Here is another example, this time from Italy, how teachers can poison the minds of school children. In the northern province of Treviso, a teacher named Hanane Hammoud has been caught posting screeds on Instagram to the effect that "Hitler was right" when it came to Jews. The incident has come to light and caused an uproar among the school community, especially among parents of the school children.
The below article from Corriere del Veneto is translated by Fousesquawk.
Treviso: The professor's post against Jews, "Hitler was right"
By Alessio Antonini
The investive accompanied a story about the horrors of the war in Palestine: Discovered by a (female) student of the international school
Professor Hanane Hammoud, a mathematics teacher at the international middle school, H-Farm, in Treviso province, in a moment of uncontrolled rage, posted on her Instagram profile a video showing the horrors of the war between Israel and Palestine, accompanied by a simple phrase: "Go to Hell. Hitler was right about you Jews". The video posted among the "stories"- the teacher herself told school administrators, stayed online for a handful of minutes.
The professor's defense: The difficulty of the situation in the Middle East
She was the first to realize the possible effects of her post, but as is known, the web does not forgive. Right at that moment, a (female) student happened upon her Instagram profile, froze the video and the phrase with a simple screenshot, and showed the phone contents to her parents.
As expected, the photo praising Hitler quickly bounced around the chats of the parents of the other students understandably worried that that phrase was created by the teacher of their children. In her defense, on Wednesday morning with the reopening of classes after a week-long holiday, Hammoud told school administrators she was experiencing a moment of extreme psychological difficulty over the dramatic situation in the Middle East.
The teacher, born in Lebanon, where she obtained her initial diploma in science, and who specialized in mathematics at the American University in Dubai, has a strong connection to her country of origin and has friends and acquaintances who are living currently in Palestine. The justifications given by the teacher, however, did not protect her from a disciplinary measure on the part of H-Farm: Today, in a statement, the school announced the suspension.
Inclusivity of the school
The Roncade school, in fact, has always promoted standards of inclusivity and multi-culturalism and prides itself on the international origin of the students and teachers. "We appeal to open-minded people who have the capacity to confront local and global challenges of the future," one of the school's presentations reads. It is euphemistic, therefore, to say that this philosophy squares with difficulty with the excuse given for the Holocaust, even if done in a moment of anger, which, among others, clashes with the way the teacher relates to the students. "I have dedicated my life to mathematics, my goal is to make the material accessible and pleasant for all the students."
The school: The teachers must set an example
Making the professor's post even more unjustifiable is also the fact that for almost a month, after the start of hostilities in Gaza, H-Farm has been continuously organizing debates focusing on understanding the war in order to avoid trivializations dictated by personal positions and to confront what is happening in the Middle East with the tools of complexity. Even it had been a moment of anger and lack of clarity, therefore, it is very probable that H-Farm will not let it go and will take measures. "The teacher, like the students, is provided with all the instruments to reason- the school announced- And the teachers must also be an example."
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