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Article: STUDENTS ASSAIL, DEFEND BELEAGUERED TEACHER SOME SAY HE LET THEM RUN WILD; OTHERS SAY HE MADE CLASS INTERESTING.(Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- April 6, 1996
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Byline: Bill Scanlon Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
EDGEWATER -- A day after the school board recommended firing their teacher, some Jefferson High School students said Robert Brookey let them run wild, spouting profanities that were insulting to female students.
But others said Brookey is a good teacher who got a bad rap when Jefferson County school board members voted Thursday to seek his dismissal.
``He did let things get a little wild,'' said senior Ryan Watson, who was in Brookey's psychology class. When a student used profanity ``he would tell us to broaden our vocabularies, but he wouldn't seriously reprimand us.''
Others ...