DLM00184 Geography teacher Eric Hamlin poses for a portrait in his home with flags from his classroom. Hamlin was suspended with pay from his teaching job at Carmody Middle School Wed. Aug. 23, 2006 for refusing to take down from his classroom the flags of Mexico, China and the United Nations which were displayed along with the U.S. flag. Administrators for the school demanded Hamlin take down the flags citing a state statute regarding the display of foreign flags in government buildings. Hamlin said he refused because the flags are important teaching tools and that he disagrees with the law because it promotes a narrow minded view of the world and a lack of understanding of other cultures. He also said it might be different if he wasn't teaching geography, but because he is the flags have a legitimate reason for being there.(DARIN MCGREGOR/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Eric Hamlin (cq)
DLM00184 Geography teacher Eric Hamlin poses for a portrait in his home with flags from his classroom. Hamlin was suspended with pay from his teaching job at Carmody Middle School Wed. Aug. 23, 2006 for refusing to take down from his classroom the flags of Mexico, China and the United Nations which were displayed along with the U.S. flag. Administrators for the school demanded Hamlin take down the flags citing a state statute regarding the display of foreign flags in government buildings. Hamlin said he refused because the flags are important teaching tools and that he disagrees with the law because it promotes a narrow minded view of the world and a lack of understanding of other cultures. He also said it might be different if he wasn't teaching geography, but because he is the flags have a legitimate reason for being there.(DARIN MCGREGOR/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Eric Hamlin (cq)
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FOREIGN BANNERS SPUR SUSPENSION / Seventh-grade teacher Eric Hamlin, 36, poses Wednesday at his home with flags from his classroom. Hamlin was suspended with pay from Carmody Middle School in Lakewood after refusing to remove the flags of Mexico, China and the United Nations, which were displayed in his classroom along with the American flag. Jefferson County school administrators said Hamlin's principal believed the teacher was violating a state law that bars the display of foreign flags on public property. Hamlin said the flags are important teaching tools and said the situation might be different if he wasn't teaching geography.
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DLM;DLM00184 Geography teacher Eric Hamlin was suspended with pay from his teaching job at Carmody Middle School Wed. Aug. 23, 2006 for refusing to take down from his classroom the flags of Mexico, China and the United Nations which were displayed along with the U.S. flag. Administrators for the school demanded Hamlin take down the flags citing a state statute regarding the display of foreign flags in government buildings. Hamlin said he refused because the flags are important teaching tools and that he disagrees with the law because it promotes a narrow minded view of the world and a lack of understanding of other cultures. He also said it might be different if he wasn't teaching geography, but because he is the flags have a legitimate reason for being there.(DARIN MCGREGOR/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Eric Hamlin (cq)
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