Student wearing Broncos jersey forced to take test on floor [Archive]

Hammock Parties

01-23-2006, 06:02 PM

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EAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) - A 17-year-old high school student said he was humiliated when a teacher made him sit on the floor during a midterm exam, for wearing a Broncos jersey.

The teacher, John Kelly, forced Joshua Vannoy to sit on the floor and take the test Friday -- two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Broncos 34-17 in the AFC championship game. Kelly also made other students throw crumpled up paper at Vannoy, whom he called a "stinking Denver fan," Vannoy told The Associated Press on Monday.

The incident occurred in Kelly's ethnicity class. Kelly said Vannoy, a junior at Beaver Area Senior High School, just didn't get the joke.

"If he felt uncomfortable, then that's a lesson; that's what (the class) is designed to do," Kelly told The Denver Post. "It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."

Vannoy was wearing a No. 7 Broncos jersey on Friday, because he is a fan of John Elway, the Broncos' retired Hall of Fame quarterback.

Vannoy said he was so unnerved he left at least 20 questions blank on the 60-question test, and just wants out of Kelly's class because he's afraid the teacher won't treat him fairly now that the story reached the media.

"I'm going to have to deal with him for two more nine weeks (school quarters) and he's going to want revenge somehow," Vannoy said Monday. "I took the test. I'm shaking. I'm furious. I didn't know what to do."

Kelly, who wore a Ben Roethlisberger jersey Friday, and his principal, Thomas Karczewski, didn't immediately return messages left on their school voice mail Monday.

Big Beaver Falls Area School District Superintendent Donna Nugent said she was aware of the situation, but said confidentiality rules prevent her from commenting specifically.

"We'll take whatever action we need to in order for the student to feel comfortable," Nugent said.

"I think stripping him down, smearing him with vaseline and stringing him up to the football goalposts will be appropriate," she added.

CHENZ A!

01-23-2006, 06:05 PM

This teacher is clearly a very smart man, and this little ****er had it coming to him.

SLAG

01-23-2006, 06:07 PM

I know who gets my Teacher of the year award

RedDread

01-23-2006, 06:08 PM

LOL what a little bitch

Man up Donko boy.

Gee I wonder what's gonna happen if I wear an opposing team's Jersey into a School full of Steeler fans right before the big game?? duhhhhhh. Prevent the confrontation before it starts and don't wear the damn thing unless you're prepared to take some abuse. Just because a teacher gave you some sh** and you can get him in trouble for it doesn't mean you do. That just means the students will give you MORE sh** later.

:rolleyes:

cdcox

01-23-2006, 06:10 PM

That last line wasn't in the original story.

Sybil

01-23-2006, 06:11 PM

What a whiner. Damn typical for a Bronco fan though.

Hammock Parties

01-23-2006, 06:11 PM

That last line wasn't in the original story.

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Bowser

01-23-2006, 06:11 PM

What a pussy.

Bearcat

01-23-2006, 06:13 PM

Eleazar

01-23-2006, 06:16 PM

This should be the law of the land

kcxiv

01-23-2006, 06:18 PM

I hope you people are kidding... it would be one thing if the teacher & student had a history of talking smack or something along those lines... but they were taking a freakin test.... and it was the teacher.
Yep, should have never happend. Teacher needs to be punished. This has nothing to do with what kinda team fan he was, it had to do with the teacher singling someone out. A teacher tried to do that shit to me once in high school. I told em **** you, and i walked outta his class, i got busted for it, but i wasnt going to let him show me up. After that, teacher never ****ed with me agian.

RedDread

01-23-2006, 06:22 PM

I hope you people are kidding... it would be one thing if the teacher & student had a history of talking smack or something along those lines... but they were taking a freakin test.... and it was the teacher.

OH MY GOD A TEACHER MADE HIM SIT ON THE FLOOR?? Heaven forbid.

