Education In Oklahoma
Of the many aspects of life in Oklahoma, our education system is one of the most revealing. As a matter of fact it's downright "educational".
The Hilldale Fiasco is a Bubbaworld Editorial/Opinion piece on the unjustified firing of Dewayne Pemberton as Principal of Hilldale High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
A U.S. Marine Makes A Stand is the story of a United States Marine, Michael Lueking, and his desire to graduate from Holdenville, Oklahoma High School while wearing his dress blue Marine uniform and his shameful treatment at the hands of Holdenville School Superintendent Shellie Gammill.
Terror In Talihina is the shameful story of two boys, 7 and 8 years old, terrorized by a system that was supposed to protect them yet which failed miserably and their mother's efforts to right the wrongs done her children and prevent future abuses.
A Troubling Incident In Lone Grove, Oklahoma is the story of two school boys, ages 15 and 11, put off a school bus and told to walk home. They finally made it, on a fire truck, courtesy of a fire fighter working a wildfire near Lone Grove, Oklahoma on Valentine's Day, 2006.
Coach 'Noonie's' Hidden Camcorder is the story of Harry "Noonie" Red Eagle, assistant girls' basketball coach at Skiatook High School, in Skiatook, Oklahoma and his efforts to "keep an eye" on his young charges.
Custodian Dickson's Hidden Camcorder reveals the story of Danny Wayne Dickson, custodian at Rockwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City and his desire to "keep an eye as well as hands on" young girls, not only at school but also at church and in his home.
Disclaiming Evolution is a not only a goal but a way of life for many in Oklahoma. Unfortunately many of those involved in the effort are government officials and bureaucrats, including a former governor, Bumble Frank Keating. While Governor, he over-ruled the US Supreme Court on the issue with an outspoken "I dissent" when informed the high court had rule that "creationism" could not be taught in the public schools.
Thar Be Witches Here! details
the trials and tribulations of Brandi Blackbear, a student at Union High
School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brandi was accused and disciplined by
the school system on allegations that she threatened fellow students with
"witchcraft". Her father was quoted in the local
news media as stating:
"It's hard for me to believe that in the year
2000 I am walking into court to defend my daughter against
charges of witchcraft."
Unfortunately for the Blackbear family, they lost the court battle.
