Teacher Of The Year Honored By Trump Immediately Stabs Him Back – Now People Want Her Stripped Of Award
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The winner if this year’s National Teacher of the year award met with President Donald Trump during a White House ceremony to present her with the prestigious award. However, there was quite a catch that turned the congratulatory honor into a bit of a scandal that has social media bursting in outrage.
President Trump entered and everyone applauded. However, the teacher, Mandy Manning, remained silent and even made a dissatisfied facial gesture when the president congratulated her. What was perhaps the most interesting of the debacle was what the teacher was wearing. Manning wore six badges on her black dress. One was a poster for the Women’s March that followed Trump’s inauguration, one said “Trans Equality Now” and one in the shape of an apple with a rainbow. What could have been a wonderful moment for all teachers was unfortunately marred by bitterness and silent protest. A perfect moment for a conversation perhaps became a moment of division.
Here is more on what President Trump had to say via The Hill: “Trump praised Manning and the other award finalists and teachers from each state.
“Her incredible devotion has earned her the adoration — total adoration, actually — and respect of students and colleagues throughout her school district, community and the entire state,” Trump said during the award ceremony.
“Teachers like Mandy play a vital role in the well-being of our children, the strength of our communities and the success of our nation,” he added.
Manning was not the only teacher to vocalize her concerns about the Trump administration’s education policies.”
Manning teaches refugees and immigrant students at Joel E Ferris high school in Spokane, Washington, which is a school that specializes in English language development for new refugees and immigrant students.
Here is more on the teacher via The Guardian:
“A teacher who leads a classroom for teenage refugees staged a silent protest by wearing several overtly political badges while receiving an award from Donald Trump at the White House.
Mandy Manning works at the Newcomer Center at Joel E Ferris high school in Spokane, Washington, which specializes in English language development for new refugees and immigrant students.
Trump presented her with the National Teacher of the Year award in the East Room and praised her “incredible devotion”. The US president said: “Teachers like Mandy play a vital role in the wellbeing of our children, the strength of our communities and the success of our nation.”
Manning wore six badges on her black dress. According to a pooled report, they included one with a poster for the Women’s March that followed Trump’s inauguration, one that said “Trans Equality Now” and one in the shape of an apple with a rainbow.
The badges also represented the teacher of the year programme, National Education Association and Peace Corps, where she began her teaching career.
Handing her the clear glass, apple-shaped award on a podium, Trump did not appear to notice the badges. He smiled as he and Manning posed for photographers. The education secretary, Betsy DeVos; the labor secretary, Alex Acosta; and the Peace Corps director, Jody Olsen, looked on.
Manning told the Associated Press after the ceremony that she used a private moment with Trump to give him stacks of letters written by her students and members of the Spokane community. She said she told Trump she hoped he would read them, and she encouraged him to visit her school.
“I just had a very, very brief moment so I made it clear that the students that I teach … are dedicated and focused,” Manning said in an interview. “They make the United States the beautiful place that it is.”
Manning said the letters conveyed important messages about what coming to the US meant to the immigrants and refugees.
The long-running annual event took place against the backdrop of teachers’ strikes in Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma and West Virginia amid complaints over stagnant pay.
Trump has cracked down on both legal and illegal immigration and suspended the US refugee programme for a period. He has demanded that a wall be built on the Mexican border to keep out murderers, drugs gangs and other criminals.