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A teacher is said to be the second parent of students. It is expected that teachers should act accordingly and be a role model to their students without showing any prejudice inside the classroom. But what if a teacher uses her social media account and tweets directly the President of the United States to remove the undocumented immigrants in her school, thus this mean prejudice? or this is only part of her freedom of speech?

In an article published in The New York Times, the State Agency in Texas ruled this week that the Texas teacher, who was fired after she tweeted for President Trump to remove the illegal and undocumented students in the school where she was teaching, should be reinstated or paid a year's salary. However, the ruling is not over yet because the Forth Worth Independent School District said that the firing of the teacher because of her acts is just and they filed an appeal to the state's ruling.

The Superintendent of the school Kent P. Scribner said "We stand by our decision because we firmly believe this is in the best interests of all students," However, the state found Georgia Clark, the teacher, to be reinstated in her job and get a back pay and all the employees benefits or she could return from her job provided that she will be paid in a year's salary from the time that she was reinstated. Meanwhile, Mike Morath, commissioner of the Texas Education Agency wrote in the ruling that "The day the petitioner would have been reinstated is the day respondent tenders petitioner payment in full."

Moreover, according to the district spokesman that Georgia Clark has not received yet her salary since June of this year. However, the district would file an appeal. Ironically, the appeal will be heard by the same group of people who made the ruling in favor of the teacher. 

Georgia Clark has been working in the district since 1998 and efforts were made to reach or contact the teacher but no response was received. Her Lawyer Brandon Brim did not even give any comments in the said ruling.

In a television interview in September, the Texas teacher said that that she wanted her job back and when she was asked about she will address the Hispanic community after what happened she said: "If you need someone to help your child graduate, you're looking at her right here."

Her tweets to the president started on May 17 and since she sent series of tweets that says her school where she is teaching is loaded with undocumented students specifically coming from Mexico and that the school had taken over by the undocumented immigrants. One of the reasons also why she tweeted the president is because of the unending problem of the school about illegal drugs, and those who sell drugs inside the school were not punished. She even blamed the assistant principal who she described as "Hispanic assistant principal who protects certain students from criminal prosecution." 

In 2018 data, 35 percent of the residents in the Fort Worth are identified as Hispanics or Latinos and they have the nation's highest Hispanic population. The Texas Teacher admitted that she intended to tweet the president. Meanwhile, the move of the school board to fire Georgia Clark is based on the outcry of the public especially the parents, students, and members of the local community over her conduct inside the class and social media that caused substantial disruptions in the operation of the school.