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Baldwinsville family says teacher told fourth-grader to turn Yankee shirt inside out

Wow…far cry from my 7th/8th grade teach who used to break out her bottle of Fleischmann’s and watch the after-school WS games with me.

Van Buren Elementary fourth-grader Nathan Johns thought his teacher was kidding when he instructed him to go to the bathroom and turn his Yankees T-shirt inside out.

The blue shirt read “New York No. 52” on the front and “Sabathia” for the New York Yankees’ pitcher CC Sabathia, on the back.

“ I thought to myself ‘Is he serious or is he kidding,’” said Nate, 9, a student in Peter Addabbo’s fourth-grade class. “But he had this look like he wasn’t kidding at all.”

Nate complied, and said he was later told to wear it that way until dismissal. At lunch, Nate said the fifth-graders made fun of him because he wearing his shirt inside out.

“It was such a horrible day.” Nate said. “I don’t ever want anything like to happen again.”

Nate said he felt he was treated unfairly.

“Just because my teacher doesn’t like the Yankees I should still have the right to wear a Yankees shirt,” Nate said Thursday after school. The teacher has Boston Red Sox paraphernalia all over the classroom on display, he said.

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101. Biff isn't really an apt handle anymore Posted: September 25, 2009 at 09:26 PM (#3332786)

Rome? Syracuse? Utica? Troy? Was upstate New York settled by Classicists?

I think there's also a Prague, but don't quote me on that.

102. Lassus: Posted: September 25, 2009 at 09:40 PM (#3332793)

In Rome, when they closed the base, it was over. There was no chance for it to survive. And as soon as the feds decided to shut down the mob, Utica died.

Well, Utica ORIGINALLY died when the highway system supplanted the train (which supplanted the Erie Canal) as the best shipping route to the East metropolises.

There are some places in Utica that are pretty scary when the sun goes down.

Oh HELL yes. And to be completely honest, I grew up in one of the countless small towns in the area, Oriskany, not Utica itself. Actually, I didn't even grow up in the small town, but a stone's throw from the Oneida county airport and jail, respectively.

Utica... eh, it's not heaven, but it's not the worst place I've ever been.

I can only assume this means you've been to Bakersfield CA, because after those two places, I can't even imagine where else you might be thinking.

103. Dag Nabbit and his imaginary friends Posted: September 25, 2009 at 09:48 PM (#3332795)

Rome? Syracuse? Utica? Troy? Was upstate New York settled by Classicists?

I think there's also a Prague, but don't quote me on that.

Looking at a map of New York, I see towns of:

Marcellus
Memphis
Seneca Falls (OK, fine, Seneca comes from the tribe, not the Roman senator)
Lyons
Euclid
Phoenix
Palermo
Hannibal Center
Constantia
Lebanon
Homer
Italy
Naples
Romulus
Nile
Bath
Atlanta
South Albion (with no Albion anywhere near it)
Ovid
Geneva
Amsterdam
Paris
Dublin
Conquest
Cuba
Mexico
Monterey
Postdam
Canton
Hamburg
Barcelona
Antwerp
Limerick
Belfast

And also in NY state:
Ransomville
Fredonia
Jamestown
Kill Buck
Boston
Little America

104. Biff isn't really an apt handle anymore Posted: September 25, 2009 at 09:50 PM (#3332797)

I said don't quote me on that!

105. God Posted: September 25, 2009 at 09:54 PM (#3332800)

Utica... eh, it's not heaven, but it's not the worst place I've ever been.

I can only assume this means you've been to Bakersfield CA, because after those two places, I can't even imagine where else you might be thinking.

The armpit towns of Texas are so much worse. Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Amarillo, Abilene and so on.

106. Srul Itza Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:37 PM (#3332830)

A fellow RPI alum! Welcome to the club.

I almost went to RPI, until I realized that, for a little excitement, the nearest "happening" place was . . . Albany.

I settled for MIT.

107. MM1f Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:41 PM (#3332837)

You should check out all of the foreign cities Illinois has to offer.
Across the river from Hannibal, MO is Carthage, IL (interestingly, Carthage, MO is nowhere near Hannibal, MO) and the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi is Cairo (hell, south Illinois is called "Egypt") but there is also a Havana, IL which is right down the road from Cuba, IL. Both of these towns are an hour or two south of Peru, IL and quite a bit north of Vienna, IL

108. MM1f Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:42 PM (#3332838)

I can only assume this means you've been to Bakersfield CA, because after those two places, I can't even imagine where else you might be thinking.

