'Go back to your country': Middle school teacher suspended after being unable to pronounce student's name
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January 26, 2018
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January 26, 2018 12:06 PM EST
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CHARDON, Ohio — A middle school teacher in Ohio who says he jokingly told a student to “go back to your country” has been suspended.
School officials in Chardon, near Cleveland, say science teacher Steve Patterson has a history of making inappropriate comments to students.
The district says the suspension comes after a student in November corrected the teacher for mispronouncing her name and he responded by saying “go back to your country.”
Patterson told school officials he was joking.
A resolution approved by the board this month says a student a year ago asked if Patterson was a dictator like Adolf Hitler. The board says he responded by saying “if I was Hitler, does that mean I put you in an oven?”
A message seeking comment was left with Patterson on Friday.
‘Go back to your country’: Middle school teacher suspended after being unable to pronounce student’s name | Toronto Sun
Associated Press
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Published:
January 26, 2018
Updated:
January 26, 2018 12:06 PM EST
In this stock photo, desks sit in an empty classroom.Getty Images
CHARDON, Ohio — A middle school teacher in Ohio who says he jokingly told a student to “go back to your country” has been suspended.
School officials in Chardon, near Cleveland, say science teacher Steve Patterson has a history of making inappropriate comments to students.
The district says the suspension comes after a student in November corrected the teacher for mispronouncing her name and he responded by saying “go back to your country.”
Patterson told school officials he was joking.
A resolution approved by the board this month says a student a year ago asked if Patterson was a dictator like Adolf Hitler. The board says he responded by saying “if I was Hitler, does that mean I put you in an oven?”
A message seeking comment was left with Patterson on Friday.
‘Go back to your country’: Middle school teacher suspended after being unable to pronounce student’s name | Toronto Sun