Idiot Algebra Teacher

Village Voice - ​We're pretty sure this is the most ridiculously small-minded and offensive incident to come out of the death of Osama bin Laden so far: Talking Points Memo reports that a high school algebra teacher at Clear Brook High School in Friendswood, Texas, allegedly told a 9th grade American-born Muslim girl in his class "I bet that you're grieving" on Monday, following it with "I heard about your uncle's death."

The student, of course, understood that he meant Osama bin Laden and started crying. The teacher asked why, and upon being answered by another student that it was because of his earlier comments, apparently laughed. According to a parent, "And his response was, oh, OK, and just kind of smirked and giggled and walked away."

The teacher has now been placed on administrative leave and the school district has issued the following statement:         yada yada yada read more here

Ok so it's almost pointless to go into how much of a douchebag this guy is.  It pretty much goes without saying and I'm sure there will be a billion "journalists" and pundits going on about how inappropriate this was.  Thanks guys, way to point out the obvious.  I think it's pretty clear that if an algebra teacher isn't telling you how to figure out how many $8 beers (X) you can buy in a Manhattan bar with a budget of $100 and a variable of a hot girl who loves grey goose cosmos (Y) pretending to like you for free drinks, then he should pretty much just shut the fuck up.  I don't think social commentary is in the job description.  Even more distressing is the fact that this guy is now on "administrative leave."  Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means that he's still getting paid but he's just not going to work right?  Sounds like a really effective punishment.  Seriously, are they trying to encourage teachers to make racist comments?  I mean if this is what happens to people when they make idiotic statements, perhaps I should parade around my office yelling a bunch of racist shit until somebody gets offended.  Oh wait, I'd be thrown out on the street immediately never to be heard from again.