In High School the coolest teachers I had were those that actually did stuff like this. We had one guy who once took two days out of class to teach us how to play craps. He also routinely would pick students up out of their chairs and even wrestled a couple who decided to make some snide comments in class. He singled students out every day but he did it in funny ways. He made it a point to single you out if you sucked on an assignment or had a dumb answer to a question.

Everyone in the class did well because we didn't want to be the target of his heckling. It's not the same thing here but then again no one was ever dumb enough to wear an Elway jersey right before the Chiefs-Broncos game.

He would have done something a lot worse than this I guarantee it.

This kid is just a crybaby, plain and simple.

REST STOP HOOLIGAN

01-23-2006, 06:22 PM

I hope you people are kidding... it would be one thing if the teacher & student had a history of talking smack or something along those lines... but they were taking a freakin test.... and it was the teacher.

You are absolutely correct!!! This is totally wrong. The teacher should've have given him a desk and a candle to take the test in the school boiler room!!!!! Sheeez!!! kids have it way to easy these days!

Mecca

01-23-2006, 06:24 PM

Some people have no sense of humor.....

Thig Lyfe

01-23-2006, 06:25 PM

What a grade A pussy. Giving Broncos fans a bad name.

Albeit an accurate one.

Eleazar

01-23-2006, 06:31 PM

A teacher shouldn't be doing this, but the kid's a friggin crybaby. Oooh, I sat on the floor. Some people threw paperballs at me. I'm scarred for life :rolleyes:

If you don't want to put up with a little ribbing you shouldn't claim to be a sports fan. Don't wear your colors if you can't take it. It's part of the territory.

Skip Towne

01-23-2006, 06:31 PM

The kid was asking for it. I'll bet he doesn't do something stupid like that again.

Garcia Bronco

01-23-2006, 06:40 PM

There is something to be said for having a thick skin...however...what if this was your kid?

FAX

01-23-2006, 06:41 PM

Were this my son, I would not allow him to leave the house dressed in that manner.

FAX

Frazod

01-23-2006, 06:44 PM

There is something to be said for having a thick skin...however...what if this was your kid?

If my kid ever wore a f#cking Broncos jersey I'd SHOOT HIM. :#

KC Dan

01-23-2006, 06:45 PM

If my kid ever wore a f#cking Broncos jersey I'd SHOOT HIM. :#
Yeah, but what if he has a bronco bumper sticker in your house? eh?, albeit in your toilet?

Bearcat

01-23-2006, 06:51 PM

Like I said... there's a difference between joking around and doing it while taking a test.

Rain Man goes to work in a Chiefs jersey... Rain Man gets hell from all the Broncos fans............... Rain Man is giving a presentation in front of his bosses with a few others... Power Point slide #8 comes up as CHIEFS SUCK!!

Yeah, there's a difference.

kcxiv

01-23-2006, 06:51 PM

If my kid ever wore a f#cking Broncos jersey I'd SHOOT HIM. :#
ok, say its yoru kid. The teacher is a raiders fan, and he does it to your kid while wearing a say, Derrick Thomas jersey. What do you do?

FAX

01-23-2006, 06:58 PM

It's all about choices, Mr. kcxiv.

First, never allow your child to enter a room full of poop fans wearing a DT jersey unescorted.

Second, one is attending school to learn - not antagonize the educators regardless of their team affiliation.

Third, donkey kids have learned to cheat on tests from their heros, so, this is merely another example of ironical justice at work in the world.

FAX

RedDread

01-23-2006, 06:58 PM

ok, say its yoru kid. The teacher is a raiders fan, and he does it to your kid while wearing a say, Derrick Thomas jersey. What do you do?

You should also point out that to be a fair comparison this example should take place in COMPTON

Frazod

01-23-2006, 07:18 PM

ok, say its yoru kid. The teacher is a raiders fan, and he does it to your kid while wearing a say, Derrick Thomas jersey. What do you do?

