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(Scroll down for video) A teacher in New York came under fire after she ordered her student to write a letter to the Nazi government explaining why Jews are evil, according to press reports in New York.
Now, New York school district officials have said that the teacher of high school English students who told students to pretend to be Jew haters was placed on leave.
The teacher of an Albany High School caused the storm of criticism after ordering her students to practice the art of persuasive argument, by writing a letter to a fictional Nazi government official arguing that Jews are evil.
District Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard held a press conference on Friday apologizing for the assignment.
A local New York newspaper reported that the teacher was not in class on Friday and has been placed on leave.
The school district has not named the teacher, who was described as a veteran. School administrators found out about this week’s assignment after the father of one of the students complained. Some students refused to write the assignment, however, others did.
“This is the most outrageous teacher I have seen so far in New York. I am angry that this teacher, who is a veteran at the school, ordered her students to write Nazi propaganda and lies about the Jews. I hope she never returns to a classroom,” Laura Rouse, 42, of Albany, New York told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the assignment.