High schoolers suspended for Tebowing!?!

[Analog]

No running in the halls -- and no Tebowing either.
That's what one Long Island administration said Wednesday when it suspended a group of high school athletes for replicating Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's popular pose in the hallway at school.

Tebow
Jordan Fulcoly, Wayne Drexel and brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll of Riverhead High School were all handed a one-day suspension Wednesday, after three days of taking a knee with their foreheads resting on their fists, the same way Tebow does in the end zone and on the sidelines. The news was first reported by Yahoo! Prep Rally earlier Thursday.
Riverhead superintendent Nancy Carney said that two of the students' suspensions were later rescinded, citing that administrators found that those students were not given the same warnings that the other two were.
Tebow has made headlines for the move, a display of his devotion to his Christian faith. The students were not suspended for bringing religion into the school, but instead for clogging the hallway.
Carney said that she supported the administration's efforts to maintain a safe environment and was surprised that the incident has received this much attention. Since the news broke, Carney said she has been receiving hate mail from people charging that the suspension is due to religious prejudice.


http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7357978/high-school-athletes-suspended-tebowing

 

[JTsyo]

sounds dirty

 

[GotIssues]

If you went to a busy high school, you can understand why someone clogging the hallways is warrant for suspension (given proper warnings, of course). Media will take more focus on the religion aspect of it, though, since that's what will get people up in arms. Had the headline been "High Schoolers Suspended for intentionally causing disruptions in the hallway" no one would care.

 

[NuclearNed]

sensationalism in journalism (aka making a story out of nothing) FTL

 

[MotF Bane]

sensationalism in journalism (aka making a story out of nothing) FTL

:thumbsup:

 

[guyver01]

The students were not suspended for bringing religion into the school, but instead for clogging the hallway.

suspend 'em for a year for that shit.

was annoying in HS.

 

[TheVrolok]

sensationalism in journalism (aka making a story out of nothing) FTL

This.

 

[Josh123]

Woop their ass with a paddle. There wasn't any hesitation when it came to getting licks at my school 10 years ago. You did something wrong, you got a swat.

 

[KeithTalent]

Damn, thought it said Tebowning.

KT

 

[highland145]

sensationalism in journalism (aka making a story out of nothing) FTL

Yep. They had already been warned several times.

+1 for the ass whipping.

 

[Jaepheth]

Would this still be news worthy if they were Muslim students stopping in the hallway to face East and pray?

 

[highland145]

Would this still be news worthy if they were Muslim students stopping in the hallway to face East and pray?

They wouldn't have been suspended.

 

[Wyndru]

The whole thing is stupid. Both the Tebowing and the news reaction.

The only thing I agree with is how the school handled it. If the kids still find the need to act like idiots in the hall after warnings, suspend them.

 

[irishScott]

Who gets suspended for clogging the hallway? My high school had that problem in between every class and no one bitched.

 

[BoomerD]

Good. The whole "tebowing" thing is fucking retarded anyway.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Would this still be news worthy if they were Muslim students stopping in the hallway to face East and pray?

The school wouldve built a special prayer room for them.
Or constructed a mosque next door.

 

[Via]

And suspend, no... jail those idiots who made the Tebow/Bayless song on ESPN.

If I hear that piece of shit one more time I'm going to lose my fucking mind.

 

[waggy]

good. they deserved it.

3 minutes to get between class's. Having some fucking idiots doing this and wasting time deserved to be suspended. Not to mention they were told to stop.

BTW they were not suspended for tebowing but for blocking the isle.

oh the video? the kid says if we were told to stop we stopped (even though they were told to stop) then asked if he could change would he? he said no. Fucking idiot.

 

[OutHouse]

dumb shits, not only can they not follow direction but 3 of them are wearing Elways jersey.... double fail

 

[Howard]

Damn, thought it said Tebowning.

KT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgR0m-9FmM

 

[Gothgar]

what the fucking is Tebowing

 

[IAteYourMother]

Don't you get detention first before a suspension?

 

[MrColin]

At the H.S. I attended there was one muslim student and the school let her use some unused space for her prayer sessions. I think these tebowers are taking an adversarial and disruptive approach for social/ego purposes rather than asking for a quiet prayer space.

Not unlike protesters of non-police issues engaging the police in an adversarial way. Its part of the "Bwaah! We can't pray in schoooool!" movement, and they wont be happy until its part of the mandatory routine with someone telling EVERYONE to pray.

 

[shortylickens]

sensationalism in journalism (aka making a story out of nothing) FTL

How else can they pay off their English degrees?

 

[Theb]

what the fucking is Tebowing

Attention-whoring under the guise of praying.