Shirley Bunn: "Teacher Of The Year" Suspended For Offensive Comment, Telling Hispanic Student To "Go Back To Mexico"

Shirley Bunn: "Teacher Of The Year" Suspended For Offensive Comment, Telling Hispanic Student To "Go Back To Mexico": Looks like this two-time "Teacher of the Year" will not be in the running to win the esteemed honor this year because of her derogatory comment to a Hispanic student: "Go back to Mexico."

Instead, 63-year-old Texas math teacher Shirley Bunn is fighting to keep her job.

Bunn made the comment on Sept. 30 while distributing Title 1 forms to her eighth grade students at Barnett Junior High School. Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox 4 reports that a disruptive student requested a Spanish-language version of the form, saying, "I'm Mexican. I'm Mexican."

According to public record, Bunn attempted to tell the student that he could retrieve forms translated into Spanish from the main office, but the student continued to repeat "I'm Mexican."

Bunn quickly responded, "[Then] go back to Mexico."