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John Freshwater
Greetings, Keith! You added the following edit to the article on John Freshwater:

 John Freshwater had multiple disagreements with his superiors at the Mount Vernon City School District. Disagreements ranged from his views on evolution, intelligent design, and sharing of his Christian beliefs during school, as well as keeping a Bible on his desk. In 2008 he was accused of "branding" a student's arm with a cross as part of a class demonstration on electrostatic electricity. The students were not forced to participate, the mark lasted less than a week. The only evidence of the "branding" is a picture from the boy's parents who later sued the school and Freshwater, the school was aware of the accusation but did not consider it worth investigating at the time. That is why experts were unable to confirm anything other than it "looked like a burn".

The school later confronted Freshwater about his conduct, and Freshwater agreed to refrain from a repeat of these actions, except that he refused to remove the Bible from his desk. The school board then voted to dismiss Freshwater.

The primary problem with this edit is that it's unsourced: In other words, you provided no indication where you got this info so that it may be reviewed fairly. Because there is no source for this, a secondary problem arises in that the edit appears to be a defense of Freshwater, thus promoting a particular POV (namely Freshwater's) in the article. Thanks for your question. If I can be of assistance, please don't hesitate to ask. -- JeffBillman (talk) 04:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure, sir, what you intended me to do. If you have this sourced info that contradicts my POV as you say, by all means add it!  You need not wait on me to do anything.  What is in the article at present is no less than what I know on the matter; I am withholding nothing.  If you need help citing sources, by all means I'll be happy to help.  What I cannot do, however, is read your mind.  Warmest regards, JeffBillman (talk) 15:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)