This presumes I'd be living in the Gay- I mean, Bay Area of Kalifornia.

That would never friggin happen.

grandllama

01-23-2006, 07:21 PM

...but i wasnt going to let him show me up. After that, teacher never ****ed with me agian.

And that statement right there is what's wrong with this country.

alanm

01-23-2006, 07:38 PM

There is something to be said for having a thick skin...however...what if this was your kid?
I'd have his mother kick his ass because he was being a grade A pussy. :)

KC-Chef

01-23-2006, 07:46 PM

I used to get paddled with a wood paddle with holes drilled in it by our shop teacher whenever the wild hair got up his butt.

My Principal used to whack my knuckes with a wood ruler for doing stuff in elementary school.

I think we have gone way to far to the easy side of the street. My kids are nowhere near as adventurous as I was when I was a kid. Even though I try to prod them along, the village side of the street is always making it harder on me and easier on them.

Truth of the matter is, don't wear the jersey unless you are willing to put up with the hazing.

Teacher may have been a bit out of line by todays standards, but by no means was the kid abused. He should have proudly taken it.

Whenever it was time for the paddle, any of us that had it coming lined up and bent over like the juvenile delinquents we were.

Bwana

01-23-2006, 07:47 PM

As it should be!!

Ultra Peanut

01-23-2006, 07:47 PM

Ha HA!

OldTownChief

01-23-2006, 08:43 PM

That last line wasn't in the original story.

haha I tought it was the best part.

Nelson Muntz

01-23-2006, 08:54 PM

Valiant

01-23-2006, 09:01 PM

That teacher was wrong and took it a little bit too far, but dammit that was funny...

VonneMarie

01-23-2006, 09:06 PM

Goody.

:D

ChiefFripp

01-23-2006, 09:17 PM

You know both of his parents were Donkey fans . Bronco fans can't help but raise crybaby p*ssies. I mean when all your parents ever do is cry and behave like morons, chances are you will too.

Simplex3

01-23-2006, 09:33 PM

There is something to be said for having a thick skin...however...what if this was your kid?
My kid would never have made it out of the house alive in a f**king Elway jersey.

Simplex3

01-23-2006, 09:34 PM

ok, say its yoru kid. The teacher is a raiders fan, and he does it to your kid while wearing a say, Derrick Thomas jersey. What do you do?
Tell him to take the heat or stop wearing the jersey.

Simplex3

01-23-2006, 09:44 PM

A few points:

A 17-year-old high school student...a junior at Beaver Area Senior High School...
Isn't he a bit old to be a Junior?
The incident occurred in Kelly's ethnicity class.
A f**king ETHNICITY class? WTF? Is that a joke?
Kelly said Vannoy, a junior at Beaver Area Senior High School, just didn't get the joke.
Duh. He's a Donkey fan who's a 17 year old Junior. Of course he didn't get it.
Vannoy said he was so unnerved he left at least 20 questions blank on the 60-question test...
Something tells me stupidy might have something to do with why he left some things incomplete.
and just wants out of Kelly's class because he's afraid the teacher won't treat him fairly now that the story reached the media.
And how did that happen you enormous cooter?
"I'm going to have to deal with him for two more nine weeks (school quarters) and he's going to want revenge somehow," Vannoy said Monday. "I took the test. I'm shaking. I'm furious. I didn't know what to do."
Oh, so you're not scared, you're pissed. You could have started by taking it like a man.
"We'll take whatever action we need to in order for the student to feel comfortable," Nugent said.
Some Monistat will stop the kid's itching.

Frazod

01-23-2006, 09:49 PM

17 would be too old to be a sophomore, not a junior. Anybody with a birthday after the cutoff (used to be the end of September) would turn 17 during their junior year. I was 17 when I graduated because my birthday's in June.

Iowanian

01-23-2006, 09:52 PM

He definitely whines like a donkey fan, but the fact of the matter is, if he were a real donk fan, he'd have chop blocked his ass.

