"Ignorant Southern Rednecks"

[plato]

Originally Posted by SF-TX

I was once told by my third grade teacher (she was from New York) that she "...wished I would just go back to Alabama with the rest of the rednecks!"

And, about 90% of the Yankees I've met don't know what a redneck is. They *think* they know.......

Originally Posted by Dozer523

It isn't just the teachers who make comments (BTW the smart ones keep it in the teacher lounge -- the smarter one keep it to themselves)
Here is something that is really scary for teachers. The evaluation criteria are 1) Easiness, 2) Helpfulness, 3)Clarity, and 4) Popularity. And there is the opportunity to post an anonymous comment http://www.ratemyteachers.com/

As long as we have teachers, we will have students who find something to bitch about. As you say, the smarter kids and teachers keep it to themselves.
The less smart provide endessly fodder for stand up comedians.

And if that teacher was using "redneck" as code for "ignorant" then she needs to put herself in that category as well -- at least her students have the excuse that they are children. She just acted like one

Ignorance is when you let your ego get in the way of your common sense, if they ever had any to begin with.

[vsvo]

This reminds me of a story. Several years ago I decided to leave management consulting to go work for one of my former clients in industry. My boss at the time sat me down and tried to talk me out of leaving the firm, telling me, among other things, about the risk of hitching my wagon to my future boss. At the end, when I declined to change my mind, he threw his arms up in the air and yelled at me, "He chews tobacco for chrissakes!"

I went, worked 80-hour weeks, and had some of the best times of my professional life. That tobacco-chewin' redneck is now CEO and board member of a tech company based in Atlanta.