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Villagers say the decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a burned-out school in rural Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military

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Villagers say the decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a burned-out school in rural Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military BANGKOK (AP) — The decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in central Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said Thursday, marking the latest of many abuses alleged as the army tries to crush opposition to military rule. In September, at least seven young students were killed in a helicopter attack on a school in a Buddhist monastery in the Sagaing region in north-central Myanmar. The military government denied responsibility for the attacks. The U.N. has documented 260 attacks on schools and education personnel since the army takeover, the U.N. Child Rights Committee said in June. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military’s February 2021 seizure of power was met by nationwide peaceful protests and civil disobedience that security forces suppressed with deadly force. The repression led to widespread armed resistance, which has since turned into what U.N. experts have characterized as a civil war. Read more:
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Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Read more >> Hmmm, whether Burma or Myanmar, I would support the local government whilst noting the yankees call it Burma! 😢😢but why Those who claim Buddhism is a peaceful religion should look at the horrors being perpetrated in it's name in Burma. JFC! How disgraceful. East Bay high school teacher on leave after inappropriate reading material assignedA high school teacher in Union City was placed on administrative leave after assigning reading material that some parents deemed sexually explicit and inappropriate, according to the school district superintendent. Teacher shoulda slipped in some genderfluid material & EVERYONE’s happy. 😳🤷‍😉😂🤣 High school? With HS kids today, pretty sure that horse left the barn a few years ago. Really high school students in the bay can’t handle that 😏 2 students stabbed at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz, police sayTwo students were stabbed at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz Wednesday afternoon, police say. Well as you can see this would have never happen at Belmont High...we there is civilized!!....LOL Can I Tell My Son’s Teacher That Her Behavior Point System Is Garbage?Dear Ask a Teacher: Every fiber of my being tells me that this teacher's strategy is wrong. Is this from that SpongeBob episode? 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Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years In September, at least seven young students were killed in a helicopter attack on a school in a Buddhist monastery in the Sagaing region in north-central Myanmar.deemed sexually explicit and inappropriate , according to the school district superintendent.LOS FELIZ, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two students were stabbed at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz Wednesday afternoon, and a person of interest was detained, police say.Advertisement Advertisement As for the “Cliff of Doom,” I would talk to the teacher and ask if there is some way to mitigate your daughter’s fear. The military government denied responsibility for the attacks. The U. 6.N., according to the Los Angeles School Police Department. has documented 260 attacks on schools and education personnel since the army takeover, the U. SEE ALSO: Man assaults 3rd grader at Oakland school over alleged bullying, parents say "As Superintendent, I was just as outraged as our parents when I learned about the particular reading selection that was assigned to our students.N. In the end, though, I would send her on the trip. Child Rights Committee said in June. After further investigation, the district learned the reading passage was from the book Chicana Falsa   by Michelle Serros. Several police vehicles were seen outside the school as an investigation continued. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military’s February 2021 seizure of power was met by nationwide peaceful protests and civil disobedience that security forces suppressed with deadly force. The repression led to widespread armed resistance, which has since turned into what U. This book was teacher-selected supplemental material and was not approved for use in classrooms in the New Haven Unified School District through our curriculum approval process.N. experts have characterized as a civil war. Advertisement We’ve found from personal experience that on average, public school staff are no worse than staff at private schools—in fact, they’re often better. The army has conducted major offensives in the countryside, including burning down villages and driving hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, allowing them little or no access to humanitarian assistance. ADVERTISEMENT Myanmar’s military has long been accused of serious human rights violations, most notably in the western state of Rakhine. International courts are considering whether it committed genocide there in a brutal 2017 counterinsurgency campaign that caused more than 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority to flee to neighboring Bangladesh for safety. The slain teacher, Saw Tun Moe, was a longtime educator who had participated in anti-military protests before taking charge of a high school founded by the country’s pro-democracy movement in his native Thit Nyi Naung village. The National Unity Government, an underground organization opposed to military rule that styles itself as the country’s legitimate administrative body, opened a network of schools this year as an interim education system in parts of the country where it believed armed militias loyal to it were strong enough to defend themselves. I want us to seriously consider choicing into a dual-language public school. ADVERTISEMENT Saw Tun Moe also taught mathematics at his village school and another nearby alternative school and was involved in the administration of Thit Nyi Naung, where he lived with his family. He previously taught at a private school in Magway, also known as Magwe, for 20 years. The NUG’s education arm mourned his death in a statement late Thursday that praised him and other fallen teachers as “revolutionary heroes” and expressed solidarity with the teachers and students who continue their resistance to the military. His death occurred as a column of about 90 government soldiers carried out sweeps of at least a dozen area villages this month. A villager told The Associated Press by phone that she was among about two dozen villagers including Saw Tun Moe who were hiding behind a hut in a peanut field at 9:30 a. We know standardized tests aren’t everything, but they do give a rough idea of where a group is academically. m. on Sunday when a group of more than 80 soldiers accompanied by armed civilians arrived, shooting their guns into the air. The military arms and employs civilian auxiliaries who serve as guides and take part in raids. ADVERTISEMENT The villager, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared being punished by the authorities, said they were caught by the troops, who seized their phones and other belongings and at an officer’s command separated three men from the group, but took away only Saw Tun Moe. “Our heads were bowed at that time and we didn’t dare to look at them. And sometimes when parents talk about a school’s reputation, they’re basing it more on the school’s racial demographics than how it actually is. Later, one of the soldiers called to him, “Come. Come fatty, follow us,” and took him away. The soldiers treated him leniently, so we didn’t think this would happen,” the villager said. She said Saw Tun Moe was taken to Taung Myint village, more than a kilometer (almost a mile) north of Thit Nyi Naung, and killed him there the following day. “I learned on Monday morning that he had been killed. I too have been wondering if my own children might not get a better education elsewhere. It is very sad to lose a good teacher who we depended on for our children’s education,” the villager added. She said her two children studied at his school. ADVERTISEMENT A villager from Taung Myint village said he saw Saw Tun Moe’s body at about 11 a.m. Monday after the soldiers had left. I would be very hesitant to let my own children go to a magnet or STEM school; I want them to be well-rounded people with a diverse group of friends. “First, I called my friends, then I looked at the body more closely. I immediately knew that it was Teacher Moe. He used to visit our village as a schoolteacher in the past few months, so I recognized his face,” said the villager from Taung Myint, who also asked not to be named for his own safety. Photos taken by his friend showed the teacher’s body and head. An old campaign poster with Suu Kyi’s photos covered the corpse’s thigh. Apparently, this young man goes home and tells his mother, on a regular basis, how much he is learning about patience and flexibility from watching me. Fingers severed from his right hand had been placed between his thighs, according to the villagers. A three-finger salute is a gesture adopted by the country’s civil disobedience movement, inspired by “The Hunger Games” series. On an outside wall of the school, which was partially burned Sunday by the soldiers, is scrawled graffiti with an ominous warning: “I will be back, you (expletive) who ran away.” AP NEWS .