A psychology highschool trainer was fired in Florida after lately asking his college students to jot down their very own obituaries forward of an energetic shooter drill.
Talking with Fox 35 Orlando, Jeffrey Keene recalled that there was going to be an energetic shooter drill at Dr. Phillips Excessive Faculty in Orlando at some point, and thought he may one way or the other tie it into his psychology lesson. Nevertheless, a part of what the trainer got here up with was that his junior and senior lessons may pen their very own obituaries. Keene defined to the outlet that the lesson plan was to show them how one can keep protected throughout an energetic faculty capturing whereas additionally serving to them replicate on their very own lives:
“In the event that they died 24 hours from now, what would they do in a different way than they did yesterday? And that’s to get them to do away with all of the fluff and present them what’s necessary on the planet. It wasn’t to say, ‘You’re going to die, and let’s stress you out.’”
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However Keene stated considered one of his college students had gotten upset over the task and requested to talk with a counselor, prompting him to incorporate a disclaimer within the lesson:
“I put a disclaimer on the underside of the lesson saying that is on no account to upset you.”
Regardless of including the disclaimer, the educator, who was employed by the college in January, acquired a discover from the college district that his employment was being terminated shortly after the task:
“Once they stated you’ve gotten the choice to resign with out violating your contract, I stated, ‘I didn’t do something unsuitable.’ I stated, ‘If I did, inform me what it’s.’ They stated, ‘We are able to’t try this.’ I stated, ‘In that case, since I don’t know what I did unsuitable, you’ll be able to go forward and terminate me with out trigger.’”
The Orange County Faculty District stated in an announcement to NBC Information that they’d acquired complaints from households concerning the task, which they decided to be “inappropriate”:
“Dr. Phillips Excessive Faculty households had been knowledgeable {that a} trainer gave an inappropriate task about faculty violence. Administration instantly investigated and the probationary worker has been terminated.”
Finally, Keene instructed the outlet that he doesn’t remorse giving the task and plans to attraction the termination:
“Should you can’t discuss actual to [the students], then what’s occurring on this surroundings? In my thoughts, I’ve carried out nothing unsuitable. I don’t suppose I did something incorrectly. I do know hindsight is 20/20, however I actually didn’t suppose a 16-, 17-, 18-year-old could be offended or upset by speaking about one thing we’re already speaking about.”
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