Duking It Out For Teacher of the Week
I'm so excited! It's only Monday and I've already got three prime candidates for my Teacher of the Week Award:
Contender 1: A Connecticut middle school teacher, for taking payoffs to excuse kids from detention. The price for freedom -- just $2 or $3. Seems reasonable to me. Call it a life lesson -- a little palm greasery can go a long way.
Contender 2: A Connecticut middle school substitute teacher (what's up with Connecticut middle schools this week?) convicted of surfing a school computer for porn, then letting her students in on the action. This smells like a setup. As between a 40-year-old woman and a classroom of 13-year-old boys, who's more likely to be checking out smutty pix online?
Contender 3: A Washington middle school music teacher, after 8th grade honors student Savannah Larson gave this heartfelt speech to a concert audience of 700 students, parents and teachers:
"I forgot to thank my wonderful choir teacher, Ms. Noakes, for all that she's taught me these past couple of years, like always knowing what to say in any situation, like...," Larson began, then let fly a stream of expletives and obscenities she said Noakes regularly used in class.
Ms. Noakes -- you are so busted.
I'm sure there's many more teachers out there making a mark in their own special way. Send in your fave contenders via comment below....
As a follow up, the teacher was given a formal repremand- any more verbal abuse and she's out a job.
I haven't been so proud of my girl since she thanked me for NOT giving her Barbie dolls!
ps... COOKIE is my new favorite!