Brett Meteyer is a fourth grade teacher in Michigan who has gotten lots of comments for the actions he chose to take charge of regarding the inaugural speech yesterday. On Monday, Meteyer sent out an email to his students' families giving notice he was going to show the inauguration ceremony, but refraining them from viewing Trump's personal speech. Part of his email wrote, "because I am concerned about my Students and your children being exposed to language and behavior that is not in concert with the most conservative social and family values, I have decided to show the inauguration of Donald Trump this Friday, but we will not view Mr. Trump's inauguration speech,"...
"I showed the speeches of Presidents Obama and Bush in 2009 and 2005, respectively, but I am anxious about showing Mr. Trump's inaugural address, given his past inflammatory and degrading comments about minorities, women, and the disabled. I am also uneasy about Mr. Trump's casual use of profanity, so I sought and assurance that as their teacher, I would not be exposing children to language that would not appear in G- or PG-rated movies."
After this email was sent out, many parents were found upset and even angry for it, taking it to Facebook, unleashing even more comments. Now many people are questioning whether Meteyer was doing a righteous act to protect his students, or if he's a snowflake- loving Hillary advocate, using his position of "power" by keeping his students from viewing a turning point in history. "What kind of message does this send to our kids? 'This president is a bad guy and kids should not watch him?' This is a piece of history and the kids should be allowed to watch," says Steve Grindr, a conservative radio host who posted Meteyer's email to Facebook. Given the responses this has received, I do understand where this teacher is coming from. As someone who is responsible for the well being of young students, I would want someone who is doing so in the best judgment. However, as much as he is disliked, I have faith in my country's leader to not make stupid remarks about "women" or "racism" during his speech. He has history of saying stupid things, but not enough to make him stupid. This man, as "unfit" as some say he is, had to be qualified to even be in the running. Our president may say things that will offend you, by don't put that off by saying he didn't work hard and think smart to be where he is now.
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