My job might make the news... in Watching Life Fly By
- March 30, 2017, 8:51 p.m.
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So since March 1st another teacher has left…well his last day is tomorrow. We had a teacher fired this week and escorted off our school property. Apparently she had a list of written warnings from administration but the final issue was showing a movie called “Dope” to her students. She was an economics teacher and felt it was teaching the students about business… with drugs, violence, severe language and topless scenes. Oh- she also gave the students the staff password for the Internet so they could easily access her Netflix to watch the movie and others on their personal computers.
…but this is not the reason we may make the news....it’s our other issue…
Yesterday a cheerleader reported to the main office that a teacher was possibly carrying on a relationship with two male students. We all figured it was not true…till today. Students have all begun coming forward. The overall story is that a female teacher and two male students exchanged over 200 nude pictures on a “snap chat streak.” In addition, the teacher supposedly engaged in sex with both male students on separate occasions (multiple times). The boys have shared these pictures and the information with other male and female students. One of the boys just turned 18, making the past 4-6 months this has been occurring not only gross, but illegal. The students who have come forward about this have been a cheerleader known as the “god daughter” to this teacher, the sister of one of the boys, a friend of the boys stating he has seen several of these pictures and a female student claiming she regularly drinks with this teacher on weekends.
I feel sick, guilty and nervous about all of this.
Sick because it’s terrible and vial to sleep with or be attracted to our students. Guilty because students reported to me and I reported this teacher (I was not the only teacher to report her) which is morally and legally my responsibility but suck because I trusted this teacher and wonder if I missed “red flags.” Nervous because I do not like being questioned by police, superintendent, human resources or administrators and I do not know if she was fired yet…meaning I may have to walk past her in the hallways tomorrow.
Students first brought this up Wednesday with administration. A teacher reported the rumor Wednesday. I reported this morning as well as several students reporting today. She should be gone by tomorrow when we arrive right? Can it seriously take any longer? Can she be allowed in our building, around our students? At least they should suspend her while they investigate.
I don’t want it to be true. I want it to be an ugly rumor and lie. I want to go apologize for reporting her and explain I did what was legally and morally right but have her hug me and say she’d have done the same as we laugh at how terrible our students are for lying. I don’t think that will be the outcome. I think too many students telling the exact story and naming these specific students means she has done what they say.
Ugh…I don’t want tomorrow to come.
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