Comments on: Teacher Confiscates Linux CDs, says "No Software Is Free"

A teacher in Texas decries free software, insists on paying Microsoft.

[Spimby]

Can we even be close to certain that this letter is not a hoax?

[Mr. Dee]

I think I am in love with her. More power to you Woman of the great Redmond! Its people like her we need to keep AppleRocks and Pengunisto under check. ;)

[shinji257]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

[Penguinisto]

As a former teacher, I can say four things for certain:

1) the teacher in the story is a flaming, incompetent idiot who likely got her position because she was the only one in the faculty who was able to make a spreadsheet without breaking something along the way, qualifying her as an "expert". This is however, likely to be someone who would be fired for gross incompetence on her first day of any real IT position.

2) unfortunately, her type is all too common among those who teach.

3) seniority will protect her from ever having to learn any different.

4) (the saddest part) she allegedly teaches "technology".

Little wonder we have as result a whole generation of young adults who toe the corporate loyalty line - without prodding, without question, and without even the slightest rational thought.

(...and do you still wonder why the NEA fights tooth and nail against even the slightest hint of requiring teachers to actually understand and/or pass testing and qualifications for the subjects they teach? Your answer is right there, and its name is Karen.)

/P

[Penguinisto]

Note: There has been an update, and apparently the teacher turned out to confess to ignorance and has even decided to learn Linux:

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/character-assasinations-aint-us.html

Props to the both of them; please disregard my previous posting on the matter.

[ComDive]

I often wondered what became of the3rd grade nun that was so happy to get her hands on a "meter stick" because it gave her a bigger stick to smack us with.

[jabailo]

From the people who said you shouldn't read about Holden Caulfield...

[dcdugger]

If indeed this is true, I am very afraid for my children. I had stupid teachers, but wow, this takes the cake. When I was 10, the teachers in Davidson County TN had to take a new certification test, 70% failed, and it was only on a 6th grade level!

If you have kids, be afraid for them! I'm looking more and more into home schooling.