Missouri Teacher Says He Was Banned After Thanking Students Who Stood for Pledge of Allegiance

Missouri Teacher Says He Was Banned After Thanking Students Who Stood for Pledge of Allegiance
File photo showing the American flag on North Street in Middletown on May 25, 2016. Yvonne Marcotte/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
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A Missouri substitute teacher claims he was banned from working at a St. Louis area high school after a student reported him for bullying when he thanked those who stood up during the Pledge of Allegiance.

Teacher Jim Furkin expressed appreciation to students for standing for the pledge but at least one student who declined to stand felt inappropriately singled out and complained, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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