Simplex3

01-23-2006, 09:56 PM

KcMizzou

01-23-2006, 09:58 PM

On the bright side, he does get to attend "Beaver High".

Frazod

01-23-2006, 10:06 PM

Couldn't remember. He's still a dumbass, though.

:)

Oh, obviously. :D

DomerNKC

01-23-2006, 10:12 PM

And the Fox 4 crystal Apple award goes to...

OnTheWarpath15

01-23-2006, 10:48 PM

Not trying to be funny, but honestly, this kid got off light.

1) The kid is obviously an idiot if he thought he could walk into school (in Penn) wearing a Broncos jersey the Friday before the AFC Champ Game and not catch some grief.

2) He's extremely lucky one of his peers didn't take action. Kids can be cruel, to say the least. I grew up in STL, and remember this kid that transfered to my school the Monday after the Cardinals swept the Cubs in a weekend series. Dude shows up wearing a Cubbies jersey and talking smack.....I think we all know what happened.

3) Kid was in a class on Ethnicity. If the kid wasn't such a pansy-ass, he might have learned the lesson the teacher was trying to teach the class....How we as a society tend to treat people like garbage just because they look, talk or act different, or have different beliefs.

Chalk this one up as a whiny-ass :deevee: kid looking for some attention.

JMO

Mr. Flopnuts

01-23-2006, 10:57 PM

My nickname in school was Chiefman because on an elevated campus you could see my fat ass wearing my Chiefs parka all the way from the other side of the school. This was in the height of Seattle doing well in the AFC West. I took shit from students, teachers, bus drivers, dorks, geeks, chicks, cafeteria workers, janitors, and librarians. So I have every right to say, dude you are a F*CKING PUSS. Man up. Have some pride in the fact that your team sparks enough concern in other folks enough for them to buck up and talk some shit. I expect nothing less from a Donko fan.

Dunit35

01-23-2006, 10:58 PM

This story is really really funny. Grow a pair kid.

Tribal Warfare

01-23-2006, 11:00 PM

By reading this, It assures me that the U.S. educational system is working at the utmost degree :bravo: :clap: :thumb:

BigRock

01-23-2006, 11:29 PM

Come on, everybody, there's really no need for a teacher to be picking on this kid. If he's a Broncos fan then he's clearly been picked on enough by God.

ChiefsCountry

01-23-2006, 11:31 PM

Kid is a puss, enough said.

Pitt Gorilla

01-23-2006, 11:38 PM

3) Kid was in a class on Ethnicity. If the kid wasn't such a pansy-ass, he might have learned the lesson the teacher was trying to teach the class....How we as a society tend to treat people like garbage just because they look, talk or act different, or have different beliefs.
I think that was the point. Had this been a math class, it wouldn't have had much validity. People should check out the eye-color thing that happened in Iowa 30 years ago, or so. Interesting stuff.

01-23-2006, 11:45 PM

You don't wear a Broncos jersey to a Beaver Falls high school the Friday before the AFC championship and not expect to get some shit. He got more than he saw coming, I guess.

And hey, it was an ethnicity class and he was the minority ethnicity. I hope he learned a good lesson.

wazu

01-23-2006, 11:50 PM

I hope this incident scars him for life.

DaKCMan AP

01-24-2006, 07:17 AM

Interesting that this story didn't come out until after the game. Kid probably didn't want to show up and eat crow on Monday. If Donkos win, there might not have been a story.

greg63

01-24-2006, 07:27 AM

How could anyone who's not from Denver be a Donks fan. :D

Inspector

01-24-2006, 07:54 AM

This is written as though somebody did something wrong.

I've read it twice and I'm just not getting it....

Pants

01-24-2006, 07:55 AM

I think that was the point. Had this been a math class, it wouldn't have had much validity. People should check out the eye-color thing that happened in Iowa 30 years ago, or so. Interesting stuff.

