Does punishment fit the situation?

March 18, 2010

Anonymous The Laurel Leader-Call Thu Mar 18, 2010, 11:36 PM CDT

To the editor:

This is a public letter to all the self-righteous acting persons who contributed to the political conspiracy to fire from a Jones County high school one of the best history teachers in the state – Reed Walters – for allegedly using “foul” language in front of a high school student. Assuming that this truly outstanding teacher did use inappropriate words when provoked by a particularly troublesome student, one must ask if the punishment fit the situation – especially considering worse words are commonly heard on prime-time television and virtually all sporting events.

It occurred to me that the behavior of the parents, an unnamed politician and the elected superintendent reflected not even a degree of Christian charity and forgiveness. Since Jones County has a per capita basis as many Christian churches that can be found anywhere in the USA, one must assume that all parties contributing to the firing attend a Christian church. Since one can distill the teachings of Jesus Christ into “love” and “forgiveness,” one must ask how Christ would have reacted had he been the parent, politician, or superintendent?

So it is my earnest prayer that all involved in this academic and human travesty will pray to God to instill in their hearts sufficient Christian love and forgiveness to re-instate this most effective educator. I surely hope that when it is my time to be judged by our Maker, that He will be more forgiving than those who have judged Reed Walters so harshly.

– John D. W. Guice

Laurel

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