Ohio.
South Carolina too, can't leave that state out.

109. Srul Itza Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:43 PM (#3332842)

Have you seen the Empire State Plaza in Albany? If I didn't know it was in upstate New York, I'd think it was in East Germany.

Was that Rockefeller's Edifice Complex?

EDIT -- Looking it up, yep.

110. God Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:51 PM (#3332867)

The Egg is pretty cool looking, though.

111. nettles09 Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM (#3332873)

Can we get any love for Alfred?

112. Tom Nawrocki Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM (#3332881)

Across the river from Hannibal, MO is Carthage, IL (interestingly, Carthage, MO is nowhere near Hannibal, MO) and the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi is Cairo (hell, south Illinois is called "Egypt") but there is also a Havana, IL which is right down the road from Cuba, IL. Both of these towns are an hour or two south of Peru, IL and quite a bit north of Vienna, IL

You left out Canton, Illinois, which is my mom's hometown. There's also a Pekin.

113. frannyzoo Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:56 PM (#3332882)

114. MM1f Posted: September 25, 2009 at 11:03 PM (#3332895)

You left out Canton, Illinois, which is my mom's hometown. There's also a Pekin.

I'm sure you already knew this then but for anyone else who cares, the Pekin HS mascot used to be the Chinks.
The Pekin Chinks. I shtt you not

115. Jeff K. Posted: September 25, 2009 at 11:22 PM (#3332946)

My mom's best friend from her 20s moved up to Billerica, and over the course of 5-6 trips to Boston over the years, I've declared it the only city I could see permanently leaving Austin to go to. The penultimate trip (1999) was for (another) wedding, and I had a friend give me a ride to the airport. We smoked a bowl on the drive, I get out of the car with my carryon, set it down and turn around to grab my suitcase (with all of my clothes, and this was a wedding in the middle of a 6 day trip) only to see my friend driving away.

I tried chasing him but gave up quickly as I am not Flash Gordon, and a cop who happened to be around and watching offered to go get him. My mind flashed on the interior as I got out, and the pipe sitting pretty plain as day right in the cupholder, so I said thanks, but no. They held the plane for me thanks to a nice curbside checkin guy, and I had to explain to my mother when she picked me up at Logan why I had no clothes. And so I found myself outfitted with 5 days of attire and a reasonable facsimile of dress clothes from the TJ Maxx in Worcester.

(This was the day JFK Jr's plane went down, too, and my mom warned me not to crack any jokes at the reception because of where we were. First cigarette after dinner, this old guy I've never met looks at me and says "Why didn't Carolyn Kennedy take a shower before she got on the plane? Because she figured she'd just wash up on shore.") Without a doubt top 5 weirdest days of my life, and the Worcester TJ Maxx was a big contributor.

116. Dag Nabbit and his imaginary friends Posted: September 25, 2009 at 11:28 PM (#3332955)

Mascot? That was the school's nickname. Had to change it in order to get a new school honcho in 1980. They still make & sell Pekin Chink memorabalia in town, though. It's the state HQ for the KKK.

Other Illinois towns:

Cicero
Geneva
Batavia
Harvard
Virgil
Malta
Lisbon
Manhattan
Marseilles
Normandy
Versailles
Paris
Albion
Athens
New Athens (nowhere near IL's Athens. Or Greece's for that matter)
Sparta (actually, pretty close to New Athens)
Waterloo
Eden
Homer
Arthur
Anna (nasty town - makes Pekin look pleasant)
St. Elmo
Petersburg
Atlanta
Orion
Hanover
Carthage
Cuba
Cerro Gordo
Little America
Illiopolis
Metropolis
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Philadelphia
New Philadelphia
Vermont
Virginia
and, of course, Lincoln.

Added "bonus" the town of Romeoville was originally called Romeo - a name given it because it was so close to Joliet. Romeo and Joliet - get it? Get it? GET IT?!??! No, it's not very funny.

