When I first read this (hat tip to Education Wonks), I was more incredulous than aghast:
Indianapolis - For months it’s been a well-kept secret. But now Warren Township Schools confirm a disturbing case of sex in the classroom. The illicit activity has parents concerned and a district at a loss for words.
Shop class gives students a chance to learn outside of the book. But at Warren Township’s Raymond Park Middle School, two students engaged in illicit acts in view of goggled eyes.
13 Investigates was tipped off by a disturbed resident who writes:
“…during school hours in a classroom with an experienced teacher present, two sixth graders completed the act of intercourse…at least ten students were witnesses. No disciplinary actions were taken against the teacher… All teachers were told to keep quiet.”
I couldn’t imagine how a teacher could be in the same room and not notice that two students were having sex — in the classroom. But then I remembered my sixth grade teacher, and all was made clear.
He was in his mid-60s and he always had a “cold.” He also always had a flask of “cold medicine” in his vest pocket (teachers wore suits back then, you know). He started chugging on his “cold medicine” almost as soon as the day began, and by ten in the morning, he was nodding off. On and off, passing out for a while, coming to, then chugging some more and passing out again, all day long, every day. Around lunch time, he’d have to go out to his car to refill his flask with “cold medicine.”
I realized then that this story isn’t nearly as incredible as I initially thought.
Peggy U says:
… and my inlaws think we’re crazy because we home school ….
March 7, 2007, 9:55 pmjoubertconlon says:
LOL! I had a teacher just like that. We probably all did.
March 8, 2007, 11:52 am