Pat - I wonder what your word replacement suggesti...

Pat - I wonder what your word replacement suggestion would have done for the situation. Interesting idea!

Kim - I agree that the teacher's motives were probably not corrupt. I heard from a colleague that Jon Stewart from Comedy Central's Daily Show put another spin on the situation.
Here's the URL to the video clip from the show. You can copy and paste it into your browser.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-28-2009/america--target-america
You have to skip to 3:30 on the counter because there is another story before this one is mentioned.