117. Misirlou's got a busy day, he's wearing a vest Posted: September 25, 2009 at 11:41 PM (#3332974)

You should check out all of the foreign cities Illinois has to offer.
Across the river from Hannibal, MO is Carthage, IL (interestingly, Carthage, MO is nowhere near Hannibal, MO) and the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi is Cairo (hell, south Illinois is called "Egypt") but there is also a Havana, IL which is right down the road from Cuba, IL. Both of these towns are an hour or two south of Peru, IL and quite a bit north of Vienna, IL

Cicero
Zion
Geneva
Lake Zurich
Batavia
Romeoville (right next to Joliet)
Crete
South Holland (no Holland proper)
Frankfort
Genoa
Antioch
Lombard
Glencoe
Hebron
Belgium
Milan
Venice
Sparta

118. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: September 25, 2009 at 11:57 PM (#3333003)

Indiana towns of foreign extract (with thanks to geography wiz SoSH Jr. for assistance on identifying these cities and their overseas compatriots).

Milan
Versailles
Berne
Geneva
Siberia
Algiers
Morocco
Mexico, Peru and Birmingham
(those three are in Miami County, also home to Miami, Santa Fe, Denver and, so close, Chili)
Brazil
Lebanon
Delphi
Valparaiso
Moscow
Warsaw
Angola
Albion
Vera Cruz
Sardinia
Hobart
Munster
Hanover
Petersburg
Alexandria
Poland
Plymouth
Holland
Ireland
Cuzco
Perth
Mecca
Montezuma
Florence
Carthage
Dublin
Cuba

119. Misirlou's got a busy day, he's wearing a vest Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:02 AM (#3333055)

Indiana towns of foreign extract (with thanks to geography wiz SoSH Jr. for assistance on identifying these cities and their overseas compatriots).
.
.
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Apparently, we are running out of place names. In the US there are 14 Milans, 10 Perus, 7 Cubas, 13 Genevas, 12 Moscows, 10 Warsaws, 14 Parises, ...

120. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:21 AM (#3333076)

Between this and the Pittsburgh thread I am struck by how much I like you guys talking about these places (I've never been), and prefer it to reading you guys talk about actual baseball issues.

I don't know what that means exactly, but there it is.

It means you should swing by the Lounge and see if we can finally determine what is and what is not the Midwest and what the criteria to determine that should be.

121. frannyzoo Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:40 AM (#3333088)

rLr: It will be done. Meanwhile, I don't know much about the Midwest, but can confidently assert that Branson, MO is not only the end of the Midwest but of civilization itself. Having one's mother live there is like setting a periodic date to visit Hell. A Baptist, uninteresting Hell. Yes I know the previous sentence featured redundant references.

122. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:48 AM (#3333095)

I don't know much about the Midwest, but can confidently assert that Branson, MO is not only the end of the Midwest but of civilization itself. Having one's mother live there is like setting a periodic date to visit Hell. A Baptist, uninteresting Hell. Yes I know the previous sentence featured redundant references.

Ooh, Missouri is one of the states we can't agree on.

123. Athletic Supporter leads the nation in drifters Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:50 AM (#3333096)

Fresno is the worst city in America, period.

Bakersfield is terrible, but Fresno is a) the meth capital of the country, with all the crime that goes along with it, b) a completely boring place with nothing to do, and c) 100 degrees all the time. Bakersfield and many other towns out there hit (b) and (c), but (a) puts Fresno over the top.

Its only redeeming value is that it's the closest city to Sequoia/Kings Canyon, but even that's California close, not actual close.

124. Lassus: Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:53 AM (#3333101)

I've been to Fresno, and can't really argue with any of your points. And you even left out the smell.

125. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Posted: September 26, 2009 at 02:06 AM (#3333117)

Fresno is the worst city in America, period.

Dunno about that. You can smell Jacksonville all the way to Atlanta.

126. Swoboda is freedom Posted: September 26, 2009 at 02:18 AM (#3333123)

Fresno is the worst city in America, period.

I always thought East St. Louis wins the title in a lot of rankings.

127. God Posted: September 26, 2009 at 02:40 AM (#3333141)

Fresno is where you fly in to go to Yosemite. That automatically eliminates it from consideration as the worst city.

I don't know much about the Midwest, but can confidently assert that Branson, MO is not only the end of the Midwest but of civilization itself.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. And throw in Myrtle Beach, too, while you're at it. Both stinking tourist hellholes and traffic nightmares.

