After Terri Bennett, an AZ nursing student, requested that her class be taught in English, she was called a ‘bigot’ and a ‘bitch’ and was actually suspended from her college.
It seems Ms. Bennett’s class was divided up into smaller groups and she made it into a group where she was the only English speaker, so the class was taught in Spanish. In another class Spanish was used so much the she ‘couldn’t concentrate’.
Yet, her complaints were met with accusations of “discriminating against Mexican-Americans”.
She has filed suit against the college for “learning environment [that] was hostile to her as an English-language speaker.” The case goes to trial in March.
We’re getting very far down the hole when one can’t even get college instruction in English…in English-Speaking America.
If you would like to call the college and voice your discontent:
Lee D. Lambert, Chancellor: (520) 206-4747
Or Email at: [email protected]
As if it isn’t enough we have to battle BOTH parties to keep tens of millions of illegal invaders from being handed amnesty, we also have to fight just to maintain our common language. And as with the La Raza Studies battle in Tucson, Arizona is once again the battlefield.
An Arizona college is being sued for labeling a student a “bigot” and punishing her with a long-term suspension after she requested that English be used in her nursing studies class so she could learn the subject.
The action was filed against Pima Community College on behalf of student Terri Bennett, who alleged that school officials created a “learning environment [that] was hostile to her as an English-language speaker.”
The case will proceed to trial in March.
According Bennett’s legal complaint, she started nursing classes at PCC in January 2013. During classroom hours, she and her fellow students were divided up into smaller groups, and she was “the only first-language English speaker” in her group. The other students in her group “spoke primarily in Spanish.”
The students were asked to fill out class evaluations in March and were told their answers would remain anonymous. Thus, Bennett indicated on her evaluation she would prefer “there were no Spanish in the classroom.”
During another class, Bennett stated shortly after turning in her evaluation, Spanish was used so heavily in the classroom that she said she could not “concentrate.” By April 3, Bennett claimed her learning environment was so challenging that she “followed PCC procedures and requested an interview with the Director of the Nursing Program.”
Bennett’s complaint alleges that, after she told nursing director David Kutzler of her struggles, he accused her of “discriminating against Mexican-Americans” and of being a “bigot and a bitch.”
The next day, April 4, Bennett was summoned to a broader meeting of PCC staff where she was allegedly told she was “discriminating” and that she would “not get a job” even if she finished her degree. Kutzler allegedly took part in this meeting as well, confronting Bennett with her “anonymous” class evaluation.
On April 15, Bennett was given a routine progress report in which she was accused of having “ineffective communication skills.” On April 22, security personnel were waiting for her when she arrived at school; she was suspended and reportedly “instructed to leave campus immediately.”
“Then on Monday morning, April 22, 2013, Ms. Bennett arrived on campus. … She immediately noticed Mr. Kutzler running from his car into the Nursing Office building. She also noticed there were several law enforcement vehicles in the parking lot. … As Ms. Bennett entered the building, she was approached by a man who identified himself as head of PCC security, and who requested whether she was Terri Bennett and requested her to show her identity card, which Ms. Bennett did. … Ms. Bennett was given a sealed envelope, informed that she was immediately suspended from PCC, and instructed to leave campus immediately. … Upon information and belief, a police vehicle followed her to the freeway. Mr. Kutzler sent an email to PCC staff advising them that they were not allowed to talk to Ms. Bennett.”
She was given a letter saying her suspension was based on charges that her “presence on College property [posed] a significant risk of disruption of educational activities” and that she “engaged in discriminatory conduct,” among other charges.
Arizona’s constitution is crystal clear on this matter, and the school violated it:
Article 28 of Arizona’s state constitution establishes English as “the official language of the state.”
Section 3 states: “A person shall not be discriminated against or penalized in any way because the person uses or attempts to use English in public or private.
do what I do if they don’t speak English. yell at them and remind them there in the United states and we speak ENGLISH here!!
MAKES ME MAD AS HELL
$#%&!@* AZ!!!!!!! They are morons!!!!!!!!!!!
>>The other side of the story<< In an email exchange with TheDC, Kutzler, a retired 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, said that these allegations and many others are false. “Terri came to me outraged because two classmates were having private conversations in class, to which she was not a party, in Spanish,” Kutzler explained to TheDC. “She demanded that I force students to speak only English to each other.” Kutzler emphasized his belief that the state-owned school’s administrators have “no legal or policy basis” to force anyone engaged in a private conversation to speak English. The retired major also emphatically denies Bennett’s contention that he called her any derogatory names. “That only happened in her mind. At one point she became exasperated and said, ‘Oh, so now I’m the *****,’” Kutzler told TheDC. “I actually didn’t know how to respond, so I said nothing.” “At one point in the conversation, Terri proclaimed ‘I’m not a bigot.’ I told her that trying to force people to speak only English in her presence could easily be seen as bigoted,” Kutzler said. And more: “Terri claims that two students would translate the lecture to each other during class,” Kutzler told TheDC. “The students sat directly in front of the instructor, who stated that the students did converse in Spanish, but they weren’t translating the lectures, and they weren’t disruptive. Oddly, the two students were able to pass all the exams, which are written in English and proctored with no talking allowed." “All of our courses are taught in English; all student-instructor interactions are in English; all learning materials are in English and all tests are in English,” he proclaimed. Statistics show that 38 percent of students identify as “Latino/Hispanic.” Finally, while Bennett’s lawsuit claims that she left a meeting with Kutzler in distress and in tears, Kutzler suggests that tears were also shed by other students because of Bennett’s behavior. “Terri began to harass and intimidate other students. I had at least two students in my office in tears, wanting to quit the program because of Terri’s intimidation,” Kutzler alleged in an email to TheDC.
Did they give her back the money she paid when she was suspended?
This is directed to Lambert, If you are in the U.S you should speak ENGLISH weather broken or not, No matter where you are from.And why is there a flag flying above THE AMERICAN FLAG and upside down, are you in distress. Stupid ass
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this is the usa speak English this school is a disgrace not only to the students but the usa, there flying a foren flag above our’s and disrespecting our’s by flying it upside down they need to by sued.
keep up the good work Terri this is america not mexico or some other small country trying to take over
Why is the Mexican flag flying higher in Arizona than the American flag? This is wrong!! You would think some people don’t know where Mexico is!!!