A history teacher who was videotaped telling his students that only dumb people join the U.S. military has been fired by the suburban Southern California school district where he has taught for more than 15 years. El Rancho Unified School District President Aurora R. Villon announced Gregory Salcido's dismissal at Tuesday night's school board meeting. In January Salcido upbraided a 17-year-old student for wearing a Marines sweatshirt to his class at El Rancho High School, telling him members of the U.S. military are "the lowest of our low." Since his remarks went viral he has rejected fellow councilmembers' demands that he resign. "They're not like high-level thinkers, they're not academic people, they're the frickin' lowest of our low," he says, quickly adding that does not make them bad people.

Source: ABC News March 21, 2018 16:12 UTC