Barack Obama assassination attempt used as geometry lesson

An Alabama geometry teacher has used his lesson plans to target Barack Obama, and it turned out to interest the Secret Service. The unnamed Corner High School teacher used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama, to teach about angles.


Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class, said, "He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president.' "

U.S. Secret Service agents, informed of the event "through the grapevine," questioned the teacher but determined no credible threat existed. 

 Superintendent Phil Hammonds said the teacher remained at work, and there were no plans for termination. However, Hammonds added,

"We are going to have a long conversation with him about what's appropriate. It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words."