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Texas fears Greek nudes and fires a teacher
Posted on October 3, 2006 5:32 PM
Look what the New York Times found. They picked up the story of Sydney McKee, art teacher, art lover, and fired educator.
She took her 5th graders on an approved trip of the Dallas Museum of Art. No it's not just Remington prints and silver inlaid belt buckles, even though those would be really cool. They have other artwork there. Some of it, gulp, nude artwork...
Retracing her route this week through the museum’s European and contemporary galleries, Ms. McGee passed the marble torso of a Greek youth from a funerary relief, circa 330 B.C.; its label reads, “his nude body has the radiant purity of an athlete in his prime.� She passed sculptor Auguste Rodin’s tormented “Shade;� Aristide Maillol’s “Flora,� with her clingy sheer garment; and Jean Arp’s “Star in a Dream.�But someone's little fifth-grader complained. Supposedly. So the school district fired her over, get this, her footwear. They called 'em flip-flops, Sydney called 'em Via Spigas, and Via Spiga called 'em sandals. Inappropriate footwear, said the district.
None, Ms. McGee said, seemed offensive.
If you were wondering about the difference between flip-flops and Via Spiga, the answer is "about $200." And people say guys are dumb for buying Kobe's shoes for that price?
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