Is that the one where a grade school teacher told the kids that the blue-eyed ones were superior to the brown-eyed ones? Cool experiment, very sad though.

Hog's Gone Fishin

01-24-2006, 08:23 AM

Just found out his name was "Quicksurfer"

Garcia Bronco

01-24-2006, 08:45 AM

My kid would never have made it out of the house alive in a f**king Elway jersey.

sigh, okay...let's say he's wearing a Trent Green jersey...

Garcia Bronco

01-24-2006, 08:47 AM

If my kid ever wore a f#cking Broncos jersey I'd SHOOT HIM. :#

What if he was wearing a Lanier jersey?

KCTitus

01-24-2006, 08:58 AM

Kid is a puss, enough said.

Succinct, yet accurate.

This sounds like fun compared to the teasing/ribbing I dealt with by students and teachers while I was in school.

Eye Patch

01-24-2006, 12:45 PM

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/football/nfl/01/24/jersey.lesson.ap/Broncos-fan-1.23.jpg

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) -- A 17-year-old high school student said he was humiliated when a teacher made him sit on the floor during a midterm exam in his ethnicity class -- for wearing a Denver Broncos jersey.

The teacher, John Kelly, forced Joshua Vannoy to sit on the floor and take the test Friday -- two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Broncos 34-17 in the AFC championship game. Kelly also made other students throw crumpled up paper at Vannoy, whom he called a "stinking Denver fan," Vannoy told The Associated Press on Monday.

Kelly said Vannoy, a junior at Beaver Area Senior High School, just didn't get the joke.
"If he felt uncomfortable, then that's a lesson; that's what [the class] is designed to do," Kelly told The Denver Post. "It was silly fun. I can't believe he was upset."

Vannoy was wearing a No. 7 Broncos jersey on Friday, because he is a fan of John Elway, the Broncos' retired Hall of Fame quarterback.

Vannoy said he was so unnerved he left at least 20 questions blank on the 60-question test, and just wants out of Kelly's class because he's afraid the teacher won't treat him fairly now that the story reached the media.

"I'm going to have to deal with him for two more nine weeks [school quarters] and he's going to want revenge somehow," Vannoy said Monday. "I took the test. I'm shaking. I'm furious. I didn't know what to do."

Kelly, who wore a Ben Roethlisberger jersey Friday, and his principal, Thomas Karczewski, didn't immediately return messages left on their school voice mail Monday.
Big Beaver Falls Area School District Superintendent Donna Nugent said she was aware of the situation, but said confidentiality rules prevent her from commenting specifically.
"We'll take whatever action we need to in order for the student to feel comfortable," Nugent said.

Frankie

01-24-2006, 12:49 PM

It's humiliating enough being a Donko fan. Poor misguided kid.

Idahored

01-24-2006, 12:49 PM

Screw the poor little student. If you can't take a little ribbing then life is going to be a lot harder on you than that class was.

Besides, he IS a stinking denver fan.

fan4ever

01-24-2006, 12:49 PM

On the bright side, he does get to attend "Beaver High".

In 1978 I graduated from a High School named "Scottsdale High" and our mascot was a Beaver for some God forsaken reason. The only good thing about it was one of the years our football team made it to the playoffs, we played the "Paradise Valley Trojans" The cheers and banners the kids came up with on both sides were hilarious, and were immediately confiscated once exhibited at the game. My favorite was "C'mon Beavers, bust those Trojans".

chasedude

01-24-2006, 12:51 PM

Ha Ha Ha... what a pussy!

KcMizzou

01-24-2006, 12:51 PM

In 1978 I graduated from a High School named "Scottsdale High" and our mascot was a Beaver for some God forsaken reason. The only good thing about it was one of the years our football team made it to the playoffs, we played the "Paradise Valley Trojans" The cheers and banners the kids came up with on both sides were hilarious, and were immediately confiscated once exhibited at the game. My favorite was "C'mon Beavers, bust those Trojans".Haha.

