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all the security theater in the world and you can literally just go in
(calling people slurs and separating by race is bad though, so while headline is funny, do be mindful)
School shooting the breeze.
Yeah that's the problem with American "security." It's all theater no security. The TSA regularly fails to catch dangerous items in tests for example. They'd far rather violate every right you have under the pretense of safety than actually make you safe
nah fuck that, kids don't need this in their lives
Let women have hobbies
Didnyou read what her hobbies were
Look this was very messed up and evil but also objectively funny
Two things can be true at the same time! Hexbear edition
Students at Rufus King International High School told a school resource officer that Jones was “using profane language, racial slurs, sexually derogatory statements and organizing students by race and gender in class,”
I'm failing to see the humor
it was funny right up until the headline ended
I'm still seeing it.
The b2haviour is scary and absolutely appalling but also hilarious if you can appreciate the absurd morbidity of it.
Students at Rufus King International High School told a school resource officer that Jones was “using profane language, racial slurs, sexually derogatory statements and organizing students by race and gender in class,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by local outlet WISN.
Let the record show I don’t condone this but
She allegedly called one student “fat boy,” asked another student “if she wanted to be a stripper or a hooker,” and allegedly told two white students that “they were the type of people to start school shootings,” a 16-year-old boy told authorities.
Jones also allegedly asked if any students had a vape or weed because class was “so f***ing lame and annoying,” Fox6 News Milwaukee reported, citing the complaint.
“they were the type of people to start school shootings,” a 16-year-old boy told authorities
Wait these were high schoolers? I can imagine getting away with this on younger kids but if this happened to me when I was 16 I'd be like "okay something here is not okay I need to go tell the principal about this".
Seems like that did sorta happen. Student told a school resource officer(a literal cop). Eventually after 3 periods (~3hrs) the "teacher" was removed once the principal found out.
So did the cop wait hrs to tell the principal or did a student eventually do it themselves?
reason 1: the cop thought it was funny
reason 2: the cop was playing candy crush
‘I’m just going to let this funny shit play out while I eat donuts’ -most acceptable cop
had to finish their car nap after spending all night in full body armor, practicing karate moves on their spouse.
40% of Cops (*reported) 
Beatles tribute bands doing The Method
You would need a tranq gun and the hannibal lecter wheel dolly to get me back in my high school five years after graduation
I think that's just a large regular wheel dolly combined with a straitjacket, a muzzle and some of the straps hospitals use to fixate patients.
Source: I've been Hannibal Lecter wheel dollied before, although i wasn't restrained.
But it's medical grade so it costs $100,000
Is that like military grade, half the effectiveness 1000x the cost?
Yeah that John Mayer song is some bullshit
She did the "hardhat, clipboard, and hi viz" equivalent of gaining access to restricted areas but for substitute teachers, which is apparently just "show up to a school looking like you don't want to be there"
hates kids
Age in human years: 23
Spiritual Age: Montgomery Burns
bullying victims are allowed a little kid hate, as a treat
you can really understand how child abuse is so rampant when the average mind thinks the solution for being frustrated is to just walk over to a school and take it out on some kids, you can see how casual the cruelty is too! just doing it cause ''you were bored'' or some nonchalant shit like that
Far too many adults, some barely more than teenagers themselves, simply do not see children and teenagers as human beings worthy of the same basic respect as any of their social peers. Which is a very big problem. Children are still learning how to handle the human experience and need the most grace and patience and understanding of us all, and yet so often are the people in society extended the least of those things by the rest of us. We expect children to just swallow things we'd tell nearly every adult to never stand for.
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'because she was bored' and 'hates kids'
girl, same
okay that's definitely a case of mental issues.. i don't think 21 years in prison is even remotely appropriate.
She bullied kids for 3 hours. I don't know what the appropriate punishment is, but years of jail time just seems excessive.
appropriate punishment is being bullied by kids back for 3 hours.
So community service as an actual substitute teacher?
with no right (however diminished) of disciplining kids, but yes.
21 years?
She is facing six felony charges, including one count of impersonating a public employee and five counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions. If convicted, she could be sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in prison.
five counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions
lolwut
Death row is gonna be filled with fantasy authors.
God forbid a woman have hobbies 🙄
this is my headcanon for how peggy hill got into substitute teaching
"Bullying works", but in the "Look upon my works ye mighty" way
This sounds like something my mom would do on a wine binge.
i'm more concerned with the fact they didn't have enough subs. i know why but damn.