Allow us to take a moment to reflect on how much we absolutely and genuinely adore Susan Barry, the woman who sent us the renowned email exposing American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken as a selfish douchebag. Susan is out of the anonymity closet because she's been unfairly suspended (with pay, thankfully) by her school district for sending the much-lauded missive. While we're happy that Susan essentially has scored herself a paid vacation for emailing Gawker about the AikenBot, we have to say it's a wee bit outrageous that an educator is removed from her classroom for exercising critical thinking skills (albeit with an F-bomb dropped here and there). Since when was honesty a punishable offense?
Anti-Aiken Post Gets Teacher Suspended [NJ.com]
Speaking Out On Clay-Gate Earns A Teacher A Time Out [Philly.com]

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