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A Southern California high school teacher who was caught on camera denigrating the intelligence of people serving in the US military to his students has been fired.

On Tuesday evening, the Unified School District made a unanimous decision to fired El Rancho High School history teacher Gregory Salicdo, 49, reported the Los Angeles Times.

'His comments do not reflect what we stand for, who we are,' said Board of Education President Aurora Villon.

'The classroom should never be a place where students feel that they are picked at, bullied, intimidated.'

The video was stealthily recorded in class in January by a 17-year-old high school senior, identified by KTLA as Victor Quinonez.

In the clip, Salcido can be heard making a variety of unflattering remarks about service people, at one point calling them the 'lowest of the low'.

Although the videos - shot from under a desk - do not show Salcido's face, El Rancho High officials confirmed to The Orange County Register that the person speaking in the video is in fact Salcido and that the video was shot in a school classroom.

In one of the clips, Salcido can be heard saying: 'Think about the people who you know are over there. Your freakin' stupid Uncle Louie or whatever. They're dumb s***ts. They're not like high-level thinkers. They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people.'

He then says that overseas service people are 'the freakin' lowest of our low. Not morally - I'm not saying they make bad moral decisions - they're not talented people.'

As he speaks, students can be heard laughing in the background.

The rant seems to have been sparked in reaction to Quinonez, who was wearing Marines shirt.

Salcido faced severe backlash following the comments. with thousands of emails flooding the school board and people attending meetings, calling on the teacher to step down.

Salcido, who is also a Pico Rivera councilman, apologized at a City Council meeting in February, and tried explaining that his comments 'had nothing to do with their moral character' reported the LA Times.

The student who record Salicdo, Quinonez, told Fox News that his teacher as 'a history of being anti-military'.

'Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but at the same time they shouldn't be disrespecting the veterans who have fought for our rights, who give up their lives and do stuff that other people are not willing to do,' Quinonez, who says he wants to be a Marine, told the news organization.

Salcido has allegedly had previous issues with students.

He was placed on paid administrative leave after police received a complaint that he had hit a student in 2012.

Before that, in 2010, a parent alleged that Salcido threatened his daughter, insulted other students and parents and made inappropriate comments about race during a summer school class.

Salcido denied the claims, but was suspended from teaching until the fall semester started.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5527455/Teacher-said-military-lowest-low-fired.html
 
Amazing he survived this long with all those other incidents. The teachers union is strong. Wouldnt be surprised if it pops up to save his ass here too.

That said, as wrong as it is to insult/bully students(which is the worst component of what he was doing), his comments aren't far from the truth. THe military is FULL of some of the dumbest, most inept douchebag idiots in America. Fact.
 
THe military is FULL of some of the dumbest, most inept douchebag idiots in America. Fact.

And so is every other group/organization that consists of people.

Controversial opinions do not belong in the classroom, you can think/believe whatever you want to, but lecturing on YOUR opinion should not be allowed.
 
Those who can...Do
Those who can't... Teach.
Those who can't teach...Teach Phys Ed.
 
And so is every other group/organization that consists of people.

Even if true, the major difference is the military has this outrageous, massively inflated positive reputation, a rep that is largely unddeserved by the overwhelming bulk of individuals that enjoy and are rewardded by it.. Society downrigth obsesses over it. People see a uniform in a restuarant, they pay for their meal. It's disgusting and absurd.

Controversial opinions do not belong in the classroom, you can think/believe whatever you want to, but lecturing on YOUR opinion should not be allowed.

Yeah I said he was in the wrong for similar reasons. Relax
 
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