Bunch a' fun haters.

Predarat

01-24-2006, 12:57 PM

This is disgusting and appalling. How in the hell did that teacher let that kid out of the room without making him take the jersey off and burn it down to ashes?

Taco John

01-24-2006, 01:07 PM

Screw the poor little student. If you can't take a little ribbing then life is going to be a lot harder on you than that class was.

Besides, he IS a stinking denver fan.

Don't say that too loud. You're in Broncos Country, Red...

Duck Dog

01-24-2006, 01:10 PM

There is something to be said for having a thick skin...however...what if this was your kid?

The teachers a grade A jackass and if it were my kid, I'd be on CNN for breaking his face in front of his class.

Inspector

01-24-2006, 01:15 PM

I thought for a minute that this was gonna be about the kid who had to sit on the floor to take a test because he was wearing a Bronco's jersey.

Then I realized that was another thread.

Must be pick on Bronco fans day.

vailpass

01-24-2006, 01:18 PM

The teachers a grade A jackass and if it were my kid, I'd be on CNN for breaking his face in front of his class.

Yep.

Hammock Parties

01-24-2006, 01:59 PM

I posted this yesterday. FAG!

StcChief

01-24-2006, 01:59 PM

double post

Hammock Parties

01-24-2006, 02:03 PM

double post

I posted this first, JERK!

Skip Towne

01-24-2006, 02:18 PM

Repost

HC_Chief

01-24-2006, 02:21 PM

LOL

Looks even more like a pussy than I imagined. What a whiny little bitch. Awwwwwww, pooor widdle donkey fan.... booo hoooo. I'm sure the mean old squeeler fans will show you pity now that you have publically declared yourself an uber-vag.

RaiderH8r

01-24-2006, 03:06 PM

I think the phantom shitter should pay a visit to that teacher's desk. Top drawer, right on top of his candy bar stash.

BIG_DADDY

01-24-2006, 03:42 PM

Golden Showers LOL

JBucc

01-24-2006, 03:50 PM

he even looks gay

Nelson Muntz

01-24-2006, 04:40 PM

I posted this first, JERK!

Who gives a shit?

ChiefFripp

01-24-2006, 05:05 PM

the teacher didn't go far enough in my opinion, especially after seeing the kids picture.

AZChief

01-24-2006, 06:10 PM

Man, team alligences aside, are we really raising our kids to be that big of pussy? This kid should get zero media coverage and an ass whopping from his Dad.

That kid needs to lighten up.

az

Spott

01-24-2006, 07:14 PM

The teacher was probably picking on him because he was queer. It was just a coincidence that he had an Elway jersey on.

:)

OldTownChief

01-24-2006, 07:20 PM

I posted this yesterday. FAG!

With a little flare.

dj56dt58

01-24-2006, 10:18 PM

Wow..somebody needs to get laid bad

Skyy God

01-24-2006, 11:04 PM

I'm sure this assclown and his assclown parents had nothing to do with this story reaching the media....

dj56dt58

01-25-2006, 07:25 AM

I don't see why he's so uptight for..I mean he's in HS. Shouldn't he be on some drugs or something? He needs some

BTW..is it just me or does that "17" yr old look ****in 30? Reminds me of "15" yr old Reggie in Bad Boys 2 funny shit.

MichaelH

01-25-2006, 07:36 AM

Man, team alligences aside, are we really raising our kids to be that big of pussy? This kid should get zero media coverage and an ass whopping from his Dad.

