David Paszkiewicz , a Kearney, NJ high school history teacher, and local Baptist preacher seems to have got his vocations crossed.
Junior Matthew Le Claire, a non-Christian, had recorded at least one of Petkiewicz's lectures that contain the teachers quote, "you belong in hell." Matt also reports that during the first week of classes, Mr. Paszkiewicz spent more time teaching about heaven and hell that he did US and world history.
Paszkiewicz also lectured that the Big Bang theory is unscientific and to be dismissed in favor of creationism. He also continues on that dinosaurs we present on Noah's Ark.
On Sept. 14 -- the fourth day of class -- Paszkiewicz is on tape saying, "He (God) did everything in his power to make sure that you could go to heaven, so much so that he took your sin on his own body, suffered your pains for you and he's saying, 'Please accept me, believe me. If you reject that, you belong in hell. The outcome is your prerogative. But the way I see it, God himself sent his only son to die for David Paszkiewicz on that cross ... And if you reject that, then it really is to hell with you."
Matt, being of a non-Christan origin, wanted to report this to the school administration, but was afraid Paszkiewicz would deny his claims, and that nobody would take the word of students over a teacher.
OK people, I feel it's bad enough this moron teacher has taken it upon himself to devise his own curriculum, instead of following state and federal guidelines, but really, to force his religious opinions as fact down our children's throats as is down right criminal; especially when you take in account there may be non-Christian students, like Matt, in the classroom.
What bothers me most is that Matt was afraid to talk to anybody about this because he feared he would not be believed over a teacher. This is a perfect example of how powerful teachers are. We teach our kids to respect them and to listen to what they say, because they are supposed to be scholars themselves, and enriching young and impressionable minds.
Its no different than a lawyer breaking the law. If this were to happen, sanctions, suspension, and/or dis-barring would be enforced on the law breaking lawyer. Why? Because he is an authority on the law, and has been licensed by the state. This idiot Paszkiewicz has been licensed by the state to teach history in a NJ high school, not religion of any kind. But what penalty has this teacher paid for offending and/or assaulting these students? none.
Where Matt's fears real? Yes. The Superintendent Robert Mooney of the school quoted, "I would never have suspected something like this went on in a public school," LaClair said yesterday. "If I didn't have those CDs, everything would have been dismissed."
Mooney refers to Paszkiewicz as being "a wonderful teacher".
To date, nothing has happened to this teacher.
A sad state of affairs my friends, sad indeed.