Every parent hopes the people who teach their children love and care for them. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
An atheist middle school teacher’s Facebook post has landed her in hot water with a Florida school district and parents after she called her students “little cretins” and accused them of bullying and harassing her over her beliefs.
According to EAG News, Susan Creamer, a teacher at Merritt Brown Middle School in Panama City, solicited advice from the Atheists of Bay County Facebook page about how to deal with the “cretins” in her class.
Here’s part of her post — “A bevy of boys in one of my classes … are taking turns either inviting me to church or leaving (anonymously) flyers inviting me to church events,”
It continued: “Every time any child sneezes, they loudly say ‘God Bless You!’ and look in my direction. I have complained twice to the principal — once last month and once today. She has spoken privately to one or two of the little cretins, but it seems to do NO GOOD. I am feeling bullied and harassed. It has become intolerable. I don’t feel like talking with the parents will stop the inappropriate behaviors because, for all I know, the parents are encouraging them.”
Bay District Schools spokeswoman Karen Tucker told the Northwest Florida Daily News that it is against school policy to criticize students either in person or online and that human resources are investigating her Facebook posts.