That kid needs to lighten up.

az

Amen! :clap: When I was in middle school, I had two different teachers that made this teacher tame. One would threaten to beat you senseless if he caught you not paying attention. He never actually beat anyone, but got in their face and spit all over like a drill sergeant. The other teacher used to make anyone that got below a 75 on tests sit in front of the class on a stool with a dunce hat. Yes, a dunce hat. :rolleyes:

FatGuy57

01-25-2006, 07:44 AM

I think he bears a striking resemblance to Mo. Gov. Matt Blunt :hmmm:

dj56dt58

01-25-2006, 06:24 PM

Amen! :clap: When I was in middle school, I had two different teachers that made this teacher tame. One would threaten to beat you senseless if he caught you not paying attention. He never actually beat anyone, but got in their face and spit all over like a drill sergeant. The other teacher used to make anyone that got below a 75 on tests sit in front of the class on a stool with a dunce hat. Yes, a dunce hat. :rolleyes:
Middle school? you got off easy. My kindergarten teacher threated to shoot us w/ BB guns, stick us out the window and slam it on us, and some other crazy shit. psycho bitch. And I still liked her more than my speech teacher in college. :harumph:

Red Dawg

01-25-2006, 09:19 PM

They should have suspended his AZZ!

Fairplay

01-25-2006, 09:33 PM

If i was a donk fan i would want to be humilated, picked on and beat up.

Spit on me...kick me...scar me.. give me what i deserve, even call me John Matrix i don't care, just get my life over with.

Rain Man

01-25-2006, 09:44 PM

It can't be more humiliating than wearing an Elway jersey in the first place.

milkman

01-25-2006, 09:49 PM

If i was a donk fan i would want to be humilated, picked on and beat up.

Spit on me...kick me...scar me.. give me what i deserve, even call me John Matrix i don't care, just get my life over with.

Would it be okay to call you DonkSurfer?

Fairplay

01-25-2006, 09:57 PM

Would it be okay to call you DonkSurfer?

Heh... ROFL

Garcia Bronco

01-27-2006, 03:30 PM

Pennsylvania student who wore Broncos jersey to school to get Elway recliner

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. The Pennsylvania student who was forced to sit on the floor for wearing a Denver Broncos jersey to school will soon be sitting in style.

Bassett Furniture has sent Joshua Vannoy a recliner that was designed by former Broncos quarterback John Elway.

Vannoy wore the Hall of Famer's number-seven jersey to class January 20th, two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers played the Broncos in a playoff game. His teacher forced him to take an exam sitting on the floor.

A Bassett Furniture spokeswoman says Elway heard the story and felt "no Broncos fan should have to sit on the floor." She says a "huge Broncos fan" like Vannoy will enjoy the red leather chair embossed with Elway's autograph and his number seven.

The honors student hasn't been back in school since the incident. His lawyer says the boy and school officials are meeting today to arrange his return.

jynni

01-27-2006, 03:37 PM

The honors student hasn't been back in school since the incident.
What a whiney little baby!

That said - just another reason to hate Bassett furniture. Ugly furniture and they have a deal with ELway...

Garcia Bronco

01-27-2006, 03:39 PM

What a whiney little baby!

That said - just another reason to hate Bassett furniture. Ugly furniture and they have a deal with ELway...

Do you need a hug?

jynni

01-27-2006, 03:46 PM

Do you need a hug?
Nah - but it does sound there is a Donkey fan in Beaver Falls who does...

Garcia Bronco

01-27-2006, 03:50 PM

Nah - but it does sound there is a Donkey fan in Beaver Falls who does...

LOL

Anubis_Zyklon

01-28-2006, 09:26 AM

Nah - but it does sound there is a Donkey fan in Beaver Falls who does...

Not anymore, he's getting a new chair. All jokes aside though this is part of the problem with society in general. Growing up in High School is tough enough on kids already but when teachers join in the fracus than you have what happened to Columbine. The teacher should be ashamed of himself and fired immediately. Just cant have that kind of garbage coming from adults.