128. Gern Blanston Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:19 AM (#3333168)

Not so fast. Syracuse also produced Joe Biden, Bob Costas, Len Berman, Sean McDonough, and Mike Tirico.

Don't forget Vanessa Williams and Dick Clark. And Marv Albert.

129. Bobby Bonilla's Annuity (Matt) Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:39 AM (#3333181)

And me, of course.

130. God Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:42 AM (#3333184)

Where is the posted quoted in 128?

131. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:53 AM (#3333190)

And me, of course.

May God have mercy on our souls.

132. Dag Nabbit and his imaginary friends Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:54 AM (#3333192)

Where is the posted quoted in 128?

God knows.

133. Crispix Attacks Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:57 AM (#3333193)

Fresno was a hub for Basque immigrants in the early 20th century, and is now a hub for Hmong immigrants. That's gotta count for something.

134. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:58 AM (#3333194)

Fresno was a hub for Basque immigrants in the early 20th century, and is now a hub for Hmong immigrants. That's gotta count for something.

So it's a little bit Boise and a little bit Minneapolis?

135. Lassus: Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:07 AM (#3333200)

I think an agreed-upon bicoastal triumverate of Fresno, Branson, and Utica works out well. I'd be willing to add Brownsville TX to make it an even four and geographically balanced.

Not so fast. Syracuse also produced Joe Biden, Bob Costas, Len Berman, Sean McDonough, and Mike Tirico.
Don't forget Vanessa Williams and Dick Clark. And Marv Albert.

Syracuse University producing these folks is not the same as Syracuse itself producing them.

Someone like Tom Cruise was produced by the actual area, and seems like it.

136. God Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:10 AM (#3333201)

Border towns like Brownsville TX can actually be pretty cool, though. You want one of the redneck KKK towns like Odessa.

137. Meatwad is on team keefe Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:10 AM (#3333202)

is fresno really the meth capital? i would say any rural area is probly worse.

138. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:28 AM (#3333208)

is fresno really the meth capital? i would say any rural area is probly worse.

I though Hawai'i was the home of methamphetamine. And the high desert.

139. God Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:33 AM (#3333211)

Yeah, my impression is that the Big Island is pretty much the meth capital of the US. And it's a great ####### place in spite of that.

140. Jeff K. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:37 AM (#3333213)

It means you should swing by the Lounge and see if we can finally determine what is and what is not the Midwest and what the criteria to determine that should be.

Oh ####, we're already there on the endless loop of arguments? I have stuff to do this weekend, but this means Bivens and I are due up for another union spat in the next 24 hours.

Also, have you guys seriously gotten this far in talking about the worst city in America and nobody has mentioned ####### Little Rock?

141. pv nasby Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:38 AM (#3333215)

How could you list all those NY towns and forget Lisbon!?!?

142. Lassus: Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:22 AM (#3333229)

Also, have you guys seriously gotten this far in talking about the worst city in America and nobody has mentioned ####### Little Rock?

I was driving from NY to CA with a friend once and we had dinner at a McDonalds that I recall seemed to somewhat overlook downtown. As we ate, exhausted from that day's drive, we slowly realized that the only customers in the McDonald's besides the two of us were three different one-armed men (different arms gone, different lengths of remainders), each sitting alone, at separate tables around the restaurant.

We immediately got the #### out of there.

143. God Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:37 AM (#3333236)

Either that McDonald's was inside a VA hospital or you're Richard ####### Kimble.

But that's what you get for eating at McDonald's.

144. Tripon Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:45 AM (#3333238)

Meth capital of the world is a derogatory title that has been used to describe several places at different times. These include

* Central Valley (California)[1] in general and Fresno, California in specific. Taft, Ca is a small city in the San Joaquin Valley with one of the worst methamphetamine problems per capita.[2]
* San Diego County, California in the 1990s.[3]
* Inland Empire (California)[4]
* Jackson County, Missouri[5]
* Jefferson County, Missouri[6]
* Bucks County, Pennsylvania[7]
* Granite Falls, Washington[8]
* Japan [9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth_capital_of_the_world

145. Jeff K. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 08:09 AM (#3333258)

You just know those dudes all know each other and do that on purpose just to see if people freak out like you did. The only thing I can think of better would be if they were all in the bathroom, waiting for someone to come in the restaurant, and then over the period of 2-3 minutes they come out one at a time, eyes wide and darting between the bathroom door and their missing arm. And the last one hands a mop or something to the newcomers and says "Your turn to try."

