Freaking Alabama!

Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Bar­ack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geome­try students.
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A Corner High geometry teacher picked the wrong example, President Barack Obama, to use in a lesson on angles. The lesson resulted in a Secret Service investigation. (AP) Sexton said he generally doesn’t discuss threat cases, but confirmed his of­fice investigated the inci­dent. No federal charges followed the probe.



The teacher was appar­ently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.



“He was talking about angles and said, ‘If you’re in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,’ ” said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class.


This might be boorish and completely inappropriate to ask, but…
What was the lesson?  If you are in this building… you need to take this angle…
Is it a crowded room with a bunch of obstructions, such that the angle would have to be one particular angle?  Is there a specific body part that’s being aimed at?  This story is “Useless Without Pictures”.
And, yes, the teacher needs some “Time off” without pay.

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