Simplex3

01-28-2006, 09:27 AM

wazu

01-28-2006, 09:49 AM

Not anymore, he's getting a new chair. All jokes aside though this is part of the problem with society in general. Growing up in High School is tough enough on kids already but when teachers join in the fracus than you have what happened to Columbine. The teacher should be ashamed of himself and fired immediately. Just cant have that kind of garbage coming from adults.

If anything teachers are nicer and more sensitive today than ever. This episode is such a non-event. I can understand it getting the parents upset, and resulting in a stern discussion with the principal, but the run this story has gotten is absurd.

I remember a lot of teachers making fun of students in school. Sometimes they deserved it, sometimes they didn't. Sometimes the students actually zinged them back and embarrassed the teacher instead. This kid is a wuss.

Anubis_Zyklon

01-28-2006, 10:12 AM

**cough*cough**pussy**cough**

heh, so says the internet tough guy.

Skip Towne

01-28-2006, 11:11 AM

Haha. The little pussy's chair is RED.

jettio

01-28-2006, 01:08 PM

Beaver Falls is Joe Namath's home town, that is the ex-Jets QB that used to date Suzy Kolber.

I think the teacher should have been able to see if the kid was taking it in fun or being embarrassed.

I am surprised the kid obeyed the teacher and got on the floor. The teacher was wrong to do that if it was not taken in good fun.

When I school the stupid people 'round here, I let up if I see that they are not rolling with it.

The kid is lucky in one sense, if he had wore that Elway Jersey at that one school in South Dakota, the teacher would have tried to get milk out of his titties, and that would be worse than sitting on the floor.

Rogcop_3121

01-30-2006, 08:34 AM

Screw the poor little student. If you can't take a little ribbing then life is going to be a lot harder on you than that class was.

Besides, he IS a stinking denver fan.

If that kid crys at 17 wait till he's 40. He knew the school policy, wear Broncos gear and sit on the floor-lol. Thats funny I don't care who you are.

BIG_DADDY

01-30-2006, 01:13 PM

If that kid crys at 17 wait till he's 40. He knew the school policy, wear Broncos gear and sit on the floor-lol. Thats funny I don't care who you are.

Amke him wear it to the black hole, then he will what a problem is.

BIG_DADDY

01-30-2006, 01:14 PM

luv

01-30-2006, 01:18 PM

It was a lesson, right? Ethnicity? Sounds to me like the teacher was trying to make a point on how hard it is to get something accomplished when everyone is antagonizing you. The little boy is definitely a true Denver fan.

Skip Towne

01-30-2006, 01:24 PM

The kid ought to be thankful he wasn't in Kotter's class. Kotter would deck him like he did that girl.

Bob Dole

02-13-2006, 05:06 AM

Student forced to sit on floor for jersey transfers

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania student who complained that a teacher forced him to sit on the floor during a midterm exam for wearing a Denver Broncos John Elway jersey has left the school district.

Brian Vannoy said his son, Joshua, faced continued harassment and silence from students at Beaver Falls High School.

"He doesn't feel wanted," Brian Vannoy told the Beaver County Times. "I just want him to be happy in school."

The 17-year-old junior enrolled at a new school Friday, but his father would not identify the school. Vannoy returned to school on Jan. 30 with an escort.

Vannoy wore the jersey of retired Denver quarterback to class Jan. 20, two days before the Steelers beat the Broncos in the AFC championship game. Teacher John Kelly, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, forced him to take the midterm sitting on the floor and encouraged other students to pelt him with wads of paper.

Big Beaver Falls Area School District officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.

Wah! (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2328544)

mikey23545

02-13-2006, 06:10 AM

Yep, should have never happend. Teacher needs to be punished. This has nothing to do with what kinda team fan he was, it had to do with the teacher singling someone out. A teacher tried to do that shit to me once in high school. I told em **** you, and i walked outta his class, i got busted for it, but i wasnt going to let him show me up. After that, teacher never ****ed with me agian.

You must be a <i>real</i> man...

I bet when you walk down the sidewalk men bow down and women's clothes fall off......