I have a diseased mind.

146. The Lovesong of J. Alfredo Griffin Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:28 PM (#3333301)

Brilliant.

147. rfloh Posted: September 26, 2009 at 01:54 PM (#3333313)

If I'd stayed there and had a kid, I would have named it Lake Effect Snow Shooty.

Hah. Wait till you try the Lake Effect snow in Buffalo.

148. GregQ Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:03 PM (#3333342)

Fresno was a hub for Basque immigrants in the early 20th century, and is now a hub for Hmong immigrants.

Don't forget the Armenians. They are, or were when I was growing up, often sneeringly referred to as Fresno Indians.

149. Jeff K. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 03:24 PM (#3333355)

I'm going to admit it instead of just looking it up and pretending I knew...Hmong?

Don't forget the Armenians. They are, or were when I was growing up, often sneeringly referred to as Fresno Indians.

Have you ever seen Bill Dwyer (that's not spelled right, but the former host of Battlebots) standup routine about living in a predominantly Armenian neighborhood? If not, recommended, as it's hilarious, and I don't think I've ever met a single Armenian.

150. GregQ Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:08 PM (#3333382)

I will have to check the routine out, I knew a number growing up.

151. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 26, 2009 at 04:20 PM (#3333391)

The Armenians are a joyful and swarthy people. My wife is off partial Armenian extraction.

152. RMc's grumbling has gone far enough Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:34 PM (#3333414)

I have a number of friends went to SU; some still live in Syracuse. It's a nice place. To visit. In the summer. When it's not raining. Sorta.

153. Sox Machine Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:44 PM (#3333424)

The Armenians are a joyful and swarthy people. My wife is off partial Armenian extraction.

I had a girlfriend who was mostly Armenian. The only things I remember particular to the culture were marathon church services and a love of sour cream.

154. Jeff K. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 05:57 PM (#3333434)

The Armenians are a joyful and swarthy people. My wife is off partial Armenian extraction.

Dude, it's not "extraction" when you get a mail-order bride. The women come willingly. This is because the agency is careful not to let them know anything about you before they get on the plane, of course. But still.

155. bbc is prejudice bout men Posted: September 26, 2009 at 06:50 PM (#3333466)

wonder why there's no male (hahaha) order grooms...

156. Srul Itza Posted: September 26, 2009 at 06:54 PM (#3333470)

Yeah, my impression is that the Big Island is pretty much the meth capital of the US. And it's a great ####### place in spite of that.

That's mostly Puna. If they would stop this Green Harvest BS and just let them grow weed, the meth would disappear.

157. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: September 26, 2009 at 07:36 PM (#3333495)

I'm thankful this turned from the normal teacher bashing thread into a city bashing thread :)

158. bbc is prejudice bout men Posted: September 26, 2009 at 08:38 PM (#3333530)

well E-X

we should get rid of teacher unions, get rid of public schools, just have private skoolz in the richer people areas and have a huge % of the US population with no education except watching tv and of course, only special ed for people who can afford it

then we can have people teaching or not teaching their kids whatever they want. and just think how much better off the country will be.

for example, we can get all KINDS of people making sure their daughters never learn to read anything and not let them watch tv and tell them 24/7 that all they are good for is sexual vessels for Old Guys and then "marry" them off at 13.

159. Bernal Diaz has an angel on his shoulder. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 08:55 PM (#3333542)

For the past 7 years I have driven over the River Styx twice a day for work.

160. Jeff K. Posted: September 26, 2009 at 09:06 PM (#3333555)

Good practice for eternity.

161. karkovice squad (0OPS) Posted: September 26, 2009 at 09:09 PM (#3333557)

It means you should swing by the Lounge and see if we can finally determine what is and what is not the Midwest and what the criteria to determine that should be.

I haven't been to that discussion, but I don't need to. The answer is here.

162. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: September 27, 2009 at 03:13 AM (#3333719)

for example, we can get all KINDS of people making sure their daughters never learn to read anything and not let them watch tv and tell them 24/7 that all they are good for is sexual vessels for Old Guys and then "marry" them off at 13.

Who gave you my business plan? That's proprietary!

163. villainx Posted: September 27, 2009 at 03:48 AM (#3333732)

and tell them 24/7 that all they are good for is

This can't be a good turn for the thread.

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