Poughkeepsie teacher resigns after backlash over syllabus some found offensive [View all]
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y. - A Poughkeepsie High School teacher resigned after handing out a syllabus that some found offensive.
The teacher, Cesar Olivares, resigned Sept. 7. He faced backlash over certain phrases included in the syllabus for his psychology class, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
The syllabus stated students had to have a notebook for the class.
"If you can afford your phone bill/expensive sneakers then you or parents can afford to buy a notebook," the syllabus read, according to the Journal.
Read more: https://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2018/09/teacher_resign_offensive_syllabus_poughkeepsie.html
Does anyone see the irony of a social studies teacher publishing an anti-social syllabus? 
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