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March 02, 2006 09:55 AM EST
By Sher Zieve – A high school teacher was caught on tape, by one of his students, preaching Marxist philosophy and bashing President Bush. The Aurora, Colorado teacher Jay Bennish said that the US was the “single most violent nation on planet earth” and that it is a “quote unquote democracy”.
The Overland Park HS teacher’s comments were recorded for 20 minutes. Bennish said that capitalism is "at odds with human rights" and that President Bush’s January State of the Union address included "things that Adolph Hitler used to say." On the tape, Bennish also advises that capitalism does not provide for the needs of the majority of the world’s people. Bennish is also heard eliciting anti-American and pro-communist answers from his students to [his] questions. When speaking of Israel, Bennish referred to it as a "Zionist state". Bennish also asked, when a student advised that Hamas is a terrorist group, "Who is defining what is a terrorist?"
Superintendent Monte Moses did not chastise Bennish for his communist and anti-Bush teachings but, said: "Our policy calls for both sides to be present, in the interest of intellectual discourse. People in life make mistakes occasionally. We address them. We learn from them."
The tape was played Wednesday night on a Denver Radio station. Bennish has been placed on temporary administrative leave.
By Sher Zieve – A high school teacher was caught on tape, by one of his students, preaching Marxist philosophy and bashing President Bush. The Aurora, Colorado teacher Jay Bennish said that the US was the “single most violent nation on planet earth” and that it is a “quote unquote democracy”.
The Overland Park HS teacher’s comments were recorded for 20 minutes. Bennish said that capitalism is "at odds with human rights" and that President Bush’s January State of the Union address included "things that Adolph Hitler used to say." On the tape, Bennish also advises that capitalism does not provide for the needs of the majority of the world’s people. Bennish is also heard eliciting anti-American and pro-communist answers from his students to [his] questions. When speaking of Israel, Bennish referred to it as a "Zionist state". Bennish also asked, when a student advised that Hamas is a terrorist group, "Who is defining what is a terrorist?"
Superintendent Monte Moses did not chastise Bennish for his communist and anti-Bush teachings but, said: "Our policy calls for both sides to be present, in the interest of intellectual discourse. People in life make mistakes occasionally. We address them. We learn from them."
The tape was played Wednesday night on a Denver Radio station. Bennish has been placed on temporary administrative leave.
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