Quick Hit: Teacher uses assassinating Obama as a way of teaching angles to students

Holy shit. Via Pam, via the Birmingham News:

A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Barack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geometry students. Someone alerted authorities and the Corner High School math teacher was questioned by the Secret Service, but was not taken into custody or charged with any crime.
…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.
Efforts to reach the teacher for comment Mon­day were unsuccessful. Superintendent Phil Hammonds said the teacher remains at work, and there are no plans for termination. “We are going to have a long conversation with him about what’s appropriate,” Hammonds said. “It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words.”

“A poor choice of words”? As Pam says, this guy knew exactly what he was doing, and a long conversation isn’t going to do shit to stop him from doing it again. Completely terrifying and a shameful lack of action on the school’s part.