I've been fighting the good fight for many decades in the heart of the evil empire but I'm starting to feel like Sisyphus must have felt long ago when pushing that rock up a mountain. 

     Let me provide some background information:

     The elementary school where I teach is overcrowded this school year by close to 90 students, requiring our high school music teacher/band director to visit our school in the morning to teach music to the fifth graders. The reason being that there are too many classes for our lone music teacher to meet each class twice a week. Things got worse about a month ago when the ever-increasing enrollment numbers necessitated the addition of a fifth kindergarten class. This extra class had to be placed in the room where the fifth-grade classes met for music, which in turn required fifth-grade music to meet in the classroom.

   The problem: I was in the classroom this morning during my students' music class when the teacher, a former member of the osu inc. marching band and a buckeye fan, told the students that next week's music class, the last one before Thanksgiving and the osu-michigan game, will involve him showing the class videos of the rivalry and the osu marching band, a tradition he's used in his classes for several years. This is an example of the brainwashing that goes on in Central Ohio, if not all of Ohio, that non-buckeye fans have been fighting for generations. I asked him if he was going to give equal time for the Marching 110 and he replied that he is not a fan of the 110's style. It was at this point that I excused myself from the room less I said something in front of my students that I would regret later.

   Possible solution: Typically, I wear a UM shirt the last day of school before the osu-um game to counter all the teachers wearing scarlet and gray. (In fact, I have a photo of the school staff from 4 years ago where every teacher is wearing not only scarlet and gray but also a vest in honor of their honorable coach with me front center wearing a UM shirt). However, I think this year I'll wear that shirt on Monday of next week, the day my students' music teacher will be brainwashing them on osu inc.


   

Discrimination like this should not be tolerated in our schools, but unfortunately it is all too prevalent.  If you can get to Athens this weekend, try getting some 110 garb -- Specialty Books and College Book Store are your best bets; don't remember seeing anything at LaFollette's.  Or maybe try online since you have a week.  We have a 110 cap we got from Specialty Books a few years ago.

Maybe you can hack the video with 110 videos.

And I'm sure O$U grads think Sisyphus is a social disease.

Billy club. Parking lot. OHIO grad substitute teacher. Problem solved.

Or - "Michigone" shirt

+1

(nodding)

Start here:  Every time that you see someone wearing the garb of the jr institution in columbus, walk up to them and ask, "How are the Bobcats doing this year?!"

The sad indoctrination of our youth...  Fun story: my sister went to OSU for five years (Pharmacist)...she went back a week ago for Illinois game...100,000+ at the game and the only person that recognized her was the corner ticket scalper.  She's closer friends with my OU friends than anybody she went to OSU with.

Wear one of "The REAL Ohio" t-shirts and show 110 videos during your classes .  

Many years ago, the principal at my sons' elementary school would choose one student each day for the "honor" of raising the OSU flag in front of the school.  My youngest son was chosen for said honor and I suggested that he ask if it would be Ok for him to use an Ohio University flag for that day.  The principal - a real dick - revoked the privilege and told him to tell his father to "grow up."  So I sent a note to the principal suggesting much the same and reminding him that the school is the public's property, not his.  The next year he "retired" then returned to the position to double-dip on his pension and I was among those who voiced complaints to the BOE.  What a mealy mouthed little bastard.

 

Agreed. The people I know who actually graduated from Ohio State are good, smart, nice people. 

The principal was an OSU fan.  But he went to Akron.

 

I now know our first round NCAA opponent.