Michigan Teachers Joke About Having Sex With Students And Killing Other Teachers

[Initech]

In January, gathered at the Bangor Tavern Bar and Grill in Michigan, several teachers and a secretary employed by the Bangor public school system decided to play a game. The game has been played in many bars many times before, normally in the context of celebrities or popular television characters. But the faculty chose to substitute their co-workers for Chris Pratt and Khal Drogo, discussing which of their colleagues they would kill, marry or sleep with (though they used a cruder verb than that). They also made fun of their pupils in ways that one parent would later describe as “heartbreaking.”

Unbeknown to the staff and teachers, a nearby patron was recording the game. A six-minute video found its way to YouTube, and spread to the computer screens of Bangor parents and beyond.

An attorney for the school district, Robert Huber, told Michigan Live that the teachers did not discuss having sex with students, contrary to some reports. “The false impression that was created is that teachers were talking about whether they would marry, ‘f’ or kill students,” Huber said. “There’s no truth to that at all.”

Rather, the video showed three school employees naming co-workers to kill or sleep with, Huber said. The administration had known about the video for several weeks, he said; the footage showed seven Bangor employees at the bar, including four other teachers who were present but did not participate. The administrative secretary was the only participant who mentioned students, according to Huber.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mich-teachers-joked-about-students-and-killing-co-workers-first-outrage-then-resignations/ar-AAmXFdj?li=BBnb7Kz

WTF!!!

[fishwax]

1. There seems conflicting accounts of whether students were involved -- I don't know how

it would be possible to tell without intimate knowledge of the school/s where the teachers taught. According to the youtube video, they were playing Marry Fuck Kill about special needs students, but most of the context that one can draw from the video suggests that the people they're talking about are teachers, not students. (For instance, when one person mentions a name, someone else objects that said person has kids.)

I don't think M/F/K with co-workers is bizarrely unusual behavior--I mean, I don't remember ever engaging in it myself, but I've heard other people do it.

[lame54]

2. never let loose - you're being watched

[MissB]

3. Great way to end a career.

They will be lucky to not lose their jobs.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Careers should still be intact

If those who resigned want to work again in a neighboring system, they will easily...

I've seen much worse stuff than this get a second chance...

[Blue_Tires]

4. Sensationalism aside, there's not a hell of a lot here to get outraged over...

Off the clock, away from school grounds, trying to unwind with maybe a little beer/wine flowing, and playing a variation of a 'game' which has been a staple of high school cafeterias, locker rooms, and study halls for a couple of decades at least...

Yeah, it was in questionable taste but not everybody can be Cub Scouts on their best Sunday behavior 100% of their time away from work... Personally, my real anger is reserved for Mr./Ms. "Can't Mind Their Own Fucking Business"

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Agree

They were off the clock having some drinks, and the whole point of MFK is to come up with the most outrageous choices for the 3. This is in poor taste, but no one should get in trouble for joking around at a bar.

Of course, the puritans here in West Michigan are out for blood and want these teachers fired.

[Goblinmonger]

7. Apparently we all need to be Half Pint in her one-room school house.

This is just utter BS.