‘Florida got excited’

By at 12 November, 2009, 9:08 am

A science teacher at a suburban Kansas City middle school finds himself out of a job, no thanks to the Sunshine State.  During a lesson on jet streams, Ryan Haraughty drew the East Coast of the United States with Florida a little out of proportion, if you will. (Use your imagination.) His students jumped on the mistake, and Haraughty responded that "Florida got excited." "And right

after, I'm thinking, you know, but I decided not to dwell on it," he told Fox 4 in Kansas City . One parent did dwell on it, though, and accused Haraughty of creating a hostile environment. The School Board agreed and fired him. Parents and kids have begun protesting, the Kansas City Star reports . *

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‘Florida got excited’

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