish songs were allowed. Two years ago, a Massachusetts middle school field trip to a mosque ended with the boys being asked to join Muslim prayers. Many did, while the teachers stood by silently. And now we read (WND article below), a teacher in Virginia forced a student to do an Islamic hand sign—and injured the student in the process. BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS TEACHER FORCES STUDENT TO DO 'ISLAMIC HAND SIGN' Now facing assault after girl left 'dripping with blood' http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/teacher-forces-student-to-do-islamic-hand-sign/ A Chesapeake, Va., teacher is facing a charge of assault for allegedly forcing a student to do an “Islamic hand sign,” leaving the young girl “dripping with blood,” according to a report in The Blaze. While police have confirmed the incident, school district officials have said the case is a “personnel issue” and they are not allowed to divulge many details. And while the teacher identified by the Blaze as the suspect, Tara Harris, is scheduled to appear in court in a few days, her side of the story remains unclear. The report said the elementary school teacher, who openly campaigns for Barack Obama in the classroom, was trying to teach students an “Islamic hand sign” when she yanked the arm of the student, the 10-year-old daughter of Stephanie Bennett, and the student was injured. “When [the student] didn’t get [the hand sign] right, [Harris] went over and yanked her hand out of her desk and my daughter’s hand got hung up on the metal wire on her file folder and the skin got caught on it,” said the mother. “The other children saw my daughter’s hand dripping with blood after the teacher had gotten so mad that she went to twist my daughter’s hand into an Islamic sign.” The mother told the Blaze she called police as soon as she learned what had happened. She said the school confirmed the teacher was placed on administrative leave. She said later the school told her the teacher was terminated from the system. Officer Leo Kosinski in Chesapeake told the Blaze Harris was charged with a misdemeanor and released on a summons. “It’s still a criminal charge. It happened at the school and it involved a student,” he said. Bennett, whose daughter attends Butts Road Intermediate School in Chesapeake, said this teacher previously has tried to “indoctrinate” students in Islamic thought. The incident, on Oct. 2, happened this way, she said: “The teacher was going over Islamic hand signs with the children – she stayed on this issue for two days straight during their reading and math class.” Her daughter, who suffers a “processing disorder,” was unable to meet the teacher’s demands, and the teacher became frustrated and tried to twist the girl’s fingers into the correct position. The report said the daughter confirmed the teacher “prays to Allah in Arabic” several times a day and has explained how Islam is superior to other religions. Another parent, Nita Reddit, told the Blaze the story was confirmed by her son. The Blaze said the school board met Oct. 8, and the minutes reflect a closed session regarding “personnel.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org ACT for America is an issues advocacy organization dedicated to effectively organizing and mobilizing the most powerful grassroots citizen action network in America, a grassroots network committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America’s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam. 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