Fourth grade teacher pulled from classroom after coming out to students
By Brian FairbanksOctober 20th, 2010, 4:54 pmComments (10)
Seth Stambaugh is a 23-year-old graduate teaching student in Oregon who was, until recently, a student teacher at a Portland elementary school. According to Queerty and local media outlets, Stambaugh was allegedly sacked by the elementary school for honestly answering student questions about his personal life.
Big mistake, dude. Don't ever get into your personal life with students -- my long-suffering Spanish teacher found that out the hard way when we learned she had been married six times.
It seems a parent was out to get Stambaugh: someone had previously complained about the student teacher wearing a "pressed slacks, button-up oxford shirt... and cardigan" ensemble and now they threatened to pull their kid from school if Stambaugh was allowed to continue there.
Commentarium (10 Comments)
... complained about the student teacher wearing "pressed slacks, button-up oxford shirt... and cardigan"? What rocks have to be turned over to find slugs and then give credence to the slugs who ... oh, never mind. It wouldn't do any good anyway. We used to make fun of stupid ignoramuses, now we lionize them and fire the good people.
Don't worry Seth.....wait for it....it gets better.
what? pressed slacks. button up oxford shirt. a cardigan... you mean to tell me that he DARE come to school dressed NICE? well, thats reason enough to fire him! : \ I mean really, whats so horrible about having some guy who happens to prefer men to women teach at a school? Yeah, bad move for letting 4th and 5th graders know about your personal life, but being gay isn't a crime or something to be ashamed of. He likes dick, get over it. Who knows, maybe one of the kids in his class is gay. That would be awesome for him to be seen as a role model and to let that kid know that they are normal and that theres nothing wrong with them. Ugh, its a shame this is even an issue .
Most of the women I know like dick too.
A small point, but as a Portlander, I feel like it's an important one: It was a Beaverton school, not a Portland school (Queerty refers to it as a "Portland, Oregon area school"). The two cities are next to each other, but Beaverton's known (to those of us in Portland, anyway) as being bigoted. Portland is a MUCH better and more tolerant place to live (in my opinion, anyway).
Nice clothes are so gay.
Not to diminish what Dan savage has done with his campaign but this teacher is a 23 year old man who got fired for being gay. he has lost his livelihood. so in fact it doesn't get better. it just stays the fucking same. so lets stop making teary videos and and start fucking up some bigots. with me?
@Betty thank you! I was kind of horrified and confused until I realized it was in Beaverton and then it all made sense. Most people who don't live there kind of assume the whole state's backwater...
@Jack did you get that idea from Queer as Folk? Because it definitely didn't work there either...
i'm with you jack. tell me when and where.
What would a gay man *expect* from a town called "Beaverton"? Now if he were lesbian, that would be different.
Now you say something