A teacher in New Mexico was suspended and later fired for "not censoring the poetry of his students."
It seems one of the students in the poetry club he advised (now permanently terminated) read a poem which criticized the war in Iraq and the administrations failure to back up its "No Child Left Behind" policy.
After firing Nevins and terminating the teaching and reading of poetry in the school, the principal and the military liaison read a poem of their own as they raised the flag outside the school. When the principal had the flag at full staff, he applauded the action he'd taken in concert with the military liaison.
Then to all students and faculty who did not share his political opinions, the principal shouted: "Shut your faces."
The military liaison? Did your high school have a military liaison? Maybe they just mean ROTC, but still, that's a chilling phrase if I ever heard one.
