Teacher Investigated for Bin Laden Remark

(Houston, Texas) A Clear Brook High School math teacher has been pulled from the classroom for a comment he made to a female Muslim 9th-grader regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. "I bet that you're grieving," he said.

Late Tuesday, the district confirmed the incident, which remains under investigation.

The names of the math teacher and the student involved were not released.

"The Clear Brook High School principal has been in contact with the student as well as the student's family," school district spokeswoman Elaina Polsen said.

"In the meantime, the teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation."

The president of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, Aziz Siddiqi, said, "The teacher is going to suffer." Siddiqi indicated that the math teacher may be "a little off."

Heh.