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Parents upset with teacher who asked students to draw pictures of terrorist attack
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- Date Sep 17, 2012
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Hi there everybody I'm Steve -- with your fox flash for today.
These disturbing drawings part of a Texas elementary school assignment.
And El Paso school teachers accused of asking her fourth grade class to draw these images of the September the eleventh attacks.
We're 3000 people die.
We spoke with a very upset parent of a student -- and said class.
And so you obviously have vested interest in the fact that your husband's fighting for.
The safety of our nation and so nine elevenths a deep meaning for you cracked.
Yes -- and one of the things that upset me the most about the assignment as the teacher apparently told them.
That the Afghans that it because all Afghans paid Americans don't wanna -- -- -- And that was what I'm most major issues -- the assignment that's my husband will be going to Afghanistan soon.
So what did the school say when you called them and and asked them probing questions about this kind of an assigned.
Whenever I had my meeting with the lady from the district and the principal.
That that they apologized.
For the -- -- and said you know.
They believe the teachers heart was in a good place when she started the assignment but she just went overboard with it.
Which you think educators should do on 9/11 for kids.
-- I know some schools like one that -- sister's -- goes to.
They made it patriots day you know where the kids were red white and blue and they made -- you know why they love to be an American and -- big bad for there age group that's appropriate for not a -- that -- you -- just make it.
-- proud to be American David has not eleven dead bring America closer resignation.
So I think that would be as -- assignment for that day.
Well that teacher has been placed on administrative leave while -- school does some sort of in the best position.
Meanwhile check this out it's picture of a solar clips taken not for -- but for Mars.
If you can see one of the red planet's moons called phobos.
Taken aside a little bite out of the -- -- see that on the left part of it.
The image caught on camera by curiosity rover through a filter and sent back to the earth where were all sitting right now.
Well most of us Mars has to -- moons and report to leave the rover is gearing up to take more clips pictures of that one and -- -- -- fox flash for this Tuesday adds the -- you start every day up a little dose of FOX & Friends will be back here kicking off.
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