TEACHER ON COCAINE HAS AN ILLNESS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
FIRED

It's unfortunate the school principal wants to continue discriminating
against the teacher that tested positive for cocaine. Drug abuse is an
illness and the teacher should be treated as such.

Society, especially the school system, has become extremely tolerant
of all types of people, such as gays and transgendered. But they
continue to discriminate against people who suffer from drug
dependency. This teacher should be allowed to remain in his teaching
position provided he attends the mandated counseling and treatment.

Despite what some people like to think, a teacher high on cocaine is
no more of a threat to the students than any other teacher on campus.
Obviously the teacher should not be allowed to teach while under the
influence of drugs, it might interfere with the quality of his lesson,
but he should not lose his job due to this one incident.

ROBERT MOON
Fort Worth, Texas