FLORIDA EDUCATION REPORT

A Florida man who was filmed mowing his lawn in the nude wants to be a teacher again, after retaining his certification following the incident.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

Comments

[Head_Smashed_In]

He's already taught us all a good lesson.

[MOTW]

I once had an English Lit instructor nicknamed Chief who was caught walking down Main Street with nothing but a front flap loin cloth. He was as good a teacher as one might expect. (not good)

[Jeff Meyerson]

Hey, he was mowing his own lawn naked, not teaching calculus. As long as he comes to school fully clothed, I think they need to give him a break.

[LeDud]

Most people are pretty scary without clothing. This might help him with classroom discipline.

[Ralph]

Public nudity that does not involve lewd behavior is legal in New York, Vermont, and Michigan, with local exceptions. In most other places it is a misdemeanor, like littering. At what point does trivial off-duty behavior become grounds for destroying the career of a civil servant? How about people who deny evolution or climate change? We used to fire teachers for "living in sin" because it was a bad example for their students. It's not 1620 any more. It's time to move on.

[Judy]

Just don’t let him do show and tell.

[Rod Nunley]

Actually, Ralph, in 1620 they had pretty open and honest conversations about sex. Remember, everybody lived in one-room houses. When it came that time, the kids saw it. The meaning of "Puritan" has evolved over the years from the original connotation. They weren't shy about discussing sex.

[Ralph]

Rod Nunley: True, but the Puritans did not mow their lawns while naked. Immodesty in public, particularly by women (such as naked arms), was severely punished.

[Flathead County Frank]

"DON'T LOOK, ETHEL!" But it was too late, she'd already been incensed.

[pogo]

^5 to Frank!