Modern Day Witch Trial?
Thursday March 8, 2007
Elementary school teacher Lauren Berrios liked to wear black clothing on occasion, and allowed her students to read Harry Potter and other occult books books such as Shakespeare's Macbeth and RL Stine's "Goosebumps" series. When she started teaching about the Salem witch trials school officials knew they had a witch on their hands. According to Berrios, who is actually Jewish, she was denied tenure and severed from her teaching position for "enticing children into witchcraft and magic through literature." The former Long Island resident is suing the school district for two million dollars, and claims she has difficulty finding work.
School officials are denying her story, claiming Berrios is a fantasist who was fired for 'poor teaching,' and accuse her of child abuse to boot. Berrios' attorney claims the school's principal openly accuded her of witchcraft while being deposed for the trial. It's too early to know who's telling the truth, but this should make for quite a news spectacle over the next few weeks.
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From the article:
Mr. Stern conducted a heated cross-examination of Ms. Berrios. As it ended, she stared hard at him and he coughed. Mr. Albano went to pour him some water but spilled some on the table, prompting the judge to come down from the bench to help clean it up. “The government doesn’t buy us new furniture,” he said.
So what is this last paragraph for? Is this supposed to lend credibility to the argument that the plaintiff is a witch?!
What a stupid paragraph!
“Elementary school Lauren Berrios liked to wear black clothing on occasion”
Hahahahaha..
Annie is now the typo-troll. Nothing better to do with your time, dear?
You could always write a keen article on how to subversively indoctrinate newborns with “Jesus mind-control” abilities…
Ta-ta,
Scolaí
“So what is this last paragraph for? Is this supposed to lend credibility to the argument that the plaintiff is a witch?! ”
That did seem an odd thing to include.
“Annie is now the typo-troll. Nothing better to do with your time, dear?”
I dunno…I’m pretty sure these two are having us on…
Don’t let them get the better of you. they run a hysterical blog. You should read the stuff they post on their blog. They certainly arn’t Christain. They don’t desreve salvation.
I dunno…I’m pretty sure these two are having us on…
I’m inclined to agree, hence my reference to annie as a “troll”, though there’s no accounting for the degree to which the xian mind will bend the “truth” to make an opinion known.
‘Twould be a pretty sad state of affairs to learn that (s)he’s for real.
So because you find our believes laughable you doubt our sincerity? Simply because I find the beliefs of Wiccanists to be laughable does not mean I doubt their sincerity, I am sure they do sincerely believe in the things they say. There is a little thing known as respect, perhaps you should try practicing it once in a while.
As for the “typo” it is a rather glaring error and one that is easily rectified. When I read articles on about I expect them to at least follow basic rules of grammar. You should too. There is no excuse for lazy writing.
I think you need to lighten up, scolio. I just find it funny that a school likes to wear black clothing on occasion.
Go calm down and meditate or whatever it is you “do.”
Really? That blog of yours is in desperate need of a grammar check. Your friend Angel there has all kinds of problems with English, and I think her exclamation key sticks.
Also, wtf is a Wiccanist? Do you mean Wiccan?
So because you find our believes laughable you doubt our sincerity? Simply because I find the beliefs of Wiccanists to be laughable does not mean I doubt their sincerity, I am sure they do sincerely believe in the things they say. There is a little thing known as respect, perhaps you should try practicing it once in a while.
Ok, then, Mr. Grammar Police. Allow me to assist:
1) It’s beliefs, not “believes,”
2) “laughable” should be followed with a comma.
3)The second sentence is a run on. The comma after “sincerity” should be either a period or (less preferentially) a semicolon.
4)The third sentence is also a run-on. The comma should be replaced with a dash (hyphen).
5) There’s no such thing as a “Wiccanist”.
There is no excuse for lazy writing.
Go back and read the part of the bible about the splinter and the mote. It’s in the New Testament.
In the immortal words of Berkeley Breathed:
“If you were any dumber, you’d be Gomer Pyle.”