About to be Fired for the Crime of Being a Good Teacher

. . . and he is now about to be fired for being a good teacher for reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” out loud. This obtuse school district doesn’t understand the use versus mention distinction. I hope he reaches out to FIRE or a competent attorney who handles First Amendment and public school employment cases.

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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