Brickbat: Sugar Rush
The Catoosa, Oklahoma, school board has fired middle school math teacher Heather Cagle after she rewarded some of her students with a snack run to the local Wal-Mart. Cagle crammed 11 students into her Honda Accord, including two in the trunk. School officials said the trip was dangerous, and she didn't have parental approval to take students off campus.
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Let’s see, multiple seatbelt infractions, overloaded vehicle, unsafe operation, at the minimum. Several magazines may be required for the summary executions required.
And the Progs would agree. I mean, the teacher took them to Wal-Mart? GUILTY!
Also, first comment of 2015! Happy New Year!
Well, she DID stuff a few of them in the trunk.
As exhilarating as that can be (I’ve done it a few times), it’s not the safest way to travel.
Still don’t think she should be punished, unless she actually forced them into the car. From what I hear, stuffing children in your trunk before driving away from a school is generally considered a crime.
Sure. She forced/stuffed them all 11 into her car. She must sideline as an MMA champ.
Wrestling teacher as well? This woman has skillz!
Low-risk activity or not, she’s been a teacher for ten years and didn’t foresee the school board and parents would flip out? Someone hasn’t been paying attention.
They tell me you’re in Oztrailya as well. Whereabouts?
The winner is Sid-eh-neee
Right on. I’m originally from Kanada; currently piloting road trains between Perth and Karratha in WA.
Happy New Year to ya.
Tough gig! Happy New Year and stay cool and safe
Piloting road trains. Huh.
Better than wrangling drop bears.
You’d think that, over time, those little fuckers (fictional though they be) would have evolved spikes on their asses, to better stick it to the man.
Maybe she had tenure and thought she was free to do whatever she wanted?
Did I miss a memo? You can fire teachers now?
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nothing worse than a surly chek.
This reminds me of a teacher I had in high school. He never did anything like this, but he used to drunkenly park his Accord anywhere he felt like it around the school, car completely crooked, and wander in to “teach” us important principles of algebra such as how he had won the lottery and that he only taught for fun and eventually he was going to quit and retire to Hawaii. Each class served only to moderate and time his sneaked swigs from a hidden flask.
My calculus teacher’s other job was running a liquor store. There were copious references to booze and lotto in class. 😉
Honda Accord? Is every public school teacher issued an Accord at graduation? I swear that’s what they all drive.
At least one drove a Pontiac Aztek
The Quazimodo of cars.
My sister drove one of those until last month when she finally got something new. She still has it, though, because surprisingly the dealer wasn’t going to give her anything for it.
I sell auto parts. I therefore have a unique insight into what kind of vehicles break down and what it costs to repair them.
Don’t buy one of these.
Don’t keep a Hyundai or Kia past the warranty.
DO NOT BUY A NEW CHEVY CAR. At least not an Aveo or a Cobalt.
Don’t buy a Dodge truck past ’99.
There’s a list. Those are near the top.
What is the rest of the list????
Oh God, RPM, I laughed at that, a lot.
She can always move to New York and become a child molester. Guaranteed job security.
Where’s our pervy, aspartamey friend to comment on this? 😉
Having fever dreams which he will then craft into tiny tales of enduring horror
Okay, I need to know. What the hell is it about Sugarfree that has you guys making perverted comments about him?
Did I miss a post where he admitted to fucking sheep?
Sugarfree is the Sadhu of literary deviance. He wanders the electronic realm dropping scraps of sexually corrupted wisdom behind him.
I’m still confused. What makes him different from anybody else who comments on porn sites?
Or is it just the fact that he’s our little tasteless pervert?
Maybe it has to do with his obsession with Nancy Pelosi….
/shudder
“What I would do sexually to Hillary Clinton”
~Peter Griffon
You are clearly unfamiliar with Sugarfree’s writings.
Be warned! What was once read cannot be unread.
I’m far too at work to click that.
Later, though. Later.
Happy New Year you fucking Peanuts! AL and OR are the trendy picks but I would be tempted to take both dogs. The bowl games have been whack so far.
TCU sure sent a message to the ‘top men’ in the playoff selection committee. It was terrible how they got pushed out of that.
True. That is why I like the nine points. Like Flava Cain said “Nine nine nine!”.
Whatever the two of you are talking about, both of you can just shut the fuck up.
Ah, leave ’em be – they finally have a mutually admiring audience…
This story does not impress me. In Clown College, you get extra credit for putting that many students in a car.
I believe one could fit more than two in the trunk if an Accord.
I bet you could get 8% more in if you tried
This my friend is why we roll with it.
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Not gonna lie – a TEACHER doing this? Stuffing 11 kids in her car on school time?
Yeah, fired. THERE, I SAID IT!
That was fucking stupid.
Now, if 11 STUDENTS decided to do that – YEARBOOK PICTURE!
If 11 students decided to stuff a teacher into a car at lunchtime?
Seems legit.
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Wait – putting two kids in a trunk? What’s wrong with you, teacher?
Of course, if she had a decent union, then instead of firing her, they would have sent her off for additional training – “how not to put kids in the trunks of cars 101.”
(you know, like they do with cops)
Not related but….
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