Part of the Problem

A follow-up on our post last week about Bronx teacher Steven Clarke who was fired for calling his students "filthy animals" who belong in a "f*cking zoo"...

Daily News' Jose Martinez reports that Mr. Clarke feels that he should have a second chance and that his termination was an "overreaction."

BoogieDowner was surprised to learn that Mr. Clarke is a 51 year old man... the media reports which continually call him a "Cornell grad" led us to believe that he must have been a recent college graduate. This guy is 51 and should know better!

Daily News quotes him as saying:

"Society has failed them," Clarke said. "It has taught them that there are no consequences for what you do in school."

Ummmmm, if society has failed them, don't you think that you, their teacher, calling them "filthy animals" is kinda part of the problem? Perhaps you are a major part of the society you speak of that has failed them? What a piss-poor excuse for a teacher this guy is/was.

BoogieDowner fashion editorial note: Perhaps if Mr. Clarke didn't wear Bill Cosby's leftover sweaters from The Cosby Show wardrobe the students wouldn't have given him such a hard time...

*Photo courtesy of Alvarez/News*

~ErLu

Bratty Cornell Grad Out of a Job

Haha! We love when nasty people get what they deserve...

The Daily News' Jose Martinez reports that Steven Clarke, an NYC teaching fellow who graduated from Cornell University, was rightfully terminated when he referred to the Bronx students he taught at Global Enterprise Academy as "filthy animals" who belonged in a "f*cking zoo."

The little weenie was actually quoted last year as saying: "My parents did not sacrifice for me to go to Cornell so I could take care of a bunch of animals."

Your teaching career is off to a rough start, Mr. Clarke.

~ErLu