Saw a teacher mugshot, saw “high school teacher arrested,” assumed something much worse.
Weed? Yeah, make her pay a fine or something
A teacher should not be bringing or consuming edibles on the job. It is negligence and something you can lose your employment and license over. The fact that students ate them makes it worse, but it was never okay to have them at work to begin with.
Uh I frequently go to the dispensary at lunch and have weed in my bag. Which is legal and not particularly irresponsible. I think given all things teachers of all people deserve a little dignity and privacy but hopefully that means spaces that lock safely.
These were high school students who knew what they were doing, not elementary school kids discovering fun looking gummies. I would think a HS teacher can keep medications in their desk, mine did.
Would you say the same if she had a bottle of whiskey? Or pornography? What about a gun?
Just because it was something that can be used responsibly by adults doesn’t absolve the negligence of leaving it to be used by children.
While I definitely get that she shouldn’t have left them sitting out, is it not the fault of the kids randomly eating other peoples food without permission that the food ended up being much more “not for them” than it already would have been?
Well, I suppose just cuz the article doesn’t mention the kids getting in their fair share of trouble doesn’t mean they didn’t, including underage kids in a news article is a hassle and barely worth doing when they are the main or only part of a story.
is it not the fault of the kids randomly eating other peoples food without permission that the food ended up being much more “not for them” than it already would have been?
Have you ever been in a high school? You might as try to ask ant eaters to not eat ants. You might as well tell hedgehogs to not collect gold rings. You might as well tell leaves to not fall. No, it’s not the kid’s fault, it’s fucking candy in a school.
I don’t get what you are saying? The kids didn’t do anything wrong? Or they shouldn’t also be in trouble? I don’t get why everyone is saying the kids should be allowed to steal?
Yes I have been to high school, no kids didn’t steal food from the teachers in my high school. But even if they did, they would have been wrong to do so…
Is it really a common thing nowadays for kids to steal from teachers? And not considered wrong when they do?
I really thought the reason it didn’t mention the trouble the kids got in was just cuz including underage children in news articles has to be so redacted as to essentially be pointless unless they are the main focus of the article. Not that they are considered to have not done anything wrong nowadays.
I feel like you went to a very non-american school or you lived in some magical place where teenagers in high schools didn’t act like normal teenagers. Most reasonable, intelligent administrators and teachers and staff know to “kid proof” everything, and if it’s not behind locks or bolted down, you can expect someone at some point is going to get into it, break it, open it, etc.
Whether or not they got in any kind of trouble is going to be far, far lower or less of a priority to even report than the irresponsibility of the teacher bringing in drugs to school property. It’s just a weird thing for you to be hung up on and seems like your experiences of schools are pretty different from a lot of other people.
I don’t get why everyone is saying the kids should be allowed to steal?
What a bizarre take on this story.
Is that not what the other commenters here are arguing? Cuz even when I ask them if that’s what they are saying they keep answering like it is what they are saying, that I must not have gone to an american school. No, I didn’t go to an american school, is it really that bad there? Like Canada is right next to the states, it can’t be that much worse just crossing one border.
Bruh. Srs if you’re working with kids, leave the weed at home, k?
Yeah, eat them before you come in.
Or keep them in your car to consume during your lunch break.
EDIT: Do not eat edibles and then drive. Leave your car at work and Uber home in scenario B
Maybe she lives at the classroom! Don’t judge until you know all the facts!
All teachers live in the classroom that’s just common knowledge. It’s because they don’t pay them enough to afford housing.
This stuff should be in your purse or backpack. And that pack should be locked in a drawer or locker. Junior high and older kids commonly steal drugs, money, and whatever else they can get their hands on. Little kids eat anything left unattended.
Especially since we make THC edibles look and taste like candy. Adn she just left then sitting out which says she was stoned at work.
The bigger problem is this loser was driving to and from school stoned.
The bigger problem is this loser was driving to and from school stoned.
How is that a bigger problem than drugging kids, are you serious?
And why are you even assuming your baseless theories as facts?
And why are you even assuming your baseless theories as facts?
Because I actually read the article, Cheech.
I guess some people are cool with impaired driving.
I realized that from an other comment. Havent read the whole thing, admittedly. But “… which says she was …” sounded like you were assuming things.
Still not worse than drugging kids imo.
You’ll be literally 100% fine after a day if you eat a THC edible. That might not be true if you get hit by a car.
How on earth is that hard to understand?
The (very obvious) difference is that she actually
druggedcaused kids eating edibles whileonly possibly endangeringactually endangering but only possibly hurting people while driving.Thats like saying driving in any state sober or not is worse than shooting someone in the leg because you can kill someone while driving but a shot in the leg isnt deadly.
Also, kids with their brains not completely developed arent “literally 100% fine” consuming THC, it can have very serious consequences. Heck, even adults can get seizures or psychosis from weed if theyre predisposed. You should get your stoner facts straight (not meant as an insult to stoners, I love weed).
while only possibly endangering people.
The endangerment isn’t debatable. Do you actually believe it’s only considered endangerment if something bad happens? Insanity. You’re aware that driving under the influence is illegal even if you don’t hit someone, yeah?
Thats like saying driving in any state sober or not is worse than shooting someone in the leg because you can kill someone while driving but a shot in the leg isnt deadly.
If we’re just gonna make up weird, unrelated strawmen I guess I could join in but I don’t have time right now. Maybe I’ll come back later and concoct some inane, irrelevant scenario for you.
Jesus you guys are so pedantic with the wording. English isnt even my first language. Yeah, she actually endangered people. What I wanted to say is the endangerment didnt cause actual harm in that case. It doesnt make it right but its still much better than causing actual harm.
Also its not a strawman, I literally said “its like saying”, I made a comparison. A strawman argument would be if I pretended like you implied shooting someone in the leg is worse than driving a car.
You cited the possibility of greater harm as the reason for it being worse than actually causing lesser harm. I made an example where that obviously doesnt apply to make the point that the possibility of causing greater harm does not automatically make an action worse than an other.
What I wanted to say is the endangerment didnt cause actual harm in that case. It doesnt make it right but its still much better than causing actual harm.
But your “actual endangerment” didn’t actually happen either? They ate weed gummies and had no demonstrable negative effects afterwards, according to the article. Why am I required to address your “potential harm” that never occurred while you get to ignore the other side?
Also its not a strawman, I literally said “its like saying”, I made a comparison
Did you not just complain about being pedantic about wording immediately before this sentence? Yes, a comparison can absolutely be a strawman. You’re concocting a scenario that is more favorable to your argument than the one that actually happened.
saying she drugged kids implies that she intentionally gave them drugs, not that they went out of their way to steal them from her
Right. Changed it, doesnt really change the point though.
She’s either a moron or an addict if she brings it to school grounds.
They were punished for